Ulrika's research investigates how organism respond behaviourally to rapid human-induced environmental changes, and what the consequences are for populations, communities and ecosystems. Research topics in her lab range from effects of eutrophication and climate change to the impact of light pollution, focussing on various organisms, both terrestrial and aquatic. Additional goals in her lab are to synthesise the field through reviews, both traditional and systematic, and build conceptual frameworks to generate predictions and guide empirical and theoretical work.

Love's research interests are focused on the use of DNA technology to investigate the ecology and evolution of different species, and how past environmental changes have determined the distribution and abundance of organisms. At present, his research group is aimed at investigating how genetic variation, population structure and population size have changed over time, especially in the context of vertebrate populations during the Late Pleistocene (i.e. the last ice age).

The broad aim of Marjo's research is to understand the processes and the underlying genetic mechanisms that shape intraspecific life history variation in the wild. Most of the research in her lab focuses on understanding how organisms cope with environmental variation in nature, such as habitat fragmentation or environmental stress.

Her main study system is continuing the long-term research on the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia), a metapopulation in the Åland Islands that has been studied since 1993. This classic metapopulation consists of a network of hundreds of local populations that exist in a stochastic balance between local extinctions and re-colonizations.

Stephen is interested in the evolution of brains and behaviour, particularly how brains adapt to different environments, how changes in brain structure produce behavioural differences, and how selection navigates developmental and functional constraints that may limit or channel the adaptive response. Currently neotropical butterflies are the major focus of his research. The diversification of butterflies has often involved ecological adaptation to different habitat types and ecological niches. As a result they show a range of derived behavioural traits including sensory adaptations and novel foraging behaviours. This pattern of ecological adaptation make butterflies an ideal case study in ecological neurobiology.