In this post we summarize the final report of MVTT’s impact assessment of the Majakka project. The synthesis can be found in Finnish from MVTT’s home page. The assessment was performed by Gaia consulting. For the past five years (2017-2021),…
Majakka is our 5-year project that focuses on co-creating practices, mechanisms and culture to improve doctoral education and water research, aiming to educate top-notch game changers and to strengthen our international research excellence. The project was recently awarded with Aalto…
The year 2020 will remain in history as the year of the COVID19 outbreak. As research on the cure for the virus has increased, so has research on the effects of the pandemic on wellbeing and welfare. One of the areas of interest for researchers and practitioners…
4 September 2020 Vesitalous is a Finnish professional journal which has readership across academic, governance, and public fields. The latest issue, co-edited by our Associate Professor Marko Keskinen, covered wide range of approaches to water security. The journal (in Finnish)…
Our researchers recently published a critical nature on the drivers of the Mekong region droughts. The 2019-20 drought has triggered concerns and highlighted the need for research on the communities, information, and regional cooperation. Our doctoral student Marko Kallio and…
Dandan Zhao is a postdoctoral researcher in Water & Development Research Group – her research concentrates on water footprints and water resources regulation. In this post, she enlightens her experience in water footprint assessment at sectoral scale and her new…
Our colleague Hafsa Munia defended her thesis successfully in February 2020 – what are her key advice for phd students? Is Ph.D. a job or I am still a student? While everyone else is settled in job, I was still thinking…
Our Senior University Lecturer Marko Keskinen has been appointed as Associate Professor at the Department of Built Environment. Read more about his career so far and his thoughts about the importance of water in the societies and their development, and related…
Anna Chrysafi has a deep interest in food and a research background in aquatic sciences. She joined the water and development group, as she wanted to challenge herself and learn more about sustainability issues and other natural resources. In this…
Head of our research group, professor Olli Varis has been appointed Aalto Distinguished Professor. The title is awarded to professors of exceptional academic merit. Varis received his award in the Aalto Day one opening ceremony on September 3rd. ‘Professor Varis…