
Irmeli Mustalahti
Professor
Professor of Natural Resource Governance
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
irmeli.mustalahti@uef.fi | +358 50 563 2071
Irmeli Mustalahti, Professor of Natural Resource Governance has a PhD in participatory forest practices and impacts (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). She is a chair of Responsive Natural Resources Governance-Research Group (RNRG). Her main research and teaching interests are long-term empirical research on natural resources governance, environmental conflict resolution, and collaborative management of natural resources. Since 2003, she has engaged with the Academy of Finland funded research projects and being in close collaboration with various international research networks. Since 2015, she has been developing jointly, with an international researchers and PhD supervisors, a course series called ‘Environmental collaboration and conflict resolution’. For example, in 2012-2016, she led the Academy of Finland funded projects ‘Towards Responsive Governance in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation? Comparative case study in Tanzania and Nepal’ and ‘REDD+: The new regime to enhance or reduce equity in global environmental governance? A comparative study in Tanzania, Mexico and Laos’. Currently, she is among of the leadership of the multidisciplinary research project, ‘All youth want to rule their world, ALL-YOUTH, 2018-2023’, a consortium funded by the Strategical Research Council of Finland. She is also a leader of MAKUTANO research project in Tanzania which aims to develop methodological and theoretical approaches for environmental collaboration and conflict resolution.
Research groups
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Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resoluti… 01.01.2016 -
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Global Development 01.01.2020 -
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Responsive Natural Resources Governance Research … 01.01.2012 -
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Social Scientific Biosociety Research Network (SO… 01.01.2018 -
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Publications
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Collaborative everyday adaptation to deal with peatland fires: a case study on the east coast of Sumatra, Indonesia
Ramdani, Rijal; Mustalahti, Irmeli. 2023. Ecology and society. 28: . 12 -
Collaborative forest fire management: Southern Highlands of Tanzania
Lwoga, Edda Tandi; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Tumaini, Ubaldus J; Erkkilä, Antti; Herdieckerhoff, Ida; Maro, Aristarik H. 2023. Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution 2022: course report
Mustalahti, Irmeli; Dobrynin, Denis; Peltonen, Lasse; Erkkilä, Antti; Lehtovaara, Vilma; Greenwood, Stephen; Fialová, Zuza; Singer, Laurel; Kangasoja, Jonna; Kontinen, Tiina; Nesterinen, Niko . 2023. . . Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
Intergenerational learning : From responsibilisation of young people towards sustainable well-being
Mustalahti, Irmeli; Tokola, Nina; Pakarinen, Virpi; Siltavuori, Venla. Teoksessa: Honkatukia, Päivi; Rättilä, Tiina(toim.) , 2023. Young people as agents of sustainable society : Reclaiming the future. s. 75-93. Routledge -
Policy Brief 2023: Globally Responsible, Locally Responsive
Mustalahti, Irmeli; Erkkilä, Antti; Tokola, Nina; Laako, Hanna; Dobrynin, Denis; Mustonen, Anna; Herdieckerhoff, Ida; Pekkonen, Minna; Weckroth, Mikko; Ramdani, Rijal; Purnomo, Eko Priyo; Lwoga, Edda Tandi; Tumaini, Ubaldus J; Maro, Aristarik H; Ngaka, Willy; Greenwood, Stephen; McLain, Rebecca; Klenk, Nicole; Stratton, Noelle Gadfly; Agustiyara. 2023. . . Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
Politiikkasuositus 2023: Globaalisti vastuullista, paikallisesti vuorovaikutteista
Mustalahti, Irmeli; Erkkilä, Antti; Tokola, Nina; Laako, Hanna; Dobrynin, Denis; Mustonen, Anna; Herdieckerhoff, Ida; Pekkonen, Minna; Weckroth, Mikko; Ramdani, Rijal; Purnomo, Eko Priyo; Lwoga, Edda Tandi; Tumaini, Ubaldus J; Maro, Aristarik H; Ngaka, Willy; Greenwood, Stephen; McLain, Rebecca; Klenk, Nicole; Stratton, Noelle Gadfly; Agustiyara. 2023. . . Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
Tieto kiertoon-toiminta: Tieto kiertoon -toiminnalla lievennystä nuorten ja aikuisten ilmastohuoleen
Tokola, Nina; Lihavainen, Lea; Mustalahti, Irmeli. 2023. . . Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
Uncertainty and Forest Concessions in a Globalized World: Insights into Local Access to Forest Resources in Mozambique
Herdieckerhoff, Ida; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Sitoe, Almeida; Chambule, Estêvão E. 2023. Society and natural resources. [Epub ahead of print 13 Sep 2023]: 1-23 -
Ushirikiano wa usimamizi na udhibiti wa moto misitu: Nyanda za juu kusini kwa Tanzania
Lwoga, Edda Tandi; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Tumaini, Ubaldus J; Erkkilä, Antti; Herdieckerhoff, Ida; Maro, Aristarik H. 2023. Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
Kestävyysmurros ja rakenteet
Paloniitty, Tiina; Janasik, Nina; Levänen, Jarkko; Linnanen, Lassi; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Peltonen, Lasse. Teoksessa: Halonen, Tarja; Korhonen-Kurki; Kaisa; Niemelä, Jari; Pietikäinen, Janna(toim.) , 2022. Kestävyyden avaimet: kestävyystieteen keinoin ihmisen ja luonnon yhteiseloon. s. 151-179. Gaudeamus