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

Email

juha.kotilainen@uef.fi

Phone

+358 50 372 7426

Research groups

LYY Institute for Natural resources, environment and society
Changing places of social transformation

Publications

Kivinen, Sonja; Kotilainen, Juha; Kumpula, Timo. 2020. Mining conflicts in the European Union: environmental and political perspectives Fennia 198 1-2: 163-179. 2020
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
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
Kotilainen, Juha (ed.) . 2020. Resource extraction, space and resilience. International perspectives. Routledge. Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development. 2020
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
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
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
Vatanen Eero, Kotilainen Juha. 2016. Paikallistalouksien uusiutumiskyky: itäsuomalaisia esimerkkejä. TERRA 128 3: 176-186. 2016
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
Kotilainen Juha, Prokhorova Evgenia, Sairinen Rauno, Tiainen Heidi. 2015. Corporate social responsibility of mining companies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Resources Policy 45: 202-209. 2015
Kotilainen Juha, Eisto Ilkka, Vatanen Eero. 2015. Uncovering mechanisms for resilience: strategies to counter shrinkage in a peripheral city in Finland. European Planning Studies 23 1: 53-68. 2015
Hiedanpää Juha, Salo Matti, Kotilainen Juha. 2015. Teleodynamics and institutional change: The hardship of protecting the Amur tiger, big-leaf mahogany, and gray wolf. Journal for Nature Conservation 26: 36-44. 2015
Halonen Maija, Kotilainen Juha, Tykkyläinen Markku, Vatanen Eero. 2015. Industry life cycles of a resource town in Finland: the case of Lieksa. European Countryside 7 1: 16-41. 2015

Files

List of selected publications
Flyer: Resource Extraction, Space and Resilience