Water & Development Research Group - a multi- and interdisciplinary research group

Research

Water & Development Research Group belongs to Water and Environmental Engineering Research Group. Our group is part of Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering in Aalto University. WDRG carries out research on various themes, utilizing diversity of methods. More information about our research can be found by reading our publications.

Key research themes

Resources for humanity and a healthy planet

Sustainable food systems
Planetary boundaries
Land system change (incl. soil)
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and water
Ongoing projects and research: SOS.Aquaterra & TREFORM

Societies and people in changing environments

Demographic change: urbanization, human migration and human development
Water, health, and water services
Vulnerability, resilience and adaptive capacity
Development of global datasets
Ongoing projects and research: TBA

Water-human interactions

Water risks, disasters and overuse
Water quality deterioration
Water and green transition
Water and multisectoral interactions
Ongoing projects and research: TBA

Water management and governance

Collaborative water governance
Transboundary water cooperation and water diplomacy
IWRM and water-energy-food security nexus
Ongoing projects and research: TBA

Higher education development

Doctoral education development
Sustainability in engineering education
Sustainable Global Technologies
Problem Based Learning
Ongoing projects and research: BL Erasmus, EduCase Platform, Research-based doctoral education development in engineering

Key research methods

Modeling in its various forms
Big data and spatial analysis from local to global scale
Governance, institutional & livelihood analyses
Impact assessment
Case studies, combining some or all above