Päivi Lujala Paivi.Lujala(at)oulu.no

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. I am also affiliated with Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI), in Bergen, Norway, where I have a small position as Senior Researcher.

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.

Currently, I am heading the following externally funded projects:
  • TIGRe: Transparency, Identity, and Governance of High-Value Natural Resources (2017-2022) and the associated project TraReMa: Transparency in High-Value Natural Resource Management (2019-2023), both funded by the Academy of Finland
  • Creating a political and social climate for climate change adaptation, funded by the Research Council of Norway (read more here; 2018-2020)
You can read about my previous projects here. 

I am also part of Environmental Peacebuilding Association and CitRes network (Citizen Engagement, Transparency and Transnational Natural Resource Governance).

​You can download my CV from here. 
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