Juho Haapala is a former and current Water and Development Research Group member, who had his defence in 2018 about governing water for local development. After the graduation, he spent two years in rural Nepal working in water-related governmental water projects…
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,…
Vilma Sandström has a PhD in Environmental Science and she is passioned about using science and research as tools to work for more sustainable societies. Food systems and their sustainability challenges have been in the focus of her research. In…
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…
A dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas, 1935. George E. Marsh/NOAA This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Authors: Miina Porkka, Stockholm University; Alison Heslin, Columbia University, and Matti Kummu, Aalto…
”SGT focuses on sustainable technologies, urbanization, development, environmental, cultural and societal impacts in developing and transition countries.” This spring, the Sustainable Global Technologies Studio runs projects in four locations: Kenya, Uganda, Bhutan and Mexico. In this blog post you’ll find…
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,…
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…