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Responsible supervisors in the Doctoral Programme in Built Environment

You will find the responsible supervisors in the Doctoral Programme in Built Environement on this page. If you are planning on conducting doctoral research, please contact a responsible supervisor in the field most suitable for your topic.

Architecture and Urban Planning and Design

The research field "Architecture and Urban Planning and Design" is divided into three research areas: Architectural Design, Management of Built Heritage, and Urban Planning and Design.

Architectural Design

Ilmari Lahdelma

Tampere University

Basics of Architecture

Professor

Faculty of Built Environment

Fernando Nieto Fernandez

Tampere University

Architectural design, architectural theory, public building design, hybrid and mixed-use buildings, housing design and regulatory systems, practice-based research, research by design, modern and contemporary Nordic architecture, design thinking in educational and cultural architecture, loneliness, social isolation and the built environment

Professor

Architectural Design

Faculty of Built Environment

Sofie Pelsmakers

Tampere University

Sustainable living environments (e.g. low energy/low carbon and nZEB homes, climate change adaptability, building performance and user satisfaction - POE/BPE, and health and well-being), basic housing design research (e.g. accessible and inclusive design, designing for ageing population, adaptable and dweller-oriented housing design and flexible housing solutions, shared spaces and new co-housing models), sustainable architecture pedagogy (values, integration of sustainability in design studio, peer-learning, blended learning)

Professor

Architecture, Housing Design

Faculty of Built Environment

Management of Built Heritage

Satu Huuhka

Tampere University

Renovation and conservation of buildings, circular economy (building stocks, renovation, conservation and adaptation, adaptive reuse, flexibility and adaptability, design for deconstruction and adaptability, circular economy, circularity, reuse of buildings and their parts, demolition and deconstruction, material flow analysis, environmental impacts, life cycle assessment, policy and steering instruments)

Associate Professor (tenure track)

sustainable renovation

Faculty of Built Environment

Markku Karjalainen

Tampere University

Industrial wood construction, wooden architecture, wooden multi-story apartment buildings and other large-scale wooden buildings

Professor

rakentamisen prosessit ja rakennusoppi

Faculty of Built Environment

Olli-Paavo Koponen

Tampere University

History of architecture, conservation of buildings, restoration, conservation, transformation of built environment

Professor

arkkitehtuurin historia

Faculty of Built Environment

Urban Planning and Design

Ari Hynynen

Tampere University

Urban and regional development (small towns and middle-sized cities, bio and circular economy, and timber building)

Professor

arkkitehtuuri- ja kaupunkitutkimus

Faculty of Built Environment

Panu Lehtovuori

Tampere University

Critical planning theory, urban studies, public urban space, temporary uses, new planning methods, strategic planning, foresight, sustainability transitions

Professor

yhdyskuntasuunnittelun teoria

Faculty of Built Environment

Markku Norvasuo

Tampere University

The future of Finnish neighborhoods and suburban environment, history and development of Finnish urban planning and the construction of neighborhood units, the work and influence of Alvar Aalto, history of technology in the context of 20th century architecture

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Built Environment

Juho Rajaniemi

Tampere University

Finnish planning system, power issues in urban planning, healthy city, walking in urban environment, city growth and decline, urban utopias

Professor

Vice Dean for Education

Faculty of Built Environment

Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

The research field "Civil and Infrastructure Engineering" is divided into four research areas: Construction Management and Economics, Infrastructure Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Transportation Systems.

Construction Management and Economics

Kalle Kähkönen

Tampere University

Construction management and economics, management of construction projects, lean-construction, use of building information modeling and digitalisation by the private and public stakeholders of the real estate and construction sector

Professor

rakennustuotanto ja talous

Faculty of Built Environment

Arto Saari

Tampere University

Construction project management and contracting, and construction production management as scedulling, cost management and quality control, sustainable and low-carbon construction and operation of buildings and infrastructures, new construction and renovation

Professor

rakennustuotannon ohjaus

Faculty of Built Environment

Infrastructure Engineering

Petri Juuti

Tampere University

Environmental history, especially the interaction between the society and the nature, water history, urban environment, city-service development, urban technology, pollution, public policy, political history, development studies, and economic history

Research Manager

Faculty of Built Environment

Riikka Juuti

Tampere University

Water and environmental services, sustainable water and sanitation services, water services management and environmental history

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Built Environment

Pauli Kolisoja

Tampere University

Structural behaviour and design of different types of infrastructures (road, street, railway structures etc.), condition assessment and renovation of existing infrastructures and materials used in different types of infrastructures (conventional and alternative construction materials, recycled materials)

Professor

Earth structures

Faculty of Built Environment

Heikki Luomala

Tampere University

Railway engineering, vehicle-track interaction, railway track structure components, materials, dimensioning, monitoring and service life

Project Manager

Faculty of Built Environment

Tim Länsivaara

Tampere University

Geotechnical engineering (soil investigations, soil behavior, soil modelling, geotechnical calculations, safety and reliability, foundation engineering)

Professor

Vice Dean of Research

Faculty of Built Environment

Structural Engineering

Reijo Kouhia

Tampere University

Materials modelling (elasto-plastic, viscoplastic and continuum damage models), fatigue, stability of structures, numerical methods (finite element methods, finite difference methods), coupled problems, magneto-electro-mechanical problems, thermoelasticity, etc.

Professor

teknillinen mekaniikka ja lujuusoppi

Faculty of Built Environment

Anssi Laaksonen

Tampere University

Structure, concrete, bridge, design, model, traffic load, prestressed concrete, torsion, bending, lap, bond, pile, load test

Industry Professor

Rakennetekniikka, erityisesti betonirakenteet

Faculty of Built Environment

Jukka Lahdensivu

Tampere University

Renovation, degradation of structures, durability of buildings in changing climate, reuse of structures

Research Manager

Faculty of Built Environment

Mikko Malaska

Tampere University

Resilient structures, accidental design situation, fire safety of buildings and building materials, fire resistance of structures, fire protection systems, fire design, performance-based fire design, fire safety of intelligent buildings, fire testing

Professor

structural engineering and design

Faculty of Built Environment

Kristo Mela

Tampere University

Use of high strength steels in construction, structural optimization and design automation, cold-formed steel structures, including sandwich-panels, and advanced analysis and design methods of steel structures

Associate Professor (tenure track)

teräsrakenteet

Faculty of Built Environment

Sami Pajunen

Tampere University

Timber construction, structural timber design, structural analysis and design

Professor

Kevyt- ja erikoisrakenteet

Faculty of Built Environment

Jonathon Taylor

Tampere University

Urban physics, indoor environmental quality, housing, climate change mitigation and adaptation, overheating, air pollution, GIS, building physics, health impact assessment, household air pollution, global south, global health

Associate Professor (tenure track)

Urban Physics

Faculty of Built Environment

Juha Vinha

Tampere University

Building physics, building physical material properties, hygrothermal performance of structures, moisture-safe buildings, energy consumption and energy efficiency of buildings, climate change, indoor and outdoor air conditions, low-carbon and nature-based construction

Professor

rakennusfysiikka

Faculty of Built Environment

Transportation systems

Heikki Liimatainen

Tampere University

Sustainable transport systems, environmental effects of transport, transport safety, transport economics, logistics, road freight transport

Professor

Transport and logistics

Faculty of Built Environment

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