NIVA’s response to COVID-19

NIVA’s response to COVID-19 Earlier this week The World Health Organization deemed coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, a global pandemic and confirmed cases have grown exponentially in many countries. Experts expect confirmed cases to grow in the Nordics as well. The virus has infected hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. To help slow the … Continued

“There is growing pressure to substitute dangerous substances by less dangerous ones”

Course leader presentation: Lothar Lieck Alternative Assessment and Substitution of Dangerous Substances at Work 21st – 23rd of April 2020, Helsinki Congress Paasitorni, Helsinki, Finland Short presentation  Lothar Lieck has a diploma in Work Science and has written his doctoral thesis on substitution. Lothar is a coordinator of more than 15 large substitution projects in … Continued

We welcome our new team member Erika Lehtonen

We would like to introduce Erika Lehtonen who has started as our new Project and Communications Manager at NIVA as of 7th January 2020. Erika will be filling in for Linda Oksanen who is currently on maternity leave. Erika has a bachelor’s degree in Culture and Arts and has also studied political science at the … Continued