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Lisa Marika Jokivirta
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- Finland
- Researcher and Doctoral Candidate…
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- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- The following Namibian proverb perhaps best summarizes my personal motto in life: “If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.” It might be a cliché, but I truly believe in the ability of every individual to make a positive and lasting contribution to the realization of a more just, sustainable and peaceful world.
Just a few words about myself. I am a social scientist, educator and sustainability activist with a deep passion and commitment to poverty eradication, nature conservation, youth empowerment and development. Having lived, worked and studied in Canada, France, Finland, Costa Rica and the United Kingdom, I have been actively involved with a range of development-related organizations, including the Commonwealth of Learning, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Earth Charter International, and UNESCO. Most recently, I have enjoyed working as Junior Lecturer in the Master’s Programme in Development and International Cooperation at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and am currently a researcher and doctoral candidate within the Finnish National Graduate School of Environmental Social Sciences as part of a four-year post funded by the Academy of Finland.
Having worked at the Earth Charter International Headquarters in Costa Rica, it is my passion and life journey to help bring together people from different ages, backgrounds, religions and nationalities to affect positive change. More generally, I am passionate about education, civil society empowerment, religion and spirituality, and environmental sustainability. I am also a writer, violin player, sushi lover, amateur photographer, and great admirer of communal life. If you have similar interests, or would simply like to share thoughts and ideas, please get in touch- I would love to hear from you!
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
- I am a bit of a nomad by nature. I have lived, studied and/or worked in Canada, France, Finland, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom, and have had the opportunity to travel extensively on four continents.
- What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
- Finland
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Researcher and Doctoral Candidate within the Finnish National Graduate School for the Environmental Social Sciences
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
- Civil Society, Development, Education, Environment, Human Rights, Natural Resources, Youth
- Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
- Advocacy, Communication, Research, Training
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Events
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USAID, Global Pulse 2010 is a 3-day, online collaboration event, that will bring together individual socially-engaged participants and organizations from around the world
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Nonviolence In The Context Of War Or Armed Conflict
June 18, 2010 at 6pm to July 5, 2010 at 7pm – Kurve Wustrow
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Bologna, Italy Symposium on Conflict Prevention, Resolution, and Reconciliation
June 19, 2010 to July 17, 2010 – Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna Center
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Training for Urban Planning Practitioners: Managing Conflicts and Urban Development in Multiethnic Communities
June 20, 2010 at 6pm to June 26, 2010 at 7pm – European Youth Center
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nice to meet u here
Happy to see in this network and willing to exhange our view and efforts in peace building and conflict resolution.
Thanks for the comment on my page...i can't wait to meet you too,we share a lot in common...
How are you doing and what are you working on at the moment?
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Actuellement je vis a kampala, uganda Est de l'Africa
I am glad to meet you in this network of people who are working towards conflict resolution, peacebuilding, development and other related fields! You are doing an important work. I hope that we could help each other by exchanging and sharing information, insights and learning.
I look forward to hearing from you.
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Great to see you on this Network and welcome in this site.Hope we can share more information each others.
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