04.11.2021
How to read scientific articles and take notes
You cannot do research without reading articles, and you will lose much time and become frustrated without the proper approaches to reading. I’m going to introduce a systematic method for…
08.10.2021
Yes, you’re a professional writer! A letter to fellow researchers on scientific writing
Dear scientist, Are you a professional writer? Have you thought about it? You probably consider writing to be an important and essential part of your work, but maybe you leave…
21.09.2021
Maintenance – The Key to Water Infrastructure Development
Water development projects continue to struggle with sustainability. “Rehabilitation” is a common term used for the construction of new water systems to replace systems that have failed prematurely. Prematurely failing…
27.08.2021
Kuivuus voi yllättää hitaudellaan
Tämä blogi on julkaistu alun perin vesi.fi sivustolla Tämän kesän kesä- ja heinäkuun kuumuus ja sateettomuus saattavat kuivattaa kaivoja ja heikentää satoja. Kuivakausi vaatii kuitenkin aikaa kehittyäkseen vakavaksi ongelmaksi….
02.06.2021
Zooming into development challenges: Co-learning with partners in Tanzania, Bhutan & Mexico
In this blog entry, Matleena Muhonen discusses some of the challenges Aalto’s multidisciplinary master’s level SGT Studio course has encountered during the pandemic. Many of the common practices are…
28.04.2021
Engaging online learning?
In this blog post, Sara Heikonen writes about her insights on remote learning that she has gained through two different roles: writing her master’s thesis in the Water and Development…
15.04.2021
A “nexus” approach to quantify economic-social-environmental synergies and trade-offs of...
Sustainable water management is one of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) and is characterized by a high level of interdependencies with other SDGs from regional to global scales….
18.03.2021
Invisible soil water is critical for global food security
A newly published study highlights the impacts of green water variability on global crop yields Water consumed by farming comes from either rainfall or irrigation. The water from rainfall is…
04.03.2021
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…
17.02.2021
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)…