
JUHA KOTILAINEN
University Lecturer
In my research as a human geographer, I am interested in exploring the interface between society and nature. I have investigated the ways residents in local communities in both urban and rural surroundings come to terms with the transforming spaces they inhabit as well as the ways they deal with issues related to resources at their disposal. I also study the politics of conservation of biodiversity in its different forms. Often focussing on the local scale as a lens through which to examine broader societal and political transformations, there is a crucially multi-scale dimension in my research.
Contact info
Organization
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Geography
juha.kotilainen@uef.fi
Phone
+358 50 372 7426
Research groups - UEF
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LYY Institute for Natural resources, environment and society
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Changing places of social transformation
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Diversities of the Environmental Movement in Russia
Links
Publications
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Nchanji, Yvonne Kiki; Ramcilovic-Suominen, Sabaheta; Kotilainen, Juha. 2021. Power imbalances, social inequalities and gender roles as barriers to true participation in national park management: The case of Korup National Park, Cameroon Forest policy and economics 130: 102527. 2021
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Reproducing the Resource Periphery: Resource Regionalism in the European Union. Kotilainen, Juha / Resource Peripheries in the Global Economy.:Networks, Scales, and Places of Extraction. 2021. 2021
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Kivinen, Sonja; Kotilainen, Juha; Kumpula, Timo. 2020. Mining conflicts in the European Union: environmental and political perspectives Fennia 198 1-2: 163-179. 2020
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Ramcilovic-Suominen, Sabaheta; Kotilainen, Juha. 2020. Power relations in community resilience and politics of shifting cultivation in Laos Forest policy and economics 115: 102159. 2020
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Kotilainen, Juha (ed.) . 2020. Resource extraction, space and resilience. International perspectives. Routledge. Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development. 2020
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Quimbayo Ruiz, Germán A; Kotilainen, Juha; Salo, Matti. 2020. Reterritorialization practices and strategies of campesinos in the urban frontier of Bogotá, Colombia Land use policy 99: 105058. 2020
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Kotilainen, Juha. 2018. Resilience of Resource Communities: Perspectives and Challenges. In: Marsden, Terry (ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Nature. Sage publications. s. 435-452. 2018
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Yakovleva Natalia, Kotilainen Juha, Toivakka Maija. 2017. Reflections on the opportunities for mining companies to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Extractive Industries and Society 4 3: 426-433. 2017
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Kotilainen Juha, Halonen Maija, Vatanen Eero, Tykkyläinen Markku. 2016. Finland: Resource town transitions in Finland: Local impacts and policy responses in Lieksa. In: Halseth Greg (ed.) Transformation of resource towns and peripheries: Political economy perspectives. Routledge. Regions and CIties. s. 296-316. 2016
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Salo Matti, Hiedanpää Juha, Karlsson Teemu, Cárcamo Ávila Luciano, Kotilainen Juha, Jounela Pekka, Rumrrill García Róger. 2016. Local perspectives on the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining in the Madre de Dios gold fields, Peru. The Extractive Industries and Society 3 4: 1058-1066. 2016