Tensions over water resources are expected to increase globally due to the effects of climate change, population growth, urbanisation and related water scarcity. Water diplomacy can complement existing water cooperation activities through its focus on the ‘political’ and utilisation of…
Making the right choices regarding your major, minor and selection of classes is often a struggle in university studies. This blog discusses how specialization and generalization are both feasible approaches for structuring your studies. The blog argues that, in fact,…
What is it like to combine social themes and laboratory work in one thesis? Anni Juvakoski found out this spring while writing her master’s thesis about solar water disinfection. Starting out – sunshine and rainbows A year ago, I was…
The World Water Week is a high-profile event organised annually by the Stockholm International Water Institute. The Water Week is amongst the “world’s most influential, innovative and dynamic movement(s) focused on transforming global water challenges“. Erik Salminen from WDRG travelled…
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…
Winland was a strategic research project coordinated by WDRG exploring future energy and food security in Finland. The project ended in August, and the final seminar was held in April 10th. This multidisciplinary project has created eight policy briefs and…
Our doctoral candidate, M.Sc. (tech.) Mika Jalava will defend his doctoral dissertation this Friday, 30.8.2019 at noon in Aalto, TU1 room in Maarintie 8. His dissertation, “The water we eat: Methods for estimating water use of diets in changing food” is…
When I came up with the title “The value of open-source based river streamflow estimation in Southeast Asia”, my attempt to write a Master’s Thesis was a lot easier said than done; attempting to compose an outlook on both sought-after uncertainty estimation of hydrostreamer and on how it could…
Indoor vertical farming represents one of relatively fresh approach to food production. Scenarios of plant factories producing fresh greens year-around close to consumers have been published in media and they have raised not only the interest among consumers but also…
The Water Scarcity Atlas (waterscarcityatlas.org) is a freely available educational tool to help us all make more sustainable choices in day-to-day life. It uses interactive global maps to provide an introduction to the problems that arise with limited water –…