Satu Kähkönen is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Ghent (Belgium) and a Postdoctoral Researcher (PhD) working at the Department of Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her current research focuses on the concept of cultural environment in Finnish heritage and environmental administration and regional and local cultural environment programs prepared in different parts of Finland. In addition, Kähkönen conducts comparative research with CHeriScape (a landscape-focused network funded as part of the transnational pilot call of the European Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage, University of Ghent) on territorial meanings of cultural heritage and national, regional and local heritage management plans and programs in Finland, Belgium and other CHeriScape partner countries.