| Title | Year | Leader and partners | Funding and links |
| Social innovations in Geo-ICT education at Tanzanian HEIs for improved employability (GeoICT4e) | 2020-2024 | UTU with TUAS, NoviaUAS, UDSM, ARU, SUA, SUZA, MoCU | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland / HEI-ICI |
| Tanzania Resilience Academy | 2019-2021 | UTU with UDSM, ARU, SUZA and SUA | The World Bank |
| Geospatial and ICT capacities in Tanzanian Higher Education Institutions (Geo-ICT) | 2017-2020 | UTU with UDSM, ARU, SUZA and SUA | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland / HEI-ICI |
| Sustainability, scale relations and structure-function-benefit chains in the landscape systems of the Tanzanian Southern Highlands (SUSLAND) | 2014-2019 | UTU Geography | Academy of Finland (Development Research) |
| Geospatial Business Ecosystem in Tanzania (GESEC) | 2016-2018 | UTU Geography and Future Technologies | Business Finland/BEAM (former TEKES) |
| National Spatial Data Infrastructure for Integrated Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning in Zanzibar (ZAN-SDI) | 2016-2018 | Finnish Environment Institute SYKE (Lead) with UTU Geography and NLS of Finland | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland/ICI project with the Government of Zanzibar |
| Pre-GESEC (preparatory project for geospatial business ecosystem in Tanzania) | 2016 (6 months) | UTU Geography and Information Technology | Business Finland/BEAM (former TEKES) |
| UTU-FAO Forest Plantation Mapping in the Southern Highlands | 2016 (6 months) | UTU Geography | UN/FAO |
| HEI-GIS capacities in Geography education at the University of Dar es Salaam | 2013-2016 | UTU Geography with UTU | HEI-ICI/Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |
| Knowledge Creation Processes (KREPRO) | 2012-2016 | UTU Geography | SA/Academy of Finland |
| Changing land use and forest management practices and multidimensional adaptation strategies in Zanzibar, Tanzania | 2010-2013 | UTU Geography | SA/Academy of Finland (Development Research) |
| North-South-South (NSS) staff and student exchange networks coordinated by Åbo Akademi 2008-2010, 2011-2013 and UTU 2013-15. | 2008-2015 | UTU Geography | NSS/Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |
| Rural Settlement Development, Land Ownership and Food Security since Ujamaa era in Eastern Tanzania | 2008-2010 | UTU Geography | SA/Academy of Finland (Development Research) |
| Practical measures needed to tackle climate change | 2008 | UTU Geography | Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |
| Sustainable landscapes in Zanzibar | 2005-2007 | UTU Geography | MOSSE/Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |
| Interaction between community, forest plantation and biodiversity | 2003-2004 | UTU Geography | MOSSE/Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |