Antti Erkkilä
Visiting Researcher
Doctor of Science in Forestry
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Senior Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), 2012-2017, ALL-YOUTH and MAKUTANO research projects, 2018-2023, UEF EDUCase global pilot project, 2022, 2023.
Senior Researcher, Researcher, Coordinator for Global Sustainable Development, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu, 1984-1994, 1997-2005.
Environmental Counsellor at the Embassy of Finland in Nairobi, Kenya, 2005-2010.
Chief Forester in Research and Forestry Adviser at the Directorate of Forestry, Namibia, 1994-1996, employed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Short-term consultancies: Cambodia, Eswatini, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia (1986-2016). Professional study tours to India (1982), Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras (1984), South Africa (1996, 2004), Uganda (2006, 2007), Rwanda (2010), Tanzania (2018, 2019), Namibia (1990, 1993, 1994-1996, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019), Cameroon (2023).
Trainee in Canada (Pacific Forest Research Centre, British Columbia, 1983), Czechoslovakia (Faculty of Forestry, Brno, 1981) and Ireland (Forestry and Wildlife Service, 1979).
Responsive Natural Resources Governance research group, member.
Research groups
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Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution (ECCR) - course series and teaching network 01.01.2016 - -
Global Development 01.01.2020 - -
Responsive Natural Resources Governance Research Group 01.01.2012 - -
Social Scientific Biosociety Research Network (SOBIO) 01.01.2018 -
Projects
Publications
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Translocal livelihoods in southern Africa : A case study from north-central Namibia
Erkkilä, Antti; Indongo, Nelago; Siiskonen, Harri, 2022, Journal of Namibian studies: history politics culture, 31, 31-53. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Luregn Lenggenhager, Ruling Nature, Controlling People
Erkkilä, Antti, 2021, Journal of southern african studies, 47, 4, 730-732. B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
Relocation of the homestead: A customary practice in the communal areas of north-central Namibia
Erkkilä Antti, Indongo Nelago, 2017, Halvorsen Tor, Ibsen Hilde, Evans Henri-Count, Penderis Sharon, Knowledge for Justice: Critical Perspectives from Southern African-Nordic Research Partnerships, 227-240. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Väestön- ja ympäristönmuutos Pohjois-Namibiassa
Erkkilä Antti, 2016, Miettinen Kari, Kuhanen Jan, Ystävällistä viisautta: professori Harri Siiskosen 60-vuotisjuhlakirja, 47-70. D2 Article in a professional book (incl. an introduction by the editor) -
Ilmastoneuvotteluista apua afrikkalaisen pienviljelijän ahdinkoon?
Erkkilä, Antti, Siiskonen, Harri, 2013, Tieteessä tapahtuu, 31, 3, 11-14. D1 Article in a trade journal -
Sodan ympäristövaikutukset Namibiassa
Erkkilä;Antti;Siiskonen;Harri, 2007, Sodan ekologia. Sodankäynnin ympäristöhistoriaa. Historiallinen Arkisto n:o 125., 644-673. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Institutional cooperation between the University of Joensuu and the University of Namibia
Erkkilä Antti; Siiskonen Harri, 2004, Erkkilä Antti; Savonlahti Outi, Proceedings of the First UNEP/University of Joensuu Symposium on Challenges to Sustainable Development., 52-71. B2 Book section -
Proceedings of the First UNEP/University of Joensuu Symposium on Challenges to Sustainable Development
Erkkilä Antti; Savonlahti Outi (eds.), 2004, Joensuun yliopisto. C2 Edited book, conference proceedings or special issue of a journal -
Development of forest research networking system: a report prepared for the Namibia-Finland Forestry Programme.
Erkkilä Antti, 2002. D4 Published development or research report or study -
Lectio praecursoria 17.12.2001. Living on the land: change in forest cover in north-central Namibia 1943-1996
Erkkilä Antti, 2002, Saastamoinen Olli;Kolström Taneli;Oinasmaa Anita, Lectiones praecursoriae forestales - Metsätieteellisiä lektioita, 185-188. B2 Book section
