Finnish Gateway to Environmental History Members          For Students Agata Depka    Harri Mäki  Petri S. Juuti     Keren López    Riikka Rajala    Viktor Pál Harri Mäki, MA, researcher E-mail harri.r.maki(at)uta.fi Phone (work) +358 3 3551 6548  (mobile) +358 50 523 9635 Education                                                    Master of Arts 7.4.1992, University of Tampere, (general history). Higher school examination 1985 Harjavallan lukio, Harjavalta.   Post-graduate Studies                      Viable Water Governance, Interdisciplinary Research Training Course for Doctoral Students, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, 6-11 June, 2005.                                                                                                 Development of the water supply and acquisition in South African towns in 1850-1920, research plan accepted in spring 2004. Supervisors: Professor Markku Hyrkkänen, docent Petri juuti and docent Tapio Katko.   Work Experience                                      University of Tampere, The Department of History: Researcher  1.1.2005–31.8.2005, 1.11.2005-                                                                                   Tampere University of Technology, The Department of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology: Researcher 1.12.2002 – 28.2.2003.                                                                                   The Institute for Extension Studies, Study Material Developer, 3.9.-27.11.2002.                                                                                   Employment and Economic Development Centre for Pirkanmaa, Researcher, 8.5.2000–31.1.2001.                                                                                   Ylöjärvi Commune, web designer, 2.2.-29.4.1998.                                                                                   University of Tampere, The Department of History: researcher 5.4.–4.10.1994.   Conference Presentations                 "History of water supply and acquisition in South African towns in 1850–1920." Poster, Thinking through the Environment: VIII Turku Methodological Conference, VI Nordic Environmental History Conference, Turku, 15.–17.9.2005.                                                                                   "Development of the water supply and acquisition in four South African cities in 1850–1920." Flows From The Past: A Trans-Disciplinary Conference On The History Of Water In Africa, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa, 8.–10.12.2004.   Publications                                               "Valkoiset seikkailijat: Betsuanamaan sodat ja eurooppalaisen vallan ekspansio Etelä-Afrikassa 1881–1883", (White Adventurers: Wars in Bechuanaland and the Expansion of European Power in South Africa in 1881-83) in Kansa ja kumous: eurooppalaisen maailmankuvan murroksia 1880–1920, ed. Tuominen, Koivuniemi, Oikarinen, and Oikarinen, Historiallinen Arkisto 111, Helsinki 1998. "Viimeiset ristiretkeläiset: Johanniittojen tie Pyhältä maalta Maltalle", (Last Crusaders: Knights of St. John from Holy Land to Malta) in Islamin ja kristikunnan rajoilla: Kulttuurien kohtaaminen ja vuorovaikutus Välimerellä, ed. Hanska, Masonen, and Virtanen, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Research Reports, No. 78, 1998. "Vesihuollon historiaa Kapkaupungissa – lyhyt historia 1600-luvulta 2000-luvun haasteisiin", (History of Water Supply in Cape Town – brief istory from the 1600s to the challenges of 21st century) with Petri Juuti, Vesitalous 5/2005.                                                                                   "Early Experiences on Water and Sanitation in Cape Town -From Bucket System to Pipe Bound Solutions", with Kevin Wall and Petri Juuti;                                                                                   "Development of the water supply and acquisition in South African towns in 1850-1920";                                                                                   "Responding vital challenges -Variations in rural systems", with Tapio Katko, Petri Juuti and Hilja Toivio, all three in Environmental History of Water -Global view of community water supply and sanitation, to be published in 2006.  ©Viktor Pal based on the website of the Department of History at the University of Tampere