Driving resilience through knowledge
Research & Innovation
Advancing urban resilience through collaborative research, open geospatial data and innovation that moves from the university into practice — across Tanzania, Africa and beyond.
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Researchers
350
Publications
3,741
Citations
30+
Partner institutions
Thematic areas
Explore our research themes
Six themes connect our publications, projects and courses.
Climate Change & Adaptation
Urban Flooding & Drainage
Geospatial Data & Technology
Urban Planning & Land Use
Water, Sanitation & Health
Community Resilience & Engagement
Our research team
Meet our researchers
Explore the people and expertise behind our research.
Professors
Dr. Abubakar Diwani Bakari
Professor · State University of Zanzibar
Tanzania
Dr. Ernest Mauya
Professor · Sokoine University of Agriculture
Tanzania
Sanna Maki
Professor · University of Turku
FinlandSenior Researchers
Antero Järvi
Senior researcher · University of Turku
Finland
Dr. George Matto
Senior researcher · Moshi Cooperative University
Tanzania
Dr. Juma Lungo
Senior researcher · University of Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Dr. Mahadia Tunga
Senior researcher · University of Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Dr. Mary Khatib
Senior researcher · State University of Zanzibar
Tanzania
Dr. Mercy Mbise
Senior researcher · University of Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Dr. Theofrida Julius
Senior researcher · Sokoine University of Agriculture
Tanzania
Dr. Zahor K. Zahor
Senior researcher · University of Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Doctoral Researchers
Cosmas John
Doctoral researcher · Sokoine University of Agriculture
Tanzania
Post-doctoral Researchers
Researchers
Amedeus Raphael Kimaro
Researcher · Ardhi University
Tanzania
Hassan Omar
Researcher · State University of Zanzibar
Collaborative initiatives
Research in action
Projects that turn research into practical tools, open data and skills.
Resilience Academy for BLUE-ZAN
A 2026–2027 project, funded by Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs through the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), in which the Resilience Academy builds a group-based student internship model between SUZA and Zanzibar’s government institutions for collecting and managing coastal and marine geospatial data.
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Resilience Academy for ProWAS-SASA
A 2024–2026 GIZ-funded (BMZ and EU / Team Europe) project where the Tanzania Resilience Academy builds open geospatial data, digital skills and community-youth solutions for climate-resilient water management in Tanga and Mwanza.
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GeoICT4e
A 2020–2024, €2.44M Finnish-funded (HEI-ICI) eight-university partnership transforming geospatial and ICT education at Tanzanian universities through multi-competence, challenge-based learning.
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Tanzania Resilience Academy
A World Bank–funded, Tanzanian university partnership that builds youth digital skills and open climate-risk data for urban resilience.
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Most cited publications
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Ville Kankare, Jari Vauhkonen, Topi Tanhuanpää et al. · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
67
citations
Dorothea Deus, Richard Gloaguen · Water
67
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Eliisa Lotsari, Varyl R. Thorndycraft, Petteri Alho · Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment
59
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L. Koivumäki, Petteri Alho, Eliisa Lotsari et al. · Journal of Flood Risk Management
59
citations
Elina Kasvi, Matti Tapio Vaaja, Harri Kaartinen et al. · Geomorphology
55
citations
Juuso Suomi, Jukka Käyhkö · International Journal of Climatology
53
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Research stories
Presenting Data-Scarce Cities at IOER 2026
Last week I had an opportunity to attend the DLGS Summer School and the 4th IOER Conference, “Space & Transformation.” I went there to talk about two things I have spent much of my PhD thinking about: how a city like Mwanza can assess flood risk when the data it needs barely exists, and how […]
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Flood risk mapping in Dar es Salaam: The case of Tandale, Dar es Salaam
Introduction Being a bachelor student from The University of Turku, doing a thesis is part of my studies. My name is Ohto, I am a student from The University of Turku. My interests have always been working on the Tanzania project in order to contribute to the communities in Tanzania. This is why I decided […]
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Research Pilot Survey – Dar es Salaam
A key part of resilience is understanding how individuals, households, and communities will respond to a changing climate. In the Msimbazi Valley of Dar es Salaam, many people have become […]
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A Handbook for Community Urban Risk Mapping
The activities undertaken by Ramani Huria over the last four years stood as a model for a Handbook for Community Urban Risk Mapping. By helping communities to map residential areas, roads, streams, floodplains, and other relevant features, projects like Dar Ramani Huria bring disaster prevention and response to areas that were previously off the map, […]
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