Projects
Resilience Academy for SASA (2024-2025)
Resilience Academy is a partner in the Green and Smart Cities SASA in Tanzania programme, by supporting critically needed geospatial data collection with the RA methodology.
Project website: https://www.dai.com/our-work/projects/tanzania-green-and-smart-cities-sasa
KADI (2023-2025)
Knowledge and climate Services from an African observation and Data research Infrastructure is an interdisciplinary African-European cooperation project designing and piloting comprehensive science-based concepts for atmospheric and climate service infrastructures on the African continent.
Project website: https://kadi-project.eu/
FPCUP - WG Africa (2023-2024)
Framework Partnership Agreement for Copernicus User Uptake - Working Group Africa builds meaningful capacities of African experts to respond regional and local challenges with Copernicus services and applications.
Project website: https://www.copernicus-user-uptake.eu/user-uptake/details/copernicus-user-uptake-in-africa-492
GeoICT4e (2020-2024)
Improving management and teaching capacities in the impact-driven and socially innovative geospatial and ICT education in Tanzania, leading to graduates’ better employment.
Project website: https://www.geoict.org/
FAPI pilot for DIDAIhub (2022-2023)
DIDAIhub is a pilot project under the Finland-Africa platform for Innovation (SDG9). it provides a community platform and a catalyst for innovative research and learning solutions with global impacts at the University of Turku.
Project website: https://didaihub.utu.fi/ & https://fapi.utu.fi/
Resilience Academy for Litterati (2022 and 2023)
Resilience Academy collaborated with Litterati Inc. and Tanzanian city governments to employ citizens and university students to collect geospatial data of litter in Dar es Salaam and Mtwara.
Past projects
Tanzanian Resilience Academy (2019 - 2023)
Project website: https://resilienceacademy.ac.tz/
Leader and partners: UTU with UDSM, ARU, SUZA and SUA
Funding: The World Bank
Geo-ICT (2017 - 2020)
Geospatial and ICT capabilites in Tanzanian Higheer Education Institutions
Leader and partners: UTU with UDSM, ARU, SUZA and SUA
Funding: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland / HEI-ICI
SUSLAND (2014 - 2018)
Sustainability, scale relations and structure-function-benefit chains in the landscape systems of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: Academy of Finland (Development Research) and University of Turku
GESEC (2016 - 2018)
Geospatial Business Ecosystem in Tanzania
Leader: UTU Geography and Future Technologies
Funding: Business Finland / BEAM (former TEKES)
ZAN-SDI (2016 - 2018)
National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Integrated Coastal and Marine Planning in Zanzibar
Leader and partners: Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE) with UTU Geography
Funding: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland / ICI project with the Government of Zanizbar
Pre-GESEC (2016)
Preparatory project for Geospatial Business Ecosystem in Tanzania
Leader and partners: UTU Geography and Future Technologies
Funding: Business Finland / BEAM (former TEKES)
UTU-FAO Forest Plantation Mapping in the Southern Highlands (2016)
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: UN / FAO Finland
HEI-GIS capacities in Geography education at the University of Dar es Salaam (2013 - 2016)
Leaders: UTU Geography with UDSM Geography
Funding: HEI-ICI / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
KREPRO (2012 - 2016)
Knowledge Creation Processes
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: Academy of Finland
Changing Land Use and Forest Management Practices and Multidimensional Adaptation Strategies in Zanzibar, Tanzania (2010 - 2013)
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: Academy of Finland (Development Research)
North-South-South (NSS) staff and student exchange networks coordinated by Åbo Akademi and UTU (2008 - 2015)
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: NSS / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Rural Settlement Development, Land Ownership and Food Security since Ujamaa era in Eastern Tanzania (2008 - 2010)
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: Academy of Finland (Development Research)
Practical Measures to Tackle Climate Change
2008
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Sustainable Landscapes in Zanzibar (2005 - 2007)
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: MOSSE / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Interaction Between Community, Forest Plantation and Biodiversity (2003 - 2004)
Leader: UTU Geography
Funding: MOSSE / Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland