Laura Puolamäki is a PhD student in landscape research at the University of Turku. In her doctoral dissertation she studies parallel and contested cultural landscape values of local people and cultural landscape experts. The focus is on the culturally and socially sustainable landscape evaluation and conservation through shared knowledge, jointly recognized landscape values and landscape stewardship.
Puolamäki has worked in various projects in the fields of environmental education and cultural landscape at the University of Turku. Currently she is a project manager in a sustainable tourism project at Old Rauma World Heritage site, Finland.