Pekka Virtanen

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Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy (University of Jyväskylä), Emeritus, Ended

Research interests

Pekka Virtanen (Ph.D. in International Relations) studies development cooperation, post-communist transition processes, identity politics and the role of institutions in natural resource management, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa and Brazil. His multidisciplinary research is of interest for those addressing the problems of societal change.

Fields of science

520 Other social sciences (Social sciences)

Follow-up groups

Political Science (Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy YFI) VAL

Projects as Principal investigator

Sustainable management of natural resources in Mozambique
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs
01/04/2017-31/12/2020
RINEA Research and Innovation Network for Europe and Africa
- European Commission
01/03/2015-31/05/2018

Publications and other outputs

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Complex effects of natural disasters on protected areas (2022) Virtanen, Pekka; et al.; A3; OA; 978-1-003-18890-2
Impact of Conservation Policies on Households’ Deforestation Decisions in Protected and Open-Access Forests : Cases of Moribane Forest Reserve and Serra Chôa, Mozambique (2022) Massinga, Jadwiga; et al.; A1; OA
Assessing tolerance for wildlife : human-elephant conflict in Chimanimani, Mozambique (2021) Virtanen, Pekka; et al.; A1; OA
Áreas protegidas e urbanização : o caso da APA da ilha do Combú, Belém-PA (2020) Virtanen, Pekka; A1; OA
Making conservation sustainable under unfavourable conditions : the case of Chimanimani National Reserve, Mozambique (2020) Virtanen, Pekka; A1; OA
Practices of development assistance and climate change mitigation in reshaping the Mozambican REDD+ strategy (2020) Virtanen, Pekka; et al.; A1; OA
Intention and practice in environmental governance : Integrated Landscape Approach & REDD (2018) Virtanen, Pekka; E1; OA
Global, National, or Market? : Emerging REDD+ Governance Practices in Mozambique and Tanzania (2016) Palmujoki, Eero; et al.; A1; OA
Pacted transition to democracy : The case of Mozambique (2016) Virtanen, Pekka; A1; OA
Democracy, poverty and civil society in Mozambique (2015) Virtanen, Pekka; A1
Emerging and Traditional Donors in the ‘Post-Busan’ Context: Assessing Brazil’s and Finland’s Cooperation Practices in Mozambique (2015) Morais, Isabela Nogueira de; et al.; A1
Budjettitukiyhteistyön tuloksellisuuden ja vaikuttavuuden arviointi: Suomen yleinen budjettituki Mosambikille (2014) Virtanen, Pekka; A1; OA
Saying the Saffu and beating the law: the changing role of sacred sites in the Oromo politico-juridical system (2013) Virtanen, Pekka; A3
The role of customary institutions in the conservation of biodiversity: Sacred forests in Mozambique (2012) Virtanen, Pekka; A3; OA
Global climate policies, local institutions and food security in a pastoral society in Ethiopia (2011) Virtanen, Pekka; et al.; A1; OA