RESUME

(Summary)

Susanna Myllylä

Current
  • Dr.Sc.Adm., Dr.Sc.Econ
  • Adjunct Professor in Environmental Policy (Environmental Justice and Local Communities) at the University of Eastern Finland
  • Independent researcher, lecturer and photographer
  • Senior consultant and chair in Järviyhteisökonsultointi ry www.jarviyhteisokonsultointi.fi (Lake Community Consulting)
  • Lives and works in Tampere, Finland.
Work background 
  • Researcher and lecturer in the following universities and disciplines:
    • Jyväskylä University: Ethnology; Social Policy; Business and Economics
    • Tampere University: Regional Studies, Environmental Policy, Int. School of Social Sciences
  • The Academy of Finland post-doctoral researcher in three projects
  • Part-time lecturer in Tampere University of Applied Sciences
  • Long-term fieldwork experience: Ethiopia, Brazil, India, Egypt and Tanzania.
  • Research fellow abroad:
    • North Carolina State University, USA;
    • TATA Energy Research Centre, New Delhi, India
    • Center of Afro-Oriental Studies, the Research Program of Indigenous Peoples in the Northeastern Brazil, the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
    • Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden
    • The Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development.
Education
  • Dr.Sc.Econ., Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Leadership and Management
  • Dr.Sc.Adm., Tampere University, Regional Studies
  • Teacher’s pedagogical qualification, The School of Vocational Teacher Education, Tampere
  • University of Applied Sciences
  • Tammerkoski high school graduate, visual arts program. 
Studies
  • Photography courses and workshops in adult education centers.  
Exhibitions
  • Mobile Nordic (joint exhibition) – Gallery Ratamo, Jyväskylä, 2015
  • City Hybrids( joint exhibition) – Gallery Fogga, Helsinki, 2014
  • The Album (joint exhibition) – Gallery Koppelo, Tampere, 2013
  • On the roof of a Metropolis (solo exhibition) – Gallery Koppelo, Tampere, 2013.
Other photographic projects and events 
  • CONTEMPHOTO'15 –  II International Visual Culture and Contemporary Photography Conference on Urban Identities, the Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center, Istanbul (presentation: the youth in Addis Ababa kebele slum settlements)
  • Island of Illusions – a photography project on Santorini Island, The Pocket Portfolio organized by the Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere 
  • Technological innovations -series, prepared for the Tampere Region Economic Development Agency (Tredea Oy)
  • Tampere -series prepared for the Tampere Region Economic Development Agency (Tredea Oy)
  • Art for home – an art rental event, Drive in Art Community, Gallery Koppelo, Tampere
  • Cityscapes and Skylines –series, Art Fair, Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre
  • Commercial photography, Sisustus Severiina, Tampere.
Photographs in publications (selected)
  • Historia ajassa 6 
  • Annika Teppo (ed.) Afrikan aika – Näkökulmia Saharan eteläpuoliseen Afrikkaan, Gaudeamus, Helsinki
  • Josef Leitmann, Sustaining Cities – Environmental Planning and Management in Urban Design, McGraw-Hill, New York
  • Arab World Geographer 
  • Photographs in daily newspapers and journals in Finland.
Collaboration with the theatre productions
  • Theatre Siperia, Tampere (forthcoming 2020)
  • Third Space (Multiarts Group), The Hour of the Star, Turku 2011.
Memberships
  • Association of Finnish Non-fiction Writers
  • Photographic Centre Nykyaika
  • Drive In Art Community.

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