Rate My Professor Marko Keskinen

Keskinen's research focuses on water resources management and governance, examining the interactions between water, society, sustainability, and security across scales from global to local. His key interests include integrated water management approaches, transboundary water cooperation particularly in the Mekong Basin, the water-energy-food nexus, water diplomacy, and multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary science-policy-stakeholder interactions. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals such as SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 13 (Climate Action), and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions). Notable publications include 'Future changes in Mekong River hydrology: impact of climate change and reservoir operation on discharge' (Lauri et al., Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2012), 'The water-energy-food nexus and the transboundary context: insights from large Asian rivers' (Keskinen et al., Water, 2016), 'Water-energy-food nexus in a transboundary river basin: The case of Tonle Sap Lake, Mekong River Basin' (Keskinen et al., Water, 2015), and 'Water diplomacy paths – An approach to recognise water diplomacy actions in shared waters' (Keskinen et al., Journal of Hydrology, 2021). He currently leads projects including 'Global connections and collaborative solutions for sustainable water security' (GloWater) and 'Cross-regional learning for transformative water diplomacy' (CroWD).