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  • Course Schedule

      WEEK1: Sustainable Built Environment & Energy

    Monday - 23.10. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – LECTURE – Course practicalities & "Megatrends in the Finnish built environment" Prof. Raine Mäntysalo, Head of the Department of Built Environment

    Wednesday – 25.10. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – WORKSHOP – "Energy provision and its development, challenges, and future" Henri Horn, Energy expert at Finnish Environment Institute (formerly at Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

         
      WEEK 2: Energy, Energy Politics & Social Resilience

    Monday – 30.10. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – LECTURE – “Sustainability transitions and energy politics” Dr. Paula Kivimaa, Research Professor at the Climate solutions, politics, and risks research group at Finnish Environment Institute  

    Wednesday – 1.11. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – WORKSHOP – "How can the built environment support social resilience?"  Dr. Anahita Rashidfarokhi, postdoc researcher and programme coordinator at WiTLAB (World in Transition) research unit 

        
      WEEK 3: Water & Sanitation  

    Monday – 6.11. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – ONLINE LECTURE – “Water and sanitation in low- and middle-income areas” Eva Kagiri, Program Manager, ARMA UK
    Link to Miro Board: SBE 2023

    Wednesday – 8.11. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – WORKSHOP – “Perspective-taking in Dam Operation” Bhattarabhop “Best” Viriyaroj & Anni Juvakoski, Course assistant and doctoral researcher at Aalto University

        
      WEEK 4: Resettlement, Sustainable Housing and Natural Hazards 

    Monday – 13.11. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – ONLINE LECTURE – “Resettlement in Tanzania & sustainable housing in Ethiopia” Solomon Keffa, East African Crude Oil Project (EACOP) 

    Wednesday – 15.11. @9.00 – 12.00 – WORKSHOP - "Natural hazards: Delphi method" Dr. Philipp Schmidt-Thomé, International Operations Director, GTK 
        
         
      WEEK 5: Architecture & City Planning  

    Monday – 20.11. @ 9-12 – LECTURE – “Shouldn’t all architecture be designed with empathy?” Dr. Helena Sandman, Leapfrog 

    Wednesday – 22.11. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – WORKSHOP – "Immigration and multicultural manifestation in cities" Hossam Hewidy, Architecture Department at Aalto University
        
        
      WEEK 6: Disasters & Humanitarian Response  

    Monday – 27.11. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – WORKSHOP - "Humanitarian logistics" Dr. Diego Vega and Sonja Saari, Deputy Director and Ph.D. candidate at HUMLOG Institute, Hanken School of Economics
     
    Wednesday – 29.11. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – LECTURE – "Humanitarian logistics" Dr. Diego Vega and Sonja Saari, Deputy Director and Ph.D. candidate at HUMLOG Institute, Hanken School of Economics
        
         
      WEEK 7: Waste  

    Monday – 4.12. @ 9.00 – 12.00 – LECTURE – “The global waste problem in major rivers – Case RiverRecycle” Anssi Mikola, founder of RiverRecycle 

    Wednesday – 6.12. – Independence Day – NO TEACHING
       
    Friday – 8.12. @ 23.59 – Portfolio DEADLINE



      WEEK 8: Course Finalizing  


    Monday – 11.12. – @ 9.00 – 12.00 – Course finalizing session: wrap-up & feedback + short lecture by Kelly Brito Salas, project leader of "Ethical guidelines for responsible partnerships with the Global South", University of Helsinki

    Friday  – 15.12. @ – Peer and self-assessment & compensatory assignment deadline 

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