Miina Porkka

I received my doctorate in 2016 with the Water and Development Research Group at Aalto University, Finland. My dissertation explored the implications of water scarcity and agricultural trade for global food availability in the 20th century.

I have also been involved in a number of other projects and collaborations on global food and water issues, including studies on water scarcity, environmental footprints of food waste and diets, mapping of global irrigation areas and the water-energy-food nexus.

My current research foci are social-ecological resilience of drylands to hydroclimatic change, the sustainability of food systems, and food security and health implications of food trade.