
IRMELI MUSTALAHTI
Professor
Professor of Natural Resource Governance
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.
Contact info
Organization
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Environmental Policy
irmeli.mustalahti@uef.fi
Phone
+358 50 563 2071
Keywords
Teaching Activities
Research groups and research projects
Research groups - UEF
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ALL-YOUTH – All youth want to rule their world
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LYY Institute for Natural resources, environment and society
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MAKUTANO – Translocal forest owners and environmental collaboration: An action learning process of forest governance transformation in Tanzania
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Responsive Natural Resources Governance Research Group
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Water research
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Social Scientific Biosociety Research Network (SOBIO)
Publications
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Dobrynin, Denis; Jarlebring, Natalya Yakusheva; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Sotirov, Metodi; Kulikova, Elena; Lopatin, Eugene. 2021. The forest environmental frontier in Russia: Between sustainable forest management discourses and 'wood mining' practice Ambio 50 12: 2138-2152. 2021
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Warsha Kuhusu Usimamizi wa Moto Katika Misitu ya Kupandwa Nyanda za Juu Kusini mwa Tanzania: Kubadilishana Uzoefu na Kujenga Ushirikiano, 19-20 April 2021, Mafinga, Iringa, Tanzania. Tumaini, U, Erkkilä, A, Lwoga ET, Mustalahti, I, Maro, AH, Mwampamba, TH, Estrada, MH, Mwaseba, DL, Herdieckerhoff, I, Mwakasungula, K. 2021 2021
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Erkkilä, Antti; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Tokola, Nina; Tuunainen, Anna-Maija; Hujala, Teppo. 2021. Nuorten metsänomistajien valmiudet, valta ja vastuu Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 2021: 10513. 2021
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Dobrynin, Denis; Smirennikova, Elena; Mustalahti, Irmeli. 2020. Non-state forest governance and 'Responsibilization': The prospects for FPICunder FSC certification in Northwest Russia Forest policy and economics 115: 102142. 2020
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Maaseutumatkailun edellytykset ja yhteistoiminta osana biotaloutta. Pakarinen, Virpi; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Konu, Henna / Matkailuliiketoimintaa teoriasta käytäntöön. 2020. 2020
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Mustalahti, Irmeli; Agrawalb, Arun. 2020. Research trends: Responsibilization in natural resource governance Forest policy and economics 121: 102308. 2020
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Narratives of conflict in private plantation forestry in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. Erkkilä Antti; Tumaini Ubaldus J.; Maro Aristarik H.; Nyanda Suzana S.; Mustalahti Irmeli / Development Days 2020: INEQUALITY REVISITED: In Search of Novel Perspectives on an Enduring Problem. 2020. 2020
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Nuorten ilmastohuoli ja ympäristökansalaisuuden muotoutuminen. Albrecht, Eerika; Tokola, Nina; Leppäkoski, Elina; Sinkkonen, Juni; Mustalahti, Irmeli; Ratamäki, Outi; Viljanen, Jukka / Maapallon tulevaisuus ja lapsen oikeudet. 2020. 2020
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The First International Symposium on Youth Participation in Peace Processes: Side Event Report: Youth Participation in Environmental Collaboration and Peace Processes. Erkkilä, A; Kotilainen, JM; Luoma, E; Mustalahti, I. 2019 2019
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Tokola, Nina; Rättilä, Tiina; Honkatukia, Päivi; Mubeen, Fath E; Mustalahti, Irmeli. 2019. "Haluan tulla nähdyksi huiviltani": Nuorten musliminaisten kokemuksia kuulumisesta työelämässä Nuorisotutkimus 37 2: 21-35. 2019