Emma Hakala

Emma Hakala is a senior research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Postdoctoral Researcher in the project “Toxic Crimes: Legal Activism against Wartime Environmental Destruction” at the University of Helsinki. She is also a member of the multidisciplinary BIOS Research Unit, which studies the effects of environmental and resource factors on society. Hakala gained her D.Soc.Sci degree in political history at the University of Helsinki in 2019. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the securitisation of the environment and the role of international organisations in post-conflict Western Balkans. Hakala has previously obtained a Master’s degree in political history at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki.

Hakala’s research focuses on environmental security and the geopolitics of climate change. Recently, she has been looking at the integration of climate change into civil preparedness and emerging risks in the Nordic countries. In the “Toxic Crimes” project, she examines the role of post-conflict environmental assessment. In addition, Hakala leads a part on conflict analysis in the project “Water Cooperation and Peace – Finnish Water Way”, which FIIA implements as a partner of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

Expertis

Klimatsäkerhet, miljösäkerhet, västra Balkan, samarbete efter konflikter

Examen

Politices doktor (Politisk historia), Helsingfors universitet, 2018
Politices magister, Agronomie- och forstkandidatexamen Bachelor of Science

Språkkunskaper

Finska, engelska, svenska (arbetsspråk), franska, tyska, serbiska (passiva kunskaper)

Projekt

Klimatförändringens politik
Finland och klimatsäkerhet i en värld av ömsesidigt beroende
Nordic Security of Supply in the Age of Disruption
Water Cooperation and Peace – Finnish Water Way

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