Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Research topics: political ecology, environmental governance, rationales and techniques of governing, resource-making, infrastructural politics, politics of knowledge and expertise, rivers and deltas, water and power, climate change, vulnerability, dams, energy, environmental justice, green economy, carbon markets
Research areas: Southeast Asia, Mekong Region, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
Education/Academic qualification
Global Development Studies, D.Soc.Sc., University of Helsinki
Award Date: 2 Feb 2021
Sociology, M.Soc.Sc., University of Helsinki
Award Date: 20 Jun 2012
Sociology, B.Soc.Sc., University of Helsinki
Award Date: 24 Jun 2009
Fields of Science
- 5203 Global Development Studies
- Political ecology
- 5141 Sociology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Mekongin suisto: veden ja ihmisen muovaama maisema
Käkönen, M., Feb 2021, In: Pirta : Kalevalaisten naisten liiton jäsenlehti. 60, 1, p. 28-31 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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Suomi voi tehdä enemmän Myanmarin demokratian hyväksi [Mielipide]
Kuronen, T. & Käkönen, M., 23 Feb 2021, In: Helsingin Sanomat.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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Overlapping zones of exclusion: carbon markets, corporate hydropower enclaves and timber extraction in Cambodia
Käkönen, M-N. E. & Thuon, T., 2019, In: Journal of Peasant Studies. 46, 6, p. 1192-1218 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Ympäristökysymykset ja valtasuhteet Mekongin alueella
Käkönen, M., 3 May 2019, Kaakkois-Aasia: Talous, ympäristö ja yhteiskunta. Kettunen, E. (ed.). Helsinki: Gaudeamus, p. 145-166 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Conflicts and resource politics in Myanmar: An analytical report of the public seminar on 15 August 2018 in Helsinki, Finland
Humalisto, N., Käkönen, M-N. E., O'Reardon, L. & Kuronen, T., Oct 2018, Helsinki: Felm : University of Helsinki : Siemenpuu Foundation. 13 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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Water and vulnerability in fragile societies
Nygren, A., Lounela, A., Käkönen, M., Kummu, M. & Horton, A.
01/03/2018 → 27/12/2022
Project: Research project
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Environmental vulnerability, social resilience and multi-scale governance, research project funded by HENVI/University of Helsinki
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
Activities
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Maailma kylässä -festivaali
Mira Käkönen (Speaker: Chair)
29 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
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Journal of Peasant Studies (Journal)
Mira Käkönen (Reviewer)
Aug 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Third China Made Workshop: The Social Life of Chinese Infrastructures in Southeast Asia
Mira Käkönen (Attendee)
17 May 2021 → 20 May 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Altered dams? Trajectories and effects of hydraulic infrastructuring in the Mekong region
Mira Käkönen (Speaker)
18 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Master's thesis examination: Aleksandra Reskalenko
Mira Käkönen (Pre-examiner)
1 Jun 2021Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Press/Media
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Militären tog makten i Myanmar: En mångårig utveckling mot ett folkvalt styre avbröts tvärt
10/02/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Ilmastonmuutos on kehityshaasteiden ytimessä
18/03/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Alkuperäisväestön asuinsijat muuttuivat Mekongin patojen vuoksi vedenalaisiksi aavekyliksi Kambodzassa
03/03/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media