Freshwater Competence Centre

We would like to welcome you to come and listen the results, highlights and outcomes of our Freshwater Competence Centre's work during years 2022-2024 Please register to receive the calendar invitation, registration is now open at: https://lnkd.in/d7cD6qEh The program of the event: 12.00-12.05 – Welcome words – PI, Professor Petteri Alho 12.05-12.30 – Presenting the main results and outcomes of GreenDigiBasin and HYDRO-RI Platform -projects by the principal investigators Petteri Alho, Eliisa Lotsari, Harri Kaartinen, Hannu Marttila, Cintia Bertacchi Uvo, Jari Silander, Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen 12.30-13.00 – Expert panel commenting on the results  National perspectives - Consortium director Dr Jukka Seppälä & Consortium manager Dr Katri Kuuppo, FINMARI Nordic perspectives - Infrastructure coordinator, Dr Tejshree Tiwari, Ph.D, Krycklan Infrastructure Global perspectives - Scientific Officer, Dr Johanna Korhonen, World Meteorological Organization 13.00-13.15 – Discussion and questions from the audience 13.15 -13.30 – Looking forwards – Shifting towards Digital Waters Our projects HYDRO-RI platform and Green-Digi-Basin were funded by European Union NextGenerationEU and Research Council of Finland | Suomen Akatemia Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) - Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke) Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) Turun yliopisto - University of Turku University of Oulu WE3Unit Aalto University

Three postdoctoral researcher positions are open in DIWA! 💧 The Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering research unit at the University of Oulu is now looking for 3 Postdoctoral researchers in computational hydrology. Read more about the open positions through the link below! #DIWAFlagship #openposition #recruitment #Nowhiring

Our freshwater and snow staff from Turun yliopisto - University of Turku and WE3Unit took part in the Finnish Geography Days 2024 and the 100th anniversary of geography in Turku! 💧 We get to celebrate the Digital Waters vice-director, Professor Petteri Alho who received the Ragnar Hult medal for his work and courage in renewing the field of Finnish physical geography of water, and creating new networks and research infrastructures like our HYDRO-RI platform. 💧 Digital Waters flagship invited to the event the keynote speakers Professors Steve Darby and Julian Leyland from University of Southampton, who gave an inspiring talk and presented a beautiful movie "The lost lands" about the societal impact and context of their work with the river bank erosion and sand extraction in Mekong river. The movie can be seen here: https://lnkd.in/d3pKE7Dh 💧 Big thanks goes to the organizers Elina Kasvi and Sanna Mäki, the DIWA staff who took part in the organizing team: for example Nora Fagerholm, Linnea Blåfield, Karoliina Lintunen, Aino Saarinen, Ia Hyttinen, Annukka Pekkarinen and all the students from University of Turku, who made this into such a fantastic experience and celebration! Research Council of Finland | Suomen Akatemia The Geographical Society of Finland #freshwater #geography

Tulanet Infrastructure day has been getting more and more popular each year, and this year there was 100 people from Finnish organizations and infrastructures at Finnish Meteorological Institute and even a waiting list! We got new ideas and insight about the benefits and challenges taking national research infrastructures and international networks and collaborations. Digital Waters flagship and HYDRO-RI platform water research infrastructure participated the poster, stand and brainstorming sessions with staff present from Turun yliopisto - University of Turku , Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) - Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke), Aalto University and Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI). Research Council of Finland | Suomen Akatemia #water #freshwater #researchinfrastructure

New open positions in DIWA! 💧 The Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering research unit at the University of Oulu is now looking for: - Research Coordinator (Digital Waters Flagship research area) - Research coordinator for doctoral education development Read more about the positions through the links in the comments! #DIWAFlagship #openposition #recruitment #Nowhiring

💧The last weeks of the Water4All ”Water for Circular Economy” application period are at hand!

Vielä on muutama päivä aikaa hakea Oulun yliopiston vesi-, energia- ja ympäristötekniikan yksikössä avoinna olevaa Yliopistonlehtorin/Yliopisto-opettajan paikkaa! Yksikkömme tutkii sekä antaa opetusta seuraavilla vesitekniikan aloilla: vesitekniikka, hydrologia, vesitalous, vesivarat, vesihuoltotekniikka sekä pohjavesitekniikka. Tulisitko sinä vahvistamaan opetusta kandi- ja maisterivaiheeseen? Lue lisää tehtävästä linkin kautta ja hae viimeistään 20.10.❗ https://lnkd.in/dKrXuy89

The first 2-day DIWA Flagship Biannual meeting was held in Turku this week! ⭐ Almost 100 people came to Turku - Project members, partners, and new PhD pilot doctoral researchers joined the meeting to discuss the Digital Waters Flagship project as well as the DIWA Doctoral Education pilot. The 2-day meeting was full of fruitful discussions about research, collaboration, training, communication, and future activities. The meeting also included a lot of networking and getting to know each other. We want to thank everyone who was able to join us in Turku for this meeting – See you next time! Turun yliopisto - University of Turku, University of Oulu Aalto University, University of Eastern Finland, Åbo Akademi University, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) - Suomen ympäristökeskus (Syke), Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Finnish Meteorological Institute, Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) / Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK), Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) #DIWAFlagship Funded by Research Council of Finland | Suomen Akatemia

#DIWAflagship biannual meeting ongoing with opportunity to present our ideas for the research theme 5 on transformative water management and impact. Exciting years ahead with @markokeskinen, Mika Marttunen and our great group of post docs and PhDs! #digital #waters Research Council of Finland | Suomen Akatemia

Today we got to meet and discuss with some of our new DIWA PhD pilot and UTU-GreDiT: Solutions for Green and Digital Transition Doctoral researchers! Such a pleasure!