Hi there! This blog/archive is written by one of over 70 Finns named Janne Korhonen. This version is a researcher and occasional writer who has been studying the mitigation of environmental problems and the transition to a sustainable civilization since about 2007. I’ve been mostly interested in energy systems, technology (including its history and Science and Technology Studies, or STS).

Alongside, I’ve been interested in a wide variety of things; as of late 2025, my main interests are a) modelling of complex socio-economic-technological systems, particularly with Agent-Based Models (ABMs), b) defence of democracy, Europe, and Finland.

Due to my long-running interest in the parameters of sustainable societies, I’ve become convinced that although democracy by no means guarantees sustainability, only democratic societies can be truly sustainable. A longer reasoning can be found here.

From 2025 to 2028 I’ll be working at the Finnish Environment Institute, Syke, trying to build models for the study of transition to Circular Economy.

This website is an extension of the research notebooks I keep on my computer and in my briefcase. What you will find is a) academic stuff, b) mostly older posts about energy systems and c) random stuff I don’t know a better place for. There is no overarching theme besides being a repository of whatever I get around to writing. The Index page should get you started.

My other archive, in Finnish, is here: jmkorhonen.fi

You can also follow me in Bluesky: @jmkorhonen.fi

If it matters: I have a PhD from Aalto University School of Business and a M.Sc. from Helsinki University of Technology.