We are working in close collaboration with Tanzanian academic partners and international research teams. As our research addresses often practical issues related to land and natural resources, we also work in close collaboration with Finnish and Tanzanian administration, private sector partners and NGOs active in Tanzania.

Our collaboration partners

Institution Contact person
Aalto University Riina Subra, Sara Lindeman and Helena Sandman
Arbonaut (GESEC project partner) Tuomo Kauranne and Jarno Hämäläinen
Ardhi University (ARU) Joseph Mayunga and Job Chaula
Buni Hub
Department of Forestry and Non-Renewable Natural Resources, (DFNR, Government of Zanzibar) Miza S. Khamis and Abbas Mzee
Department of Urban and Rural Planning (Government of Zanzibar) Muhammad Juma
Dimenteq/Sitowise (GESEC project partner) Teemu Virtanen and Jaakko Valkonen
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Riitta Teiniranta and Markku Viitasalo
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Anssi Pekkarinen and Julian Fox
Funzi 
Ghent University Veerle Van Eetvelde
Indufor Oy Thomas Selänniemi and Lauri Tamminen
Infobridge Edwin Mugerezi
Iringa University (UOI) Jan Küver
Metsähallitus, Parks and Wildlife Finland Henrik Jansson and Maija Mussaari
Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU) George Matto and Daud Massambu
National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) Panu Muhli
National Land Use Planning Commission, Tanzania Stephen Nindi
NIRAS Esa Haapasalo ja Hanna Mykkänen
Novia University of Applied Sciences (Novia) Romi Rancken
Paikkatietokonsultit Kari Mikkonen
RLabs Iringa Yussuf Ssessanga
Sahara Ventures
Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Ernest Mauya
Space Systems Finland (SFF) Matti Anttila
State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) Makame Omar Makame and Abubakar Diwani
Stockholm University Helle Skånes and Anders Wästfelt
Studio 19 Brian Paul and Sama Jahanpour
Tanzanian Data Lab (dLab)
Turku University of Applied Sciences (Turku UAS) Eeva Timonen-Kallio
University of Dar es Salaam UDSM (Geography, IRA, CoICT) Phillip Mwanukuzi, Harun Makandi and Juma Lungo
University of Helsinki (HY) Tuuli Toivonen and Petri Pellikka
University of Twente Caroline Gevaert and Jeroen Verplanke
Vionice/Vaisala (GESEC project partner) Markus Melander and Aleksi Kauppi
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Tim Davenport
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF Nairobi) Peter Minang
World Bank, Tanzania Edward Anderson and Msilikale Msilanga

(Image) Harun Makandi from UDSM/IRA in the discussion with Tanzanian geospatial business actors in Dar es Salaam in April 2016.