Doctoral degree teaching, main courses and cooperation: The course on 'Europeisk by- og regionaludvikling' in Roskilde (19th - 28th of April, 1993), financed by Nordiske Forskeruddannelsesakademi/NorFA and arranged by geographers in Roskilde and Nordic samhällsgeografi. Key note speakers: Derek Gregory and Gunnar Olsson. The course on 'Conflicting constructions of nature: Local/global interfaces in environmental research' in Joensuu (28th - 31st of May 1997), arranged by Geography Graduate School of Finland and the Finnish environmental social science network. Key note speakers: Jacquelin Burgess, Jürgen Ossenbrügge and Rob Shields. The Geography Graduate School course on 'New methodologies in Geography' in Joensuu 21st - 24th of October 1998. Key note speakers: Ash Amin, Alec Murphy and Ian Simmons. The course on 'Socio-economic sustainability of forestry' held in Petrozavodsk 13-15 June 2000, financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers and organised by the Finnish- Russian development programme on sustainable forest management and conservation of biological diversity in NW Russia. Key note speaker: Thomas Beckley. Nordic research course on 'Land, landscape and society' in Stockholm (2nd - 7th of May 2002), arranged by the Geography Department at the University of Stockholm. Key note speakers: Charlotte Fabech, Andreas Dix, Gudrún Gísladóttir, Mark Hennesey and Kenneth Olwig. The course on 'Politicisation of Nature: New formulations of culture/nature research' in Joensuu (29th - 31st of May 2002), arranged by the Geography Graduate School and the Graduate School of Environmental Social Science. Key note speakers: Eeva Berglund, David Demeritt, Eeva Hellström, Bjornar Saether, Anders Sandberg and Maria Tysiachnouk. Doctoral degree course From theory to concrete research in human geography` in Oslo (14th - 16th of October, 2002), arranged by the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the Univeristy of Oslo. Key note speakers: Liz Bondi, Britt Dale, Peris Jones, Don Mitchell, Sophie Oldfield, Diane Perrons. The course on Globalisation and Environmental Justice` in Jyväskylä (9th-10th of September, 2004), arranged by Local Sustainability Network, University of Jyväskylä. Key note speakers: Lorraine Elliott and Elena Battaglini. The course on Spatial and Social natures: New Topographies of Local-global Change` (23-25th of May, 2007), arranged by the Geography Graduate School and the Graduate School of Environmental Social Science. Key note speakers: Bruce Braun, Tom Mels and Anja Nygren. The 15th Summer School of Cultural Studies: 'Nature and Culture - Addressing the Boundary'(June 2-4. 2008, Jyväskylä). Invited teachers: Gísli Pálsson, Soile Veijola and Ari Lehtinen.
The Graduate School Intensive Course, Dialogues of Development (October 28-30. 2010, Joensuu). Invited teachers: Felix Muller, Andrea Nightingale, Joâo Sarmento. Cooperation within doctoral training and evaluation: Opponent for the doctoral thesis - The Finnish Wilderness Experience' - by Ville Hallikainen at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu (18th of December, 1998). Previewer of the PhD manuscript - Yhdyskuntien ekologisesti kestävän kehityksen arviointi, kriteerit ja mittaaminen' ( Ecological sustainability in community development') - by Maija Hakanen, published and defended as a doctoral thesis in Helsinki, the 21st of August, 1999. A member of the evaluation committee, and the opponent (försteopponent) for the Dr. Polit. Thesis: Regulering og innovasjon: Miljoarbeid i norsk treforedlingsindustri (Regulation and Innovation: Environmental work within the Norwegian forest industry) - by Björnår Saether, disputation (proveforelesningene of disputas): 17-18.Nov. 1999. Previewer of the PhD manuscript by Juhani Tirkkonen Ilmastopolitiikka ja ekologinen modernisaatio' ( Climate politics and ecological modernisation'), Dep. of Regional Studies and Environmental Policy, University of Tampere. September 18th, 2000. A member of the evaluation committee, and the opponent (andreopponent) for the Dr.Polit.Thesis Stories form the North. Travel as place-making in the context of modern holiday travel to North Cape, Norway' by Inger J. Birkeland, disputation: 11-12th of April, 2002. Department of Sociology and Human Geography, Oslo University. A member of the evaluation committee, and the opponent (forsteopponent) for the Dr.Polit. Thesis Bonden og landskapet. Historier om natursyn, praksis og moral i det jaerske landskapet' by Gunhild Setten, disputation 11-12th of Dec. 2002. Department of Geography, Trondheim University. Previewer of the PhD manuscript Paikallisuuden ja kansainvälisyyden kohtaaminen luonnonsuojelussa. Tapaustutkimuksena Natura 2000 -ympäristökonflikti Lounais- Suomessa' ( Local-global interface in nature conservation. The case of Natura 2000 in SW Finland') by Annukka Oksanen, University of Turku, Finland (October 2002). Previewer of the Dr. manuscript - Lapin luontopolitiikka (Politics of Nature in Lapland) - by Jarmo Valkonen at the Faculty of Social Sciences (sosiology), University of Tampere (10th of June, 2003). Previewer of the Dr. manuscript, and the opponent on the Thesis (19th of November, 2004) (control of use and Dynamics of Natural Resources in Private Land Areas) - Luonnonvarojen käytön ja dynamiikan hallinta yksityismailla - by Ari Jokinen at the department of environmental policy/regional science, University of Tampere.
