Tiina Koljonen

Ms. Tiina Koljonen (M.Sc., Tech.) works as a Research Team Leader at the VTT Ltd. She has above 25 years’ experience in low-carbon energy systems, including new technology development, policy impact analysis, technology foresight, and scenario planning. Her major duties are to deliver and disseminate policy impact analysis for the Finnish Government, European Commission, and the Nordic Council of Ministries. Since 2014, she has managed research groups with 10-30 researchers working in energy and climate policy analysis, energy system modelling, sustainability assessments, smart energy systems, and new technology development. She is currently coordinating national research projects to support Finnish Government and ministries in formulating new climate and energy strategy and medium term climate policy plan, which aim at reaching carbon neutrality by 2035 in Finland.