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CRITICAL NATURE: Are China’s dams on the Mekong causing downstream drought?...

 Amy Fallon and Marko Kallio investigate a recent environmental report in the Mekong basin and discuss constructive ways forward for science and cooperation in the region. This post was originally published by The Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS) within the Faculty…

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Two years off the academia – How did it feel like, and is there life or...

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…

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EGU 2020 – WDRG sharing their experiences online

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…

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Finding common ground: half-way through the WATVUL project

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,…

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The world on your plate

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…

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Chinese sustainable water resources – the role of industries

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…

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Lessons learned how to do your PhD!

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…

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We simulated how a modern dust bowl would impact global food supplies and the...

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…

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Jambo, Hola, Oli otya! – SGT-greetings of 2020

”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…

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Career path – does it need to be straightforward?

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,…

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