The research fields within EnSTe
1. Identification and evaluation of the state of the environment based on an understanding ecological and ecotoxicological mechanisms of action
- Ecotoxicology and environmental chemistry (incl. nanomaterials)
- Vegetation, animals and functioning of ecosystem as indicators of changing environment
- Impacts of global warming, UV-B radiation and ozone, and protective mechanisms against the destruction and mitigation of the effects
- Carbon, nitrogen and nutrient cycles and factors affecting them
2. Environmental restoration and biotechnology, water and waste treatment
- Identification and control of bacterial contaminants
- Remediation of polluted soils with chemical and biological methods
- Novel water treatment techniques and sustainable sludge treatment
- Treatment and utilization of waste: development of new methods
3. Environmentally friendly industrial production processes
- New environmental friendlier products
4. Technology, assessment and management of environmental stress
- Environmental risk assessment and management of hazardous chemicals and emissions
- Waste- and biomass-based energy resources, technologies, environmental risks and management
5. Socio-economic environmental research areas that support the main research areas and goals of EnSTe
- Environmental decision making and policy
- Recycling, BAT (Best available techniques), BPM (best practicable means) and BPEO (best practicable environmental option) evaluations
- Economical-technical research
- Studies on environmental risk assessment practices
- Research on sustainable development indicators