Right after finishing my master’s thesis, I got the chance to do an internship at Global Water Partnership in Stockholm, Sweden. I have always been fascinated by such organisations, so I jumped at this opportunity to immerse myself in the…
There is development cooperation, and then there is development cooperation in times of crisis. How do these differ in practice? Arto Suominen of the Finnish-Ethiopian Community-Led Accelerated WASH (COWASH) project has found out while working in conflict-stricken Ethiopia for…
Marko Keskinen – 27.1.2021 — The longer Finnish version can be found here. Covid-19 pandemic forced the universities to move to a remote learning mode. While this provides new kinds of opportunities for teaching and learning, it challenges both the…
Marko Keskinen – 27.1.2021 — The short summary in English can be found here. Covid-19 -pandemia vauhditti yliopistot ennennäkemättömään digiloikkaan: valtaosa opetuksesta siirtyi viime maaliskuussa humauksessa verkkoon ja tilanne jatkuu samana ainakin tämän kevään ajan. Siirtymä etäopetukseen on herättänyt paljon keskustelua….
Photo by https://pixabay.com/photos/question-mark-knowledge-question-3255136/ This blog post, written by WDRG doctoral candidate Johannes Piipponen, is all about asking questions. How many questions can you ask, how to ask them, and how will it help you? Hopefully, this post will motivate…
14 September 2020 Global Water Partnership, together with partners and contributors from all over the world, has just launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Governance for Transboundary Freshwater Security. The topics covered in six modules range from transboundary water…
European Geosciences Union (EGU) annually holds a massive conference with more than 15 000 scientists attending from around the globe. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this year most scientific conferences were cancelled or postponed, and the EGU annual meeting…
Alexander Horton is a postdoctoral researcher from the UK with a background in Hydrology and Geomorphology. He is interested in the interactions between forests and water systems, and the impact human development is having on the hydrological functioning of these changing landscapes,…
Meeri Karvinen has studied for several years, how sustainability is implemented and taught in higher education. Part of her research has focused on water and environmental engineering (WAT) alumni, employers, and career paths. Karvinen finds career paths a fascinating topic,…