Meri Johanna Juntti

Lecturer

Department: School of Health and Social Sciences

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Qualifications

Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, PhD MSc

Research Interests

Integration of environmental standards and values into rural and agricultural policies and planning in the European Union; power, networks and representation of environmental resources policy decision-making; communication and learning in policy implementation.

Teaching Interests

Environmental governance approaches, actors, policies, policy instruments and case studies; sustainable development theories, challenges and solutions; historical and contemporary constructions of the third world and key actors; social science research approaches and methods.

Biography

Lecturer in Sustainable Development and Sustainable Environmental Management.

Qualifications
Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Kings College, University of London
PhD Imperial College at Wye, University of London
MSc Environmental Conservation, University of Helsinki, Finland

Curriculum/subject area
Sustainable Environmental Management and Development Studies

Current work administrative and professional duties/roles
Module leader: Construction of the Third World (DEV1001); Contemporary Issues in the Third World (DEV3005); Dissertation Workshops (GES4091)

Module tutor: Global Environmental Issues, Policies and Institutions (GES4530)

UCL / Bartlett School of Planning / Visiting Lecturer: Planning for the Changing Countryside (ENVS3010)
Research

Selected Publications

  • Juntti Meri, Duncan Russel and John Turnpenny (2009) Evidence, politics and power in public policy for the environment. Environmental Science and Policy 12:207-215.
  • Juntti, Meri and Geoff Wilson (2005) Conceptualising Desertification in Southern Europe: Stakeholder interpretations and multiple policy agendas. European Environment 15(4) Pp. 228-249.

  • Juntti, