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
External positions
Honorary Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Aug 2026 → …
ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian National University
Jan 2024 → Jul 2026
Fields of Science
- 5203 Global Development Studies
- Political ecology
- 5141 Sociology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Social Nature, Compound Vulnerabilities, and Relational Impacts: A Sympathetic Critique of Environmental Assessment
Barney, K., Astuti, R., Bice, S., Christina, G., Käkönen, M., Mahanty, S. & West, S., 2026, In: Annual Review of Environment and the Resources. 51Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Turning Attention to the Afterlives of Knowledge Infrastructures
Karhunmaa, K. & Käkönen, M., 2024, In: Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society. 48, 2, p. 99-103Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Entangled enclaves: Dams, volatile rivers, and Chinese infrastructural engagement in Cambodia
Käkönen, M., 2023, In: Advances in Southeast Asian Studies. 16, 2, p. 269-295 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Resurgent dams: Shifting power formations, persistent harms, and obscured responsibilities
Käkönen, M., 14 Sept 2022, In: Globalizations. p. 866-886Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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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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REPAIR: Repair and responsibility in ruined environments of the global South
Nygren, A. (Project manager), Käkönen, M. (Participant), Lounela, A. (Participant) & Heikkinen, A. (Participant)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2027
Project: Research project
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Volatile Rivers and the Infrastructure Politics in the Mekong Region
Käkönen, M. (Project manager)
15/01/2023 → 31/07/2026
Project: Research project
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Water and vulnerability in fragile societies
Nygren, A. (Project manager), Lounela, A. (Principal Investigator), Käkönen, M. (Participant), Kummu, M. (Project manager) & Horton, A. (Participant)
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
Käkönen, M. (Participant)
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research project
Prizes
Activities
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The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026
Käkönen, M. (Speaker: Presenter)
1 Sept 2026 → 4 Sept 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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POLLEN Conference 2026 (The Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network)
Käkönen, M. (Speaker: Presenter)
29 Jun 2026 → 3 Jul 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Australian Anthropological Society Conference 2026 (AAS 2026)
Käkönen, M. (Speaker: Presenter)
10 Jun 2026 → 12 Jun 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Water Alternatives (Journal)
Käkönen, M. (Reviewer)
2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Master's thesis examination: Ronja Leikas
Käkönen, M. (Pre-examiner)
Aug 2026Activity: Examination types › Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
Press/Media
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Mongabay: Hydropower dams further undermine REDD+ efforts in Cambodia
28/06/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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YLE TV1 Uutiset (18.00 ja 20.30): haastattelu koskien kiinalaisia patoja Kambodzhassa
09/05/2023
1 Media contribution
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Veden vallassa: Kiinan taloudellinen valta köyhissä Kaakkois-Aasian maissa
07/05/2023
1 Media contribution
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YLE Ulkolinja-podcast: Kiinan rahoittama jättipato hukutti alleen kyliä ja koteja Kambodzhassa
01/05/2023
1 Media contribution
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