Vili Virkki

Doctoral Researcher

T213 Built Environment

My current research interests are related with the planetary boundaries (PBs) framework; more precisely on the localisation of certain boundaries from global level to sub-national level. Parts of my work consider the interactions between planetary boundaries and the ways of modelling those. Overall, I aim to contribute to defining the safe operating space for humanity in sub-global scales. I'm currently working in Matti Kummu's SOS.aquaterra project.

Sustainable food futures within safe operating spaces - SOS.aquaterra

The project aims to identify feasible solutions to meet future food demand globally while staying within local and global safe operating spaces (SOS), such as planetary boundaries. In the project, we will develop a novel integrated modelling system that captures interactions between the relevant planetary boundary processes and the global food system. We will also assess the social feasibility of different measures that would ease the pressure food production puts on the environment. Project is funded by a H2020 ERC CoG grant.

Full researcher profile

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Contact information

Postal address

Tietotie 1 E 02150 Espoo Finland

Areas of expertise

spatial data, planetary boundaries, GIS, global change, Earth system science

Research groups

Water and Environmental Eng., Doctoral Researcher

Publications

World’s human migration patterns in 2000–2019 unveiled by high-resolution data

Venla Niva, Alexander Horton, Vili Virkki, Matias Heino, Maria Kosonen, Marko Kallio, Pekka Kinnunen, Guy J. Abel, Raya Muttarak, Maija Taka, Olli Varis, Matti Kummu 2023 Nature Human Behaviour

Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

Katherine Richardson, Will Steffen, Wolfgang Lucht, Jørgen Bendtsen, Sarah E. Cornell, Jonathan F. Donges, Markus Drüke, Ingo Fetzer, Govindasamy Bala, Werner von Bloh, Georg Feulner, Stephanie Fiedler, Dieter Gerten, Tom Gleeson, Matthias Hofmann, Willem Huiskamp, Matti Kummu, Chinchu Mohan, David Nogués-Bravo, Stefan Petri, Miina Porkka, Stefan Rahmstorf, Sibyll Schaphoff, Kirsten Thonicke, Arne Tobian, Vili Virkki, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Lisa Weber, Johan Rockström 2023 Science Advances

Quantifying Earth system interactions for sustainable food production via expert elicitation

Anna Chrysafi, Vili Virkki, Mika Jalava, Vilma Sandström, Johannes Piipponen, Miina Porkka, Steven J. Lade, Kelsey La Mere, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Laura Scherer, Lauren S. Andersen, Elena Bennett, Kate A. Brauman, Gregory S. Cooper, Adriana De Palma, Petra Doell, Andrea S. Downing, Timothy C. DuBois, Ingo Fetzer, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Dieter Gerten, Hadi Jaafar, Jonas Jägermeyr, Fernando Jaramillo, Martin Jung, Helena Kahiluoto, Luis Lassaletta, Anson W. Mackay, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Kirsty L. Nash, Amandine Pastor, Navin Ramankutty, Brad Ridoutt, Stefan Siebert, Benno Simmons, Arie Staal, Zhongxiao Sun, Arne Tobian, Arkaitz Usubiaga-Liano, Ruud J. van der Ent, Arnout van Soesbergen, Peter H. Verburg, Yoshihide Wada, Sam Zipper, Matti Kummu 2022 Nature Sustainability

Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: implications for water resource management and the freshwater planetary boundary

Chinchu Mohan, Tom Gleeson, James S. Famiglietti, Vili Virkki, Matti Kummu, Miina Porkka, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Xander Huggins, Dieter Gerten, Sonja C. Jähnig 2022 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Food system by-products upcycled in livestock and aquaculture feeds can increase global food supply

Vilma Sandström, Anna Chrysafi, Marjukka Lamminen, Max Troell, Mika Jalava, Johannes Piipponen, Stefan Siebert, Ollie van Hal, Vili Virkki, Matti Kummu 2022 Nature food

Globally widespread and increasing violations of environmental flow envelopes

Vili Virkki, Elina Alanärä, Miina Porkka, Lauri Ahopelto, Tom Gleeson, Chinchu Mohan, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Martina Flörke, Dieter Gerten, Simon N. Gosling, Naota Hanasaki, Hannes Müller Schmied, Niko Wanders, Matti Kummu 2022 Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Identifying Key Drivers of Peatland Fires Across Kalimantan's Ex-Mega Rice Project Using Machine Learning

Alexander J. Horton, Vili Virkki, Anu Lounela, Jukka Miettinen, Sara Alibakhshi, Matti Kummu 2021 Earth and Space Science

Hydrostreamer v1.0 - Improved streamflow predictions for local applications from an ensemble of downscaled global runoff products

Marko Kallio, Joseph H.A. Guillaume, Vili Virkki, Matti Kummu, Kirsi Virrantaus 2021 GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT

Future Transboundary Water Stress and Its Drivers Under Climate Change : A Global Study

Hafsa Ahmed Munia, Joseph H.A. Guillaume, Yoshihide Wada, Ted Veldkamp, Vili Virkki, Matti Kummu 2020 Earth's Future

Downscaling runoff products using areal interpolation: a combined pycnophylactic-dasymetric method

Marko Kallio, Vili Virkki, Joseph Guillaume, A.I.J.M. van Dijk 2019 MODSIM2019, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2019