03.09.2019
Aalto Distinguished Professor Varis
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…
29.08.2019
The Winland project ended with a multitude of policy briefs and research articles
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…
26.08.2019
How much water do you eat?
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:…
12.03.2019
Master’s Thesis in a research group: threat or opportunity?
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…
27.02.2019
Vertical farming: the myth of resource efficiency
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…
21.02.2019
Water Scarcity Atlas: introducing and showcasing global water scarcity analyses
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…
03.01.2019
Happy new year!
Last year was our success story in many ways. Here is a brief summary of our key achievements. Hopefully year 2019 will bring as much joy and success – happy…
20.09.2018
Cape Town’s water crisis
As one of the most severe urban droughts in modern history, the Cape Town water crisis has flooded South African and international news in recent months. For Finnish, please scroll…
17.09.2018
How to write and excellent paper?
Together with IWA YWP Finland (International Water Association’s Young Water Professional), we organized a scientific publishing workshop for all the doctoral candidates across Nordic and Baltic countries. The variety of…
04.09.2018
Exploring water through art and science
In mid-August Aino Peltola, Elina Lehikoinen and Matias Heino from Aalto University’s Water and Environmental Research Group got an exciting change to their regular schedule, when a group of secondary…