Metsäntutkimuslaitos - Skogsforskningsinstitutet - Finnish Forest Research Institute
 

Curriculum Vitae

(March 2008)

Personal

Name Lauri Antero Hetemäki
Born November 5, 1957 in Helsinki, Finland
Marital status married

Present position

Dec/1997 to Present Senior Researcher, Project Manager, Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)
Address Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Centre,
Unioninkatu 40 A, 00170 Helsinki, FINLAND Phone: +358 10 211 2218
Fax: +358 10 211 2104 Email: Lauri.Hetemaki @ metla.fi

Current Research Interest

  • forest industry, bioenergy
  • forest sector long-term outlook
  • information technology

Academic Degrees

1996 D.Sc. (Economics), University of Helsinki
1989 Licentiate Soc. Sc. (Economics), University of Helsinki
1987 MA (Economics), University of Sussex, England
1982 B.Sc. (Economics), University of Bath, England
 

Publications

See http://www.metla.fi/pp/LHet/julkaisut-muut.htm

Presentations

  • 50 scientific presentations (scientific conferences & seminars)
  • over 80 other presentations (research extension, policy conferences, expert hearings etc.)
  • over 100 TV-, radio-, newspaper- and trade journal interviews

Professional Experience

Aug/01 to May/02 Visiting Senior Research Fellow, The Fisher Center for the Strategic Use of Information Technology, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Feb/01; Jun/01; Sep/02; May/03; Oct/04 Visiting Researcher, Forestry Project, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
Sep/99 to Dec/99 Visiting Researcher, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), Canberra, Australia
Aug/90 to Nov/97 Researcher, Project Manager, Metla
Jun/87 to Jul/90 Researcher, Metla
Nov/86 to Feb/87 Lecturer, University of Helsinki, Institute of Development Studies
Jun/85 to Sep/85 Trainee, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation, Finland
Jul/83 to Feb/84 Research assistant, Bank of Finland

Major Assignments and Positions of Trust

Feb/10- Permanent expert, Bioeconomics Working Group, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
June/09-
Sep/10
Member of Advisory Board, Competitiveness Workgroup of the Strategic Programme for the Forest Sector, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
June/08 - Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Future Forests- Research Program, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå University, and the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden
Sep/06-Jun/06 Editor, The Contribution of Finland’s Forests to National Prosperity and Wellbeing in 2015. A Report on Finnish Forest Sector Development and Future Scenarios, assigned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
Dec/06-Jun/06 Member, Working Group on the Future of the Paper Industry, organized by Finnish Forest Industries Federation and Paper Workers' Union
Jun/05- Member of the Industry Advisory Board, The Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies (CPBIS), the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. http://www.cpbis.gatech.edu/index.shtml
May/04- Member of the Council of Scientific Advisers, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
Apr/03- Chairman of the Finnish Forest Economics Forum, Finland http://www.metla.fi/org/sms/klubit/ekonklubi.htm
Jan/02 to Aug/05 Founding member and co-ordinator (with Sten Nilsson, IIASA) of the IUFRO Task Force “Information Technology and the forest Sector".http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/FOR/iufro.html
Jan/99- Member of the Research Advisory Expert Group of the Finnish Forest Research Institute
95/; 97-98/; 00/ Editor, Finnish Forest Sector Economic Outlook http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/suhdannekatsaus/index-en.htm
Feb/00 Invited Expert Advisor, OECD Workshop “The OECD Environmental Outlook and Strategy for the Forestry Sector”, Jedlnia, Poland. Organized by OECD Environmental Directorate & The Ministry of Environment, Poland
Jan/98 to Dec/99 Columnist, Metsälehti (Forestry Magazine, Finalnd)
97/ Member of the Finland’s Prime Minister’s Expert Commission on the Impact of European Monetary Union (EMU) on the Finnish Forest Sector
08/ The Open Forest Science Journal, Editorial Board
06/ Member of FINBIO - The Bioenergy Association of Finland
03/ Member of the Finnish Society of Forest Science
90/ Member of the Finnish Forest Economics Forum
89/ Member of the Finnish Economic Association
08/ The Silver Medal of Honor, Finnish Forest Association

Reviewer of Scientific Journals

Journal

American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Applied Energy
Biomass and Bioenergy
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Finnish Economic Journal
Forest Policy and Economics
Forest Science
Journal of Forest Economics
Journal of Productivity Analysis
Scandinavian Economic History Review
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
Folia Forestalia
Silva Fennica

 

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