Previewer of the Dr. manuscript - Kokonaisvaltainen lähestymistapa ympäristönsuojelutieteessä - by Risto Willamo at the Department of Bio - and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki (18th of April, 2005). Previewer of the Dr. manuscript, and the opponent for the Thesis (8th of October, 2005) - Kuvitteellinen pohjoinen: maantiede, kirjallisuus ja postkoloniaalinen kritiikki`(the Imaginary North: Geography, Literature and Postcolonalial Criticism) - by Juha Ridanpää at the Department of Geography, University of Oulu. Previewer of the Dr. manuscript - Traditionally Protected Forests and Sacred Forests of Zigua and Gweno Ethnics in Tanzania - by Jussi Ylhäisi at the Department of Geography, University of Helsinki (10 January 2006). Previewer of the Dr. manuscript - On the Rocky Road of Socially Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation: Impact of Integrated Conservation and Development on Local Realities in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar - by Kaisa Korhonen, Social Policy, University of Helsinki (31 July 2006). Previewer of the Dr. manuscript, and the opponent for the thesis (18th of Dec. 2006) - Reindeer Talk. Sámi Reindeer Herding and Nature Management - by Lydia Heikkilä, Sociology, University of Tampere. Previewer of the Dr. manuscript - Beyond the ecological hotspots: Understanding the locals' perceptions of biodiversity of agricultural landscapes - by Katriina Soini, Department of Geography, University of Turku, 15th of February, 2007. Previewer and the opponent for the Dr thesis - Sosiaalisen pääoman skaalaus. Paikallisia ja ylipaikallisia näkökulmia maankäyttöön Nellimissä, Inarissa - by Mari Riipinen, Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Preview report: 20th of December, 2007; Opponents statement: 9th of June, 2008. Previewer of the Dr. manuscript - Beasts on fields. Human-wildlife conflicts in nature-culture borderlands - by Tino Johansson, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki, 25th of August, 2008. Previewer of the Dr. manuscript - Participation or further exclusion? Contestations over forest conservation and control in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania - by Heini Vihemäki, Department of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, 18th of August, 2009. The opponent for the thesis The European Union and assembling biofuel development. Topological investigations concerning the associations between law, policy and space - by Niko H. Humalisto, University of Turku, Geography (15th of October 2014). Previewer of the manuscript (in June 2014), and the opponent for the thesis Luontopolitiikka lähiössä. Lähiöluonnon muotoutuminen Tampereen Hervannassa ja Vuoreksessa - by Eveliina Asikainen, University of Tampere, Environmental Policy (21th of November 2014).
Member of the Examining Committee (Betygsnämd) for the Dr. thesis Närheten och avstånd i ett nordvärmlandskt skogslandskap. Praktiker och betydelser i nya tidsrumliga sammanhang by Camilla Berglund; Geography, University of Karlstad, Sweden (6th February 2015). Cooperation in doctoral and licensiate studies in geography at the Joensuu University: Minna Tanskanen: Näkyvän takana. Tutkimus metsäojitetun suomaiseman kulttuurisuudesta` (Behind the visible. A research on the culture in the landscape of peatland drained for forestry). The thesis was published and examined in August 2000. Teijo Rytteri: Metsäteollisuusyrityksen luonto. Tutkimus Enso Gutzeitin ympäristöja yhteiskuntavastuun muotoutumisesta` (The nature of the forestry firm: A research of the formation of the Enso-Gutzeit's attitudes towards environmental and social responsibility). The thesis was published and examined in September 2002). Juha Kotilainen: Forest industry communities and globalisation in NW Russia` (examined in September 2004). Jaana Nevalainen: Tilapelin tiedonpolitiikat - kamppailu kaupunkikeskustan muutoksesta.` (The 'space game' and the politics of knowledge). Examined in February 2004. Emma Noongo: The Implementation of Geographic Information Systems in Namibia. Examined in March 2007. Riikka Puhakka: Kansallispuistot murroksessa. Tutkimus luonnonsuojelun ja matkailun tavoitteiden kohtaamisesta (National Parks in Transition. A Study of the Interaction between Nature Conservation and Tourism). Examined in May 2007. Ville Salonen: Aurajoen muodonmuutos - lohi muutosten moottorina ja merkityksen antajana. Lisenssiaattityö hyväksytty tammikuussa 2008. Tero Mustonen: Karhun väen ajast-aikojen avartuva avara - tutkimus kolmen euraasialaisen luontaistalousyhteisön paikallisesta tiedosta pohjoisen ilmastonmuutoksen kehyksessä. Väitöskirja tarkastettu huhtikuussa 2009. Samu Pehkonen: Maan kuvailemisen taito. Harjoituksia etnometodologisesta maantieteestä. Väitöskirja tarkastettu kesäkuussa 2009. Jussi Semi: Sisäiset sijainnit. Tutkimus sukupolvien paikkakokemuksista. Väitöskirja tarkastettiin toukokuussa 2010. Kati Pitkänen: Mökkimaisema muutoksessa. Kulttuurimaantieteellinen näkökulma mökkeilyyn (changing second-home landscape: A study in cultural geography). Väitöskirja tarkastettiin joulukuussa 2011.
Matthew Sawatzky: Voices in the Woods. A study of Forest Use in Eastern Manitoba. Väitöskirja tarkastettiin kesäkuussa 2013. Natalia Taksami: Indigenous Systems in Transition in NW Russia. Evi-Carita Riikonen: An Ethnographic Study of Finnish Immigrants Accultural Orientation in the UK.