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Experiencing International Waters

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…

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Providing water in a country dealing with crises left and right

  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…

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In drought-prone Sahel, rain still remains a gift only few farmers can enjoy

Since the 1980s, rainfall conditions for agriculture have improved only in scattered areas across the region Story highlights Studies have reported an upward trend in annual rainfall in the Sahel since the 1970s and 1980s, but farmers question whether vegetation…

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Restructuring, rhythm & reflection – views on remote learning

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…

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Rakenna, rytmitä ja reflektoi – oppeja etäopettamiseen

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….

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The art and science of asking questions.

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…

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How could Finland positively impact the global food system?

9.12.2020 Elina Lehikoinen is defending her thesis about Finland’s food security and global food systems on Friday 11th of December 2020. Read the main findings from this blog and tune in on Friday to hear more.   The global food…

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Do you know just how important you are?

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…

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What do entrepreneurship and doctoral studies have in common?

In this text, WDRG doctoral candidate  Thomas Banafa writes about  combining entrepreneurship and doctoral studies.   I started my own consulting company a little over two years ago after six years of working as a design engineer at a large…

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Massive Open Online Course on Governance for Transboundary Freshwater Security

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…

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