Global Development

Educational sciences, educational technologies and teacher training

Bonface Abima, Doctoral Researcher: learning analytics, group learning, online learning. Countries: Uganda

Mirjam Asilevi, Doctoral Researcher: science education, teacher training. Countries: Namibia

Cloneria Jatileni, Project Researcher: mobile learning, early childhood education, teacher training, ICT for mathematics education. Countries: Namibia, South Africa

Ilkka Jormanainen, University Lecturer: computing education, educational technology, ICT in education, ICT for development, knowledge management, information systems. Countries: Eritrea, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia

Satu Järvinen, Doctoral Researcher: ICT integration in education, vocational education, skills development, teacher training. Countries: Rwanda, Senegal

Maria Kafuko, Doctoral Researcher: Learning analytics, computer supported collaborative learning, mobile learning. Countries: Uganda

Boniphace Kanyathare, Postdoctoral Researcher: photonics education and photonics related technologies. Countries: Tanzania

Jarkko Suhonen, Research Manager: computing education, design science research, educational technology, ICT for development. Countries: Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa

Markku Tukiainen, Professor: computing education, educational technology, ICT in education, ICT for development, knowledge management, information systems. Countries: Eritrea, Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia

Samuel Yigzaw, University Lecturer: information and knowledge systems in higher education. Countries: Eritrea

Environment, biological sciences, forest sciences and natural resource governance

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: environmental impact assessment, wildlife and nature conservation. Countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa

Frank Berninger, Professor: forest ecosystems, forest restoration, forest-water nexus, climate change. Countries: Ghana

Denis Dobrynin, Early Stage Researcher: environmental and natural resource governance, environmental and natural resource conflicts, environmental collaboration, landscape approaches. Countries: Tanzania, Uganda

Antti Erkkilä, Senior Researcher: agroforestry, environmental collaboration, forest fires, traditional ecological knowledge. Countries: Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Morocco

Kamrul Hassan: Project Researcher: forest management, wood materials science. Countries: Ghana

Omotomila Ikotun, Doctoral Researcher: environmental conflicts in Nigeria, focus on conflicts between farmers and herdsman conflicts. Countries: Nigeria

Sirpa Jääskeläinen, Senior Researcher: inorganic, analytical and organometallic chemistry, waste water treatment. Countries: Ghana

Boniphace Kanyathare, Postdoctoral Researcher: photonics education and photonics related technologies. Countries: Tanzania

Raine Kortet, Professor: fisheries and aquaculture development, aquatic sciences, development of teaching in fisheries and aquaculture. Countries: Zimbabwe

Irmeli Mustalahti, Professor: environmental and natural resources governance. Countries: Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Cameroon

Jenni Mölkänen, Postdoctoral Researcher: climate crisis, biodiversity, environment, farmers, community. Countries: Madagascar

Yvonne Nchanji, Doctoral Researcher: forest policy and governance, forest community livelihoods, gender mainstreaming, social inclusion, forest-poverty-food security. Countries: Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo

Ari Pappinen, Professor: forest health management, biodiversity management, sustainable use of natural resources. Countries: Ghana, Kenya, Namibia

Anu Valtonen, Senior Researcher: biodiversity, restoration, edible insects. Countries: Uganda

Law and policy

Rahma Hersi, Doctoral Researcher: women empowerment, gender, financial inclusion, Islamic finance. Countries: Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Nigeria

Katja Weckström: commercial law, regulation, innovation law and policy, food law and policy. Countries: Kenya, South Africa

Cultural encounters, social sciences, mobilities and borders

Pieter Dhondt, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Geographical and Historical Studies: general history, history of university celebrations, student revolts, medical history and development of medical education in higher education, history of academic mobility, history of colonisation and decolonisatio of Central Africa. Countries: Congo

Natalie Joubert, Doctoral Researcher: family migration, social work, community service. Countries: Namibia, South Africa

Timo Kallinen, Professor: secularism, disenchantment, re-enchantment of nature, divine kingship, African traditional religions, conversion, missionary Christianity, colonialism, postcolonialism. Countries: Ghana

Jussi Laine, Professor: African borders, Africa-Europe relations. Countries: Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria

Jenni Mölkänen, Postdoctoral Researcher: climate crisis, biodiversity, environment, farmers, community, religious change, christian churches. Countries: Madagascar

Public health and food & nutrition security

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: food safety and security, school meals development, food innovations, indigenous foods, indigenous knowledge. Countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Ghana

Suchetana De Storvik, Research Coordinator: food safety, clinical nutrition. Countries: South Africa

Carlos Gomez Gallego, Senior Researcher: sustainable, nutritious, and healthy foods, with a special focus on underutilised and traditional foods. Countries: Kenya, South Africa

Jussi Kauhanen, Professor: public health, epidemiology, social inequalities in health. Countries: Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa

Arja Lyytinen, Senior University Lecturer, Adjunct Professor: public health nutrition, school meals programmes, development of nutrition, health promotion, public health teaching. Countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa

Annika Männikkö, International Coordinator: internationalisation in public health programmes, development of school meals programmes, development of public health teaching. Countries: Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa

Behnam Tajik, Postdoctoral Researcher: nutrition and diet, cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes , public health education development. Countries: South Africa

Medical and nursing sciences, pharmacy and toxicology

Suchetana De Storvik, Research Coordinator: chemical risk assessment, biomedical ethics, research ethics. Countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe

Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Professor: health sciences, nursing, midwifery, genomics informed nursing, women’s and family health, pain. Countries: Ghana

Jaana Rysä, Professor: toxicology, chemical risk assessment, bioclourants, toxicology education development. Countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe

Business studies, entrepreneurship and innovation

Dmitry Zimin, Project Researcher: business and investment promotion, local economic development. Countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania

Educational sciences, educational technologies and teacher training

Satu Järvinen, Doctoral Researcher: ICT integration in education, vocational education, skills development, teacher training. Countries: Iraq

Public health and food & nutrition security

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: food safety and security, food innovations, indigenous foods, indigenous knowledge. Countries: Lebanon

Jussi Kauhanen, Professor: public health, epidemiology, social inequalities in health. Countries: Palestine, Iran, Syria

Behnam Tajik, Postdoctoral Researcher: nutrition and diet, mental health in children and adolescents. Countries: Iran

Law and Policy

Rahma Hersi, Doctoral Researcher: women empowerment, gender, financial inclusion, Islamic finance. Countries: Bahrain

Cultural encounters, social sciences, mobilities and borders

Enkhjargal Batbaatar, Postdoctoral Researcher: migration. Countries: Mongolia

Paul Fryer, University Lecturer: ethnic minorities, borders and migration in Russia and Eurasia. Countries: Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan

Jeremy Smith, Professor: break-up of the Soviet Union and the organization of Eurasia. Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova

Firuz Suleymanov, Doctoral Researcher: water, conflicts, borders, international law, security, human geography. Countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia

Joni Virkkunen, Research Manager: borders, migration, socio-economics.

Environment, biological sciences, forest sciences and natural resource governance

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: fisheries and aquaculture, climate change, development of teaching in fisheries and aquaculture. Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

Antti Erkkilä, Senior Researcher: agroforestry, environmental collaboration, forest fires, traditional ecological knowledge. Countries: Kazakhstan

Harri Kokko, Researcher: plant biotechnology, food safety. Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

Raine Kortet, Professor: fisheries and aquaculture development, aquatic sciences, development of teaching in fisheries and aquaculture. Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

Blas Mola, Associate Professor: forest management. Countries: Kazakhstan, Mongolia

Jonne Naarala, Professor: climate change, radiation, environmental safety. Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Elina Oksanen, Professor: biodiversity, climate change, biology, plant protection, food security. Countries: Mongolia

Ari Pappinen, Professor: forest health management, biodiversity management, sustainable use of natural resources. Countries: Kazakhstan

Rauno Sairinen, Professor: environmental and natural resources governance, sustainability of mining, sustainability transition and social impact assessment. Countries: Kyrgyzstan

Public health and food & nutrition security

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: food safety and security, school meals development. Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan

Enkhjargal Batbaatar, Postdoctoral Researcher: quality of life, patient satisfaction. Countries: Mongolia

Javkhlanbayar Dorjdagva, University Lecturer: health inequality, health care inequality, catastrophic health expenditure, universal health coverage, sustainable development goals, public health policy. Countries: Mongolia

Sohaib Khan, University Lecturer: Social epidemiology, public health in humanitarian crises. Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan

Jussi Kauhanen, Professor: public health, epidemiology, social inequalities in health. Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Georgia

Arja Lyytinen, Senior University Lecturer, Adjunct Professor: public health nutrition, school meals programmes, development of nutrition, health promotion, public health teaching. Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Georgia

Tiina Laatikainen, Professor: implementation research on prevention and management of non-communicable diseases. Countries: Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Annika Männikkö, International Coordinator: internationalisation in public health programmes, development of school meals programmes, development of public health teaching. Countries: Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Georgia

Law and policy

Yulia Yamineva: climate and environmental law, governance. Countries: Tajikistan, Kazakhstan

Educational sciences, educational technologies and teacher training

Jingoo Kang, Assistant Professor: science education, environmetal education, gender equity, educational policy. Countries: South Korea

Cultural encounters, social sciences, mobilities and borders

Ghanshyam Bishwakarma, Early Stage Researcher: sociology. Countries: Nepal

Azmeary Ferdoush, Visiting Researcher: Borders, refugees, geopolitics. Countries: Bangladesh

Natalie Joubert, Doctoral Researcher: family migration, social work, community service. Countries: India

Barnali Sarkar, Postdoctoral Researcher: migration, environmental disasters, human-animal spatial identities, identity, human geography. Countries: India

Law and policy

Rahma Hersi, Doctoral Researcher: women empowerment, gender, financial inclusion, Islamic finance. Countries: Malaysia, Pakistan

Raihanatul Jannat: climate change law, climate change adaptation, gender-responsive adaptation. Countries: Bangladesh

Katja Weckström: commercial law, regulation, innovation law and policy, food law and policy. Countries: Vietnam

Yulia Yamineva: climate and environmental law, governance. Countries: Indonesia

Environment, biological sciences, forest sciences and natural resource governance

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: fisheries and aquaculture development, community forest development, cooperative management, gender equality and women empowerment, community entrepreneurship. Countries: Nepal

Denis Dobrynin, Early Stage Researcher: environmental and natural resource governance, environmental and natural resource conflicts, environmental collaboration, landscape approaches. Countries: Bhutan

Antti Erkkilä, Senior Researcher: agroforestry, environmental collaboration, forest fires, traditional ecological knowledge. Countries: Cambodia, Bhutan.

Kamrul Hassan: Project Researcher: forest management, wood materials science. Countries: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myamnmar, Thailand

Shahidul Mallick, Doctoral Researcher: climate change, water conservation. Countries: Bangladesh

Irmeli Mustalahti, Professor: environmental and natural resources governance. Countries: Indonesia, Bhutan

Victor Carrasco Navarro, Project Researcher: aquatic ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, microplastics, circular economy. Countries: India

Ari Pappinen, Professor: forest health management, biodiversity management, sustainable use of natural resources. Countries: Myanmar, Nepal

Medical and nursing sciences, pharmacy and toxicology

Anndra Parviainen, Early Stage Researcher: nursing education, genomics, precision health, precision medicine, health promotion. Countries: Philippines

Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Professor: health sciences, nursing, midwifery, genomics informed nursing, women’s and family health, pain. Countries: Philippines

Public health and food & nutrition security

Jussi Kauhanen, Professor: public health, epidemiology, social inequalities in health. Countries: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Business studies, entrepreneurship and innovation

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: cooperative management, gender equality and women empowerment, community entrepreneurship. Countries: Nepal

Subhanjan Sengupta, Postdoctoral Researcher: entrepreneurship, business modelling, sustainability, circular economy. Countries: India

Educational sciences, educational technologies and teacher training

Päivikki Liukkonen, Doctoral Researcher: craft science, education. Countries: Uruguay

Lais Oliviera Leite, Doctoral Researcher: comparative education research on teacher education curriculum design. Countries: Brazil

Environment, biological sciences, forest sciences and natural resource governance

Frank Berninger, Professor: forest ecosystems, forest restoration, forest-water nexus, climate change. Countries: Brazil, Colombia

Alexander Pulgarin Diaz, Doctoral Researcher: forest insect pests and forest ecology. Countries: Colombia

Antti Erkkilä, Senior Researcher: agroforestry, environmental collaboration, forest fires, traditional ecological knowledge. Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

Marjukka Kolehmainen, Professor: health impact of food and food components. Countries: Peru

Raine Kortet, Professor: fisheries and aquaculture development, aquatic sciences, development of teaching in fisheries and aquaculture. Countries: Ecuador

Hanna Laako, Senior Researcher: conservation politics, forests, border and borderlands, Mesoamerica and the Maya Forest. Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize

Blas Mola, Associate Professor: forest management. Countries: Brazil, Chile, Ecuador

Isabel Muñoz Hidalgo, Coordinator: sustainable forest bioeconomy, forest and energy policies, corporate responsibility and social safeguards. Countries: Chile, Uruguay

Irmeli Mustalahti, Professor: environmental and natural resources governance. Countries: Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Bolivia

Jessenia Polack Huaman, Doctoral Researcher: sustainable forest management, land cover on stream water quality, land management. Countries: Peru, Ecuador

Sara Pineda Zapata, Doctoral researcher: landscape management, fragmentation and connectivity. Countries: Colombia

Cultural encounters, social sciences, mobilities and borders

Hanna Laako, Senior Researcher: conservation politics, forests, border and borderlands, Mesoamerica, international relations, decolonization. Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize

Public health and food & nutrition security

Roseanna Avento, Global Development Manager: food safety and security, food innovations, indigenous foods, indigenous knowledge. Countries: Peru

Carlos Gomez Gallego, Senior Researcher: sustainable, nutritious, and healthy foods, with a special focus on underutilised and traditional foods. Countries: Peru, Bolivia

Jussi Kauhanen, Professor: public health, epidemiology, social inequalities in health. Countries: Argentina, Colombia

Medical and nursing sciences, pharmacy and toxicology

Juliana Perez Perez, Doctoral Researcher: surveillance and monitoring of mosquito-borne diseases, dengue fever. Countries: Colombia

Jaana Rysä, Professor: toxicology, chemical risk assessment, bioclourants, toxicology education development. Countries: Brazil