• EDUCATION

2001- University of Helsinki
· Ph.D. studies in Social Policy and Development Studies

• Participating the PhD tutorial program of Finnish Graduate School for Development Studies (DEVESTU) 2003
• Attending the NESS (Nordic Environmental Social Sciences) international conference in Turku, Finland, June 2003 on Political Ecology
• Participating the PhD training course on Political Ecology in North South perspective, in University of Aalborg, Denmark 4-9.10.2003, organised by Danish network for doctoral studies in development studies.
• Participating on Congress on Globalisation, Localisation and Tropical Forest Management in the 21the century in University of Amsterdam 22-23. 10.2003

1995-2000 University of Helsinki, Master of Science 
· Major subject Tropical Silviculture (L- studies)
· Minors: Environmental Science and Policy (C-studies), Social Economics of Forestry (A-studies), Development Studies (A- studies) and Forest Mensuration and Management (A-studies)
· Total credits 237.5
· Field Course in Tropical Forest Management and Conservation (one month) in Thailand
· Course of Forest Certification (diploma of auditor) 
· Course of Environmental Impact Assessment and Participatory Methods

1999 Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
 Exchange student (spring term)

•  LANGUAGE SKILLS 
  · Finnish Native
  · English Excellent
  · Spanish (Speaking and reading: Excellent, writing: Good) 
  · Swedish Good
  · French (reading: Good, speaking and writing: Fair)

• COMPUTER SKILLS
  · Working knowledge of MS office (Word, Excel, FrontPage etc.) and SPSS, SYSTAT, 
  · Knowledge of HTML

• WORKING EXPERIENCE
  
   5/2001 - Researcher, in Department of Social Policy, University of Helsinki, in “Ecological, Health- related and Socio- economical Changes in Threatened Rainforests of Madagascar” - project funded by Academy of Finland 
  
  2/2001- 4/2001 Project Assistant/ Researcher, VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland)
  
  1/2001-2/2001 Project worker in University of Helsinki, Department of Forest ecology, preparation of EU application for research projects 
  
  11/2000 Part time editing and writing work in Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) related to non-wood products of humid tropical forests of Ecuador
  
  10/ 2000 Part time translation work (Spanish-English) in Metsähallitus Consulting
  
  4/ 2000- 5/2001 Customer Service Advisor (part-time), in Information Point of Forest and Park Service (Metsähallitus)
  
  4/2000- 6/2000 Trainee of Governmental administration in Tropical Silviculture Unit, University of Helsinki
  
  10/1999-1/2000 Project Worker in Project of Academy of Finland of Fast-Growing Plantation trees in Costa Rica (Master’s thesis data collection) 
  
  1997-2000 Substitute Teacher in Elementary School of Käpylä, Helsinki (several short-term posts)
  
  1992, 1998 Seminar Assistant in Jyväskylän Kesä Arts Festival
  
  
• RESPONSABILITIES
  2002- Informant of Finnish-Malagasy Association
  1995-2000 Informant of Forestry Student Course ‘88
  
  
• HOBBIES
  · Travelling (Apart from Europe: China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malesia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Madagascar, Kenya etc.)   
  · Litterature, music, ceramics
  · Sports, African dance
  
  
• PERSONAL INFORMATION
  · Borned in Jyväskylä on 18.2.1975
  · Marital status: single
  
  
  
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