Lassi Roininen is an associate professor (tenure track) in applied mathematics in the School of Engineering Science in Lappeenranta University of Technology. He is also an adjunct professor in applied mathematics in University of Oulu, Finland. He works on a broad spectrum from the fundamental mathematical inverse problems theory to applications in near-space remote sensing and subsurface imaging. He collaborates with high-level international research groups both in academia and industry. His research highlight is the development of the methodology of discretisation-invariant and computationally feasible priors for Bayesian inversion of function-valued unknowns. Applications include e.g. tomography (ionospheric, electrical impedance, X-ray) and radar pulse-compression coding and analysis methods.

I am interested in the law on statehood, statelessness, climate-induced migration and small island states.

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RuralVoice - Mobile Voice Based Services for Rural and Unprivileged areas of India and other Emerging Economies

Building rural renaissance and suburban development with interactive technology solutions in India – a research agenda

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Large-scale subclimax in the Amazonian lowland forests due to pre-Colombian deforestation

Dissertation topic: The association of school meals with school attendance and local agriculture in Malawi.

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(In)visible toddlerhood? Global and local constructions of toddlers' places in institutions

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The Determination and Implementation of Strategic Objectives in Higher Education: The Balanced Scorecard as a Performance Management Framework for Higher Education in Cameroon

Jarkko Saarinen is a Professor of Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland, and a Distinguished Visiting Professor (Sustainability Management) at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interests include tourism and development, sustainability in tourism, climate change adaptation, tourism-community relations and nature conservation studies. He is Editor for the Tourism Geographies and Associate Editor for the Annals of Tourism Research. His recent publications include edited/co-edited books: Resilient Destinations (Routledge, 2019) and Tourism, Change and the Global South (Routledge, 2021).

Saila-Maria Saaristo is a doctoral researcher and lecturer in Global Development Studies at the University of Helsinki, and a member of Urbaria (Helsinki Institute of Urban and Regional Studies). Her current research project focuses on studying inequalities and discriminations, which are approached through the case of inequalities in access to housing, with a particular focus on homelessness and forced evictions. The study investigates especially gendered, classed and racialised housing exclusions. In addition to the academic career, Saaristo has worked extensively as a consultor, manager and coordinator of different kinds of international cooperation projects financed by the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, in the areas of urban development and housing, civil society, good governance and democracy, human rights, and gender. She has worked and lived in many countries, including Cape Verde, Tanzania, Mozambique, Brazil, Bolivia and Portugal.

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Transformative Actions? Occupations and Evictions in Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal

I am a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, UEF. I am have a Masters in economics and a BSc in Computer Science. My research interests: Serious Games in the educational context, economics of innovation and public (health) policy. I have substantial experience in the private sector (systems analyst, financial economics, data analysis and policy analysis).