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WDRG is a unique research group with multidisciplinary approach. Our research group is a combination of professors, post-docs and doctoral students with various backgrounds. For more information and detailed publication list, please click the personal links in People page and visit Aalto People site.

Research group leaders

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Olli Varis

Professor | D.Sc. (Tech)

Governance | Water security | Business innovations

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Matti Kummu

Associate Professor | D.Sc. (Tech)

Food | Climate change | Modelling

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Marko Keskinen

Associate Professor | D.Sc. (Tech)

Sustainability | Governance | Integration

Academic coordinators

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Matleena Muhonen

M.Sc.

Landscape architecture | Sustainability

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Maija Taka

Ph.D.

Doctoral education | Urbanization | Hydrology

Post-doctoral researchers

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Daniel Chrisendo

Ph.D.

Food Economics | Food Systems | Gender Equality | Rural Development

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Josias Láng-Ritter

Ph.D.

Water Resources | Flood Risk | Artificial Intelligence

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Marko Kallio

D.Sc. (Tech)

Watersecurity | Rural livelihoods | Modelling

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Meeri Karvinen

D.Sc. (Tech)

Sustainability education | University pedagogy

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Vilma Sandström

Ph.D.

Food security | Natural resources management | Fisheries | Aquaculture

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Venla Niva

D.Sc. (Tech)

Human migration | Environmental change

 

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Ozias Hounkpatin

PH.D.

Soil conservation | Nutrient management | Food

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Dandan Zhao

D.Sc.

Water resources management | Environmental input-output analysis | Water footprint assessment

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Mika Jalava

D.Sc. (Tech)

Food security | Modeling | Water resources

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Anni Juvakoski

D.Sc. (Tech)

Water, sanitation, and hygiene | Crisis preparedness | Low- and middle-income areas

Doctoral researchers

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Anne Hyvärinen

M.Sc. (Tech)

Business innovations | Water security | Trade

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Julia Sundman

M.Sc. (Econ)

Engineering education | Problem-based learning | Sustainability pedagogy

 

 

 

 

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Qiankun Niu

M.Sc. (Tech)

Food security | Climate change | Land use

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Sofija Djukanovic

M.Sc.

Drinking water | Natural organic matter

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Vili Virkki

M.Sc. (Tech)

GIS | Spatial analysis

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Thomas Banafa

M.Sc. (tech.)

Governance | Water security

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Anup Shrestha

M.Sc.

Disaster Risk Management | Flood Modelling | Hydrology

 

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Xiaoqi Feng

M.A. (Edu)

Engineering education | Interdisciplinary pedagogies | Collaborative learning

 

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Johannes Piipponen

M.Sc. (Agr. For.)

Agriculture | Food | Sustainability

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Sara Heikonen

M.Sc. (Tech)

Agriculture | Climate change

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Sina Masoumzadeh Sayyar

M.Sc. (tech.)

Asset Management | Wastewater networks

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Essi Huotari

M.Sc.

Sustainability transformation | Knowledge co-creation | Science-society interfaces

Research affiliates and visiting researchers

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Mia Pihlajamäki

Ph.D.

Marine and water governance | environmental policy

 

 

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Irina Mancheva

Ph.D.

Water governance | Environmental policy | Policy implementation

 

 

 

 

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Juho Haapala

D.Sc. (tech.)

Governance | Policy making

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Qing Xia

M.Sc. (tech.)

Environmental input-output analysis | Water footprint assessment | Sustainability

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Suvi Sojamo

Ph.D.

Governance | Water security | Policy making

WDRG Master thesis workers

  • Suvi Ojala
  • Anni Lehikoinen
  • Antti Kallanranta
  • Bhattarabhop Viriyaroj
  • Camila Gallo
  • Pihla Seppälä
  • Emanuela De Giorgi

WDRG Alumni

  • Lauri Ahopelto, Doctoral researcher -2024
  • Miina Porkka, Post-doctoral researcher -2023
  • Matias Heino, Post-doctoral researcher -2023
  • Stefano Antonini, Research assistant -2023
  • Eero Alkio, Research assistant -2023
  • Anise McCrone, Research assistant -2023
  • Lisa Sparf, Research assistant -2023
  • Juho Mäkelä, Research assistant -2023
  • Eveliina Heikkala, Research assistant -2023
  • Maria Kosonen, Research assistant -2023
  • Jouni Kärppä, Research assistant -2023
  • Sara Saukkonen, Research assistant -2023
  • Heini Karinen, Research assistant -2023
  • Aino Ahvo, Research assistant -2022
  • Pekka Kinnunen, Doctoral researcher -2022
  • Yean Ng, Research assistant -2022
  • Amy Fallon, Doctoral researcher -2022
  • Erik Salminen, visiting researcher -2021
  • Anna Chrysafi, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
  • Alexander Horton, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
  • Laura Verbrugge, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
  • Jialiang Cai, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
  • Xiaomeng Zhang, visiting Doctoral researcher -2021
  • Inkeri Seppälä, Research assistant -2021
  • Elizabeth Akins, Research assistant -2021
  • Marika Riikonen, Research assistant -2021
  • Eelis Hemberg, Research assistant -2021
  • Esra Marvin, Research assistant -2021
  • Elina Lehikoinen, Doctoral researcher -2020
  • Maiju Narikka, Research assistant 2020
  • Roope Kouki, Research assistant 2020
  • Hafsa Munia, Doctoral researcher -2020
  • Joseph Guillaume, Post-doctoral Researcher -2019
  • Timo Räsänen, Post-doctoral researcher -2017
  • Mirja Kattelus, Doctoral researcher -2017
  • Aura Salmivaara, Doctoral researcher -2015
  • Shokhrukh Jalilov, Post-doc researcher -2015
  • Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, Post-doctoral Researcher -2013
  • Virpi Stucki, Doctoral researcher -2011
  • Ulla Heinonen, Doctoral researcher -2009