Taru Lehtokunnas

I'm a postdoctoral research fellow in sociology and I currently work in the project "Wasteful Interspecies Relations". My research focuses on waste, human-nonhuman animal relations and sustainability.

Contact

taru.lehtokunnas@umu.se

+46 90 786 51 40

Works as

Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Sociology

Hus Y, Beteendevetarhuset & Norra beteendevetarhuset Mediagränd 14, Beteendevetarhuset, Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Decay as a mode of biogas production: Digestive assemblages and value creation through microbial work

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, Sage Publications 2026, Vol. 9, (3) : 1008-1027

Lehtokunnas, Taru; Holmberg, Tora

From Thin to Thick Relationships with Objects

Waste as a Critique, Oxford University Press 2025 : 66-83

Lehtokunnas, Taru; Närvänen, Elina

Sensory labor as un/knowing in a waste composition study: identifying a chain of translation

Social Studies of Science, Sage Publications 2025, Vol. 56, (2) : 254-275

Lehtokunnas, Taru; Uusitalo, Niina; Sutinen, Ulla-Maija; et al.

Jätteen laajentama luontokuva

Media & viestintä, Media & viestinta 2025, Vol. 48, (2) : 4-35

Uusitalo, Niina; Lehtokunnas, Taru

The (missing) social aspect of the circular economy: a review of social scientific articles

Sustainable Earth Reviews, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 7, (1)

Zavos, Stylianos; Lehtokunnas, Taru; Pyyhtinen, Olli

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Research projects

1 May 2026 until 30 April 2028

Wasteful interspecies relations: The circular economy of animal waste