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I am coordinating the activities implemented by the University of Eastern Finland within the framework of the EDUCase platform. Supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, the EDUCase platform is focused on strengthening partnerships in education, sustainable development and global responsibility. In 2022, we organize courses on environmental collaboration and conflict resolution in Finland and in Tanzania. These courses address conflicts related to natural resources management, including the examination of theoretical frameworks and conflict cases, hands-on exercises and the development of collaboration, mediation and consensus-building skills. The courses are both academic and practice-driven.
As a researcher, I am interested in environmental and forest policy and governance, sustainability, and bioeconomy. In my research, I am focused on the role of globalization and privatization of forest governance and sustainable forest management, including the market-driven forest certification, NGOs and private companies. My research was supported by the Kone Foundation and the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies.
I study the social and political dimensions of resource extraction to inform dialogue, and policy- and decision-making as part of the energy transition. My interests include the dynamics of raw materials for the energy transition, in particular Emobility, conflict and peacebuilding in mining regions, and indigenous rights and activism in natural resource extraction contexts. I have more than 25 years’ combined experience in the areas of development, social responsibility, peace and conflict studies, and sustainability, with a strong emphasis on the extractive sector.
My current focus is the EU funded SUMET project, Urban Sustainability Responsibilities in the Mobility Electrification – Energy Transition Mineral Demand Nexus (MSCA YUFE4 Postdoctoral Fellowship). SUMET supports sustainable and responsible urban mobility electrification by examining its connection to the demand for energy transition minerals.
At UEF, I have examined the geopolitical and socio-environmental aspects of energy transition minerals from a global perspective. My previous posting was as Senior Research Fellow in the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s Development Minerals Program, where I oversaw the establishment of an online knowledge exchange network for ASM miners and quarry workers – the Delve Exchange. My doctoral thesis dealt with Indigenous community participation in post-conflict mineral resource governance in Colombia. As part of this, I was a Visiting Endeavour Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Subsequently, I was a Rotary Peace Fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. I held Research Fellow and Research Manager roles at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, where I worked on a broad suit of topics focusing on Latin American and Australian sites. I have been a consultant to NGOs and mining companies providing specialist knowledge and advisory services in connection to mining and development projects.
Dominique van de Klundert is a visiting postdoctoral researcher from Aotearoa New Zealand, working between UEF and the University of Rijeka courtesy of the YUFE programme. Her doctoral research developed a media archaeology-informed ‘stereographic’ methodology for de/colonising visual heritage research, combining 3D photographic imaging with the Latin American personal-political oral history narrative form of testimonio to simulate a conversation among residents of contested UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Other projects analysed the evidentiary status and heritage qualities of the documentary photographs of early Australian photographer J.W. Lindt and critically investigated the use of criminal death masks in the intersecting practice of phrenology and development of neuroscience at the University of Melbourne’s medical school. Having served as a travel and academic editor, she also supported innovative research dissemination in video format as a participant in the ‘Science & Startups’ programme of the Berlin University Alliance.
Her current project investigates the ways in which eco-discourse around designated international ‘dark sky’ communities combating light pollution in Europe and the UK suggests a resurgence of the notion of ‘planetary’ heritage integrated with more-than-human wellbeing.
My research focuses on frost hardiness, root damage detection, and plant physiological responses to environmental stress in forest trees and woody horticultural plants. I am particularly interested in how climate variability and warming winters influence plant cold tolerance and forest resilience, with the aim of improving our understanding of frost risk and supporting climate-adapted forest management.
I provide support to accessing EU and related international funding programmes by:
- monitoring and identifying suitable funding opportunities for researchers in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies,
- providing advice on the presentation and content of proposals and application procedures, in line with funder requirements and expectations, and
- participating in the consortium development and proposal preparation process and reviewing and editing proposal components, as required.
I work in Facilities services at the Joensuu campus. My tasks include user support and development of facility reservation systems, internal and external facility reservations, guest apartment bookings, and maintaining the intranet pages.
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My research focuses on understanding the interconnected roles of freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. The aim is to investigate how anthropogenic changes in the freshwater cycle affect the processes of freshwater-supported terrestrial ecosystems. I work in a project where we study shifts in the global freshwater cycle, the human influences driving these changes, and the impacts on the Earth system. Our goal is to identify just and viable solutions to protect the essential freshwater functions that are vital in the Earth system.
