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Maria Lima Toivanen

Senior Scientist

  • Institution VTT
  • Department/faculty Innovation, Economy and Policies
Projects

NANOSCIENCES, NANOTECHNOLOGIES, MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYMENT IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES

Latin America, Caribbean and European Union Network on Research and Innovation

Cybersecurity Awareness and Knowledge Systemic High-level Application (YAKSHA)

Kaisu Loikkanen

Specialist

  • Institution VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Päivi Lujala

Professor

  • Institution University of Oulu
  • Department/faculty Geography

I am Professor in Geography and Academy of Finland Research Fellow, with a background from both human geography and economics, at the Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland. My research focuses on two broad topics: i) management of valuable natural resources in the Global South and ii) adaption to climate change related natural hazards. For more information, see www.paivilujala.com

Peter Lund

PROFESSOR

  • Institution Aalto University
  • Department/faculty School of Science

Sustainable energy systems and policies. Activities in India, China, and Latin America.

Projects

Solar pico grid systems for rural India

Concentrating solar power production technologies

Miska Luoto

Professor

  • Institution University of Helsinki
  • Department/faculty Department of Geosciences and Geography

Professor of physical geography at the University of Helsinki. Expert in climate change impact modeling, ecosystem change and Arctic environments.

Outi Luova

  • Institution University of Turku
  • Department/faculty Centre for East Asian Studies
Projects

Urban Governance for Sustainable Cities

Friederike Lüpke

Professor of African Studies

  • Institution University of Helsinki
  • Department/faculty Department of Languages

I'm an Africanist linguist with expertise in spoken and written multilingualism, in particular rural multilingualism. My geographical focus is on Mali, Senegal, Guinea and adjacent regions in West Africa. My current research combines descriptive, sociolinguistic and anthropological perspectives on multilingualism with the goal to develop inclusive and adaptive multilingual educational practices that contribute to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals in the domain of education. This work is reflected in the LILIEMA education programme developed jointly with local activists in Southern Senegal.

Heikki Lyytinen

Unesco Chair of Inclusive Literacy Learning to All

  • Institution University of Jyväskylä
  • Department/faculty Department of Psychology

I am learning an international group which uses our Grapholearn technology (see. grapholearn.info) to support the acquisition of basic reading skill. It has now been validated to work in more than 30 countries and is under distribution (via GraphoGame company, see www.graphogame.com) to tens of countries where the research has been completed. More about me heikki.lyytinen.info

Ndegwa Maina

Coordinator

  • Institution University of Helsinki
  • Department/faculty Department of Food and Environmental Sciences
Projects

Tailored fermentation for delivery of wholegrain and cereal fibre-rich products: promoting dietary fiber intake in Africa and Europe.

Shahid Mallick

Early-Stage Researcher

  • Institution University of Eastern Finland
  • Department/faculty Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies

Number of publications 06 Name of publications Open-access link Publication category Water, Water Pollution and Cultural Desolation https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329416339_Water_Water_Pollution_and_Cultural_Desolation A1 Environmental Degradation: Challenge to Food Security, local context global perspective, A case study of a village in Bangladesh https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329416293_Environmental_Degradation_Challenge_to_Food_Security_local_context_global_perspective_A_case_study_of_a_village_in_Bangladesh A1 Empowering youth lasting change; SEED SCALE a process to youth engagement and sustainable development https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/article/view/1877 A1 Industrialization Water Pollution and Social Change: A Case of Basin Based village in Bangladesh https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329416449_INDUSTRIALIZATION_WATER_POLLUTION_AND_SOCIAL_CHANGE_A_CASE_OF_BASIN_BASED_VILLAGE_IN_BANGLADESH A1 Community Disability, And Response to Disaster Mitigation in Bangladesh. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%E2%80%A2+Mallick+%26+Salma+ A1 River, Culture and Livelihood: Water pollution and social change around river Banghsi, Bangladesh D