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• Yhd-12.3085 Governance, Policies and Technologies for Development (3 cr)

Lecture topics

1st part - Governance for development

1. Mon 6.11 Official Development Assistance (ODA) Regime
Lauri Siitonen, Faculty of Social sciences, University of Helsinki
• Principles, Rules, Standards and Guidelines
Presentation

2. Wed 8.11 Global actors
Folke Sundmann, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Multilateral actors and dynamics in state and civic society levels (UN, NGO's etc.)

3. Mon 13.11 The role of business community
Salla Koivusalo, TKK Dipoli
• Corporate Social Responsibility
Presentation

2nd part - Technology for development

4. Wed 15.11 Innovations in history – Examples from the field of urban infrastructure
Prof. Marjatta Hietala, University of Tampere
• History of urbanisation
Presentation

5. Mon 20.11 Sustainable food production
Prof. Juha Helenius, University of Helsinki, Agroecology
• Challenges for food adequacy and security
•Future food production technologies
Presentation

6. Wed 22.11 Waste management strategies for the capital area of Finland
Maria Törn, YTV
• Current technologies for municipal waste management
• Future technologies and strategies
Short overview of YTV
Transportation
Waste treatment
Waste amounts and energy recovery
Monitoring at Ämmässuo

7. Mon 27.11 Sustainable consumption and production patterns, focus on technologies and methodologies
Ari Nissinen, SYKE
• National policies and strategies for sustainable consumption and production (SCP)
Presentation

8. Wed 29.11 Energy and material flows
Dr. Jukka Hoffren, Statistics Finland
• Ecological economics, material flow analysis
Presentation

9. Mon 4.12 Sustainable communities NOTE! At 15.15-16.45, same place
Aila Korpivaara, Ministry of environment
• City planning
• Anticipation of risks in community development

10. Mon 11.12 Water resources and development
Olli Varis , TKK
• Increasing pressure on water resources
Presentation

11. Wed 13.12 Future demands for technology
Prof. Peter Lund, TKK
• Energy resources, traffic etc.
Presentation

 

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