Duties
Flood and drought risk management.
Subject area
Education and academic titles
Doctor of Science, Aalto University
Research and expertise
I work as a Leading Expert in flood and drought risk management in the Built Environment solution -unit in the Water Risks team. I conduct drought and floods related research and development projects and offer support services for our core stakeholders. I also work as a water risk specialist in the Flood Centre.
Background
I have a doctorate in Water and Environment Engineering from Aalto University. I defended my doctoral thesis about drought risk management in Finland in 2024. From 2021 to 2024, I served as an ministerial advisor in the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Before that, I worked at Syke and ELY-center for several years. With over 15 years of experience in the Finnish water sector, I have a solid and wide understanding of water management in Finland and the EU.
Recent Publications
All publications available from Google Scholar or ORCID.
Ahopelto, Sojamo, Belinskij, Soininen, and Keskinen. “Water Governance for Water Security: Analysing Institutional Strengths and Challenges in Finland.” International Journal of Water Resources Development 40, no. 2 (2024): 153–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2023.2266733
Ahopelto, Kallio, Veijalainen, Kouki, and Keskinen. “Drought Hazard and Annual Precipitation Predicted to Increase in the Sirppujoki River Basin, Finland.” Climate Services 31 (2023): 100400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100400
Blauhut, Stoelzle, Ahopelto, Brunner, Teutschbein, Wendt, Akstinas, Bakke, Barker, and Bartošová. “Lessons from the 2018–2019 European Droughts: A Collective Need for Unifying Drought Risk Management.” Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 22, no. 6 (2022): 2201–17. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2201-2022
Taka, Ahopelto, Fallon, Heino, Kallio Kinnunen, Niva, and Varis. “The Potential of Water Security in Leveraging Agenda 2030.” One Earth 4, no. 2 (2021): 258–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.01.007
Ahopelto, Veijalainen, Guillaume, Keskinen, Marttunen, and Varis. “Can There Be Water Scarcity with Abundance of Water? Analyzing Water Stress during a Severe Drought in Finland.” Sustainability 11, no. 6 (2019): 1548. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061548
Veijalainen, Ahopelto, Marttunen, Jääskeläinen, Britschgi, Orvomaa, Belinskij, and Keskinen. “Severe Drought in Finland: Modeling Effects on Water Resources and Assessing Climate Change Impacts.” Sustainability 11, no. 8 (2019): 2450. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11082450