Jaana Vanhatalo

I am a doctoral researcher in urban planning in the School of Architecture. My background is in Regional Studies (M.Sc.(Admin)). My dissertation addresses delineation of urban areas. I am interested how well the national urban area definitions function in their task, i.e. defining urban areas.  

For 2023-2025 I acted as a project manager in Future senior housing (TULE) project in Knowledge Centre for Real Estate Development (KCRED) in Faculty of Built Environment. Our aim is to continue with this well-started work on age-friendly housing.

My research interests include sustainable urban and rural areas, urban planning and its processes and GIS aided planning. With the current projects I have also found senior housing and home as a place work. I have worked in the School of Architecture since 2010 and have been in several projects focusing on urbanization, resource efficiency, planning process and methods, and conducting spatial analyses (GIS) in several research and development projects. I also teach GIS, planning and writing for the architecture students.

2022-23 I was responsible for the faculty of Built Environment’s Tresilienssi 2.0 project, which aimed to enhance the master thesis process and guidance as well as students’ wellbeing.

Urban planning, regional planning, strategic planning, spatial analyses, spatial data, GIS, urban resource efficiency

Co-chair of Age-Friendly Housing topic group (European Federation for Living), 12/2024-

Steering committee: Doctoral Programme in Built Environment, student member, 2020-

Faculty Council: Built Environment, deputy member, 1/2019-1/2022, member 2/2022-

Urban studies, Senior housing

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