Miho Taka
Biographic Data
| ID | 183243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miho Taka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miho |
| FAMILY NAME | Taka |
| SIGNATURE | TAKA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalto University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6147-9137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Census to sense
Climate change and socio-economic transitions are intensifying disaster risks, calling for integrated, cross-disciplinary mitigation strategies. The complex dynamics of disaster vulnerability pose challenges for risk management, particularly in resource-constrained countries. Existing assessments often focus on composite vulnerability scores and obscure the multifaceted dynamics of vulnerability and its components, limiting their relevance for ri…
Bridging gaps, saving lives
Flood risks and impacts on population are expected to escalate globally especially where flood forecasting and warning capabilities are limited. Establishing an effective link between early warning and early actions can mitigate flood risks. Yet, scientific methods to strengthen this link remain scarce, as highlighted by common practical challenges: 1) Insufficient integration of scientific spatial risk information in existing early action protoc…
Homecoming and educational trajectories of Rwandan returnees
This qualitative study is based on seven life stories of Rwandan exiles who were born and/ or raised in exile and returned to post-genocide Rwanda for the first time. Despite the waves of displacement throughout Rwandan history, there is a dearth of research on their diverse experiences of homecoming and educational trajectories. Using homecoming theory and life course perspective, this article examines the complex educational trajectories of ret…
Situating Trust, Values, and Ethics in the Politics of Knowledge Production
This article aligns with voices arguing for the need for trust-building in the co-production of knowledge on violent extremism. Trying to internalize the concept of violent extremism in local communities comes with its own political nuances in the knowledge-making process. A focus on trust-building approaches is relevant not only to those scholars who work on violent extremism research but also to the broad academic study of conflicts, postconfli…
World's human migration patterns in 2000-2019 unveiled by high-resolution data
Despite being a topical issue in public debate and on the political agenda for many countries, a global-scale, high-resolution quantification of migration and its major drivers for the recent decades remained missing. We created a global dataset of annual net migration between 2000 and 2019 (~10 km grid, covering the areas of 216 countries or sovereign states), based on reported and downscaled subnational birth (2,555 administrative units) and de…
The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030
Climate change risks pushing one-third of global food production outside the safe climatic space
Food production on our planet is dominantly based on agricultural practices developed during stable Holocene climatic conditions. Although it is widely accepted that climate change perturbs these conditions, no systematic understanding exists on where and how the major risks for entering unprecedented conditions may occur. Here, we address this gap by introducing the concept of safe climatic space (SCS), which incorporates the decisive climatic f…
Global migration is driven by the complex interplay between environmental and social factors
Migration manifests an important response and adaptation measure to changes in the environment and socioeconomic conditions. In a time when environmental stressors and risks are unprecedentedly increasing, understanding the interplay between the underlying factors driving migration is of high importance. While the relationships between environmental and socioeconomic drivers have been identified conceptually, the comprehensive global-scale spatia…
When education in emergencies fails
There has been an increasing effort to deliver Education in Emergencies (EiE) from the international community since the 1990s because of protracted humanitarian situations. Despite the growing attention to EiE, many children in conflict-affected situations miss schooling without having the opportunity to receive a second chance education (SCE), or voice their perspectives on this situation. Given the gaps within EiE, this paper focuses on the la…
Civil society and spaces for natural resource governance in Kenya
In the Kenyan context of new resource discoveries and an ambitious devolution programme, and what is argued to be a shrinking of civic space globally, the role of civil society organisations (CSOs) working on natural resource governance is critical. The resilience, space and capacity of civil society to engage in the policy process, from community-based organisations to national non-governmental organisations, all shape outcomes in terms of legis…
The role of education in peacebuilding
This paper examines the role of education in post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding, because there is a limited evidence base, specifically from the learners’ point of view. The findings from Rwanda, where education was used for discrimination and marginalisation throughout its history and is now a pillar of national unity and reconciliation in the post-genocide education reforms, contribute to the literature on education and conflict. They hav…
World's human migration patterns in 2000-2019 unveiled by high-resolution data
Despite being a topical issue in public debate and on the political agenda for many countries, a global-scale, high-resolution quantification of migration and its major drivers for the recent decades remained missing. We created a global dataset of annual net migration between 2000 and 2019 (~10 km grid, covering the areas of 216 countries or sovereign states), based on reported and downscaled subnational birth (2,555 administrative units) and de…
When education in emergencies fails
There has been an increasing effort to deliver Education in Emergencies (EiE) from the international community since the 1990s because of protracted humanitarian situations. Despite the growing attention to EiE, many children in conflict-affected situations miss schooling without having the opportunity to receive a second chance education (SCE), or voice their perspectives on this situation. Given the gaps within EiE, this paper focuses on the la…
Situating Trust, Values, and Ethics in the Politics of Knowledge Production
This article aligns with voices arguing for the need for trust-building in the co-production of knowledge on violent extremism. Trying to internalize the concept of violent extremism in local communities comes with its own political nuances in the knowledge-making process. A focus on trust-building approaches is relevant not only to those scholars who work on violent extremism research but also to the broad academic study of conflicts, postconfli…
The role of education in peacebuilding
This paper examines the role of education in post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding, because there is a limited evidence base, specifically from the learners’ point of view. The findings from Rwanda, where education was used for discrimination and marginalisation throughout its history and is now a pillar of national unity and reconciliation in the post-genocide education reforms, contribute to the literature on education and conflict. They hav…
The role of education in peacebuilding
This paper examines the role of education in post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding, because there is a limited evidence base, specifically from the learners’ point of view. The findings from Rwanda, where education was used for discrimination and marginalisation throughout its history and is now a pillar of national unity and reconciliation in the post-genocide education reforms, contribute to the literature on education and conflict. They hav…
Civil society and spaces for natural resource governance in Kenya
In the Kenyan context of new resource discoveries and an ambitious devolution programme, and what is argued to be a shrinking of civic space globally, the role of civil society organisations (CSOs) working on natural resource governance is critical. The resilience, space and capacity of civil society to engage in the policy process, from community-based organisations to national non-governmental organisations, all shape outcomes in terms of legis…
The potential of water security in leveraging Agenda 2030
Climate change risks pushing one-third of global food production outside the safe climatic space
Food production on our planet is dominantly based on agricultural practices developed during stable Holocene climatic conditions. Although it is widely accepted that climate change perturbs these conditions, no systematic understanding exists on where and how the major risks for entering unprecedented conditions may occur. Here, we address this gap by introducing the concept of safe climatic space (SCS), which incorporates the decisive climatic f…
Global migration is driven by the complex interplay between environmental and social factors
Migration manifests an important response and adaptation measure to changes in the environment and socioeconomic conditions. In a time when environmental stressors and risks are unprecedentedly increasing, understanding the interplay between the underlying factors driving migration is of high importance. While the relationships between environmental and socioeconomic drivers have been identified conceptually, the comprehensive global-scale spatia…
When education in emergencies fails
There has been an increasing effort to deliver Education in Emergencies (EiE) from the international community since the 1990s because of protracted humanitarian situations. Despite the growing attention to EiE, many children in conflict-affected situations miss schooling without having the opportunity to receive a second chance education (SCE), or voice their perspectives on this situation. Given the gaps within EiE, this paper focuses on the la…
World's human migration patterns in 2000-2019 unveiled by high-resolution data
Despite being a topical issue in public debate and on the political agenda for many countries, a global-scale, high-resolution quantification of migration and its major drivers for the recent decades remained missing. We created a global dataset of annual net migration between 2000 and 2019 (~10 km grid, covering the areas of 216 countries or sovereign states), based on reported and downscaled subnational birth (2,555 administrative units) and de…
Bridging gaps, saving lives
Flood risks and impacts on population are expected to escalate globally especially where flood forecasting and warning capabilities are limited. Establishing an effective link between early warning and early actions can mitigate flood risks. Yet, scientific methods to strengthen this link remain scarce, as highlighted by common practical challenges: 1) Insufficient integration of scientific spatial risk information in existing early action protoc…
Homecoming and educational trajectories of Rwandan returnees
This qualitative study is based on seven life stories of Rwandan exiles who were born and/ or raised in exile and returned to post-genocide Rwanda for the first time. Despite the waves of displacement throughout Rwandan history, there is a dearth of research on their diverse experiences of homecoming and educational trajectories. Using homecoming theory and life course perspective, this article examines the complex educational trajectories of ret…
Situating Trust, Values, and Ethics in the Politics of Knowledge Production
This article aligns with voices arguing for the need for trust-building in the co-production of knowledge on violent extremism. Trying to internalize the concept of violent extremism in local communities comes with its own political nuances in the knowledge-making process. A focus on trust-building approaches is relevant not only to those scholars who work on violent extremism research but also to the broad academic study of conflicts, postconfli…
Census to sense
Climate change and socio-economic transitions are intensifying disaster risks, calling for integrated, cross-disciplinary mitigation strategies. The complex dynamics of disaster vulnerability pose challenges for risk management, particularly in resource-constrained countries. Existing assessments often focus on composite vulnerability scores and obscure the multifaceted dynamics of vulnerability and its components, limiting their relevance for ri…
Political science (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Biology (3 works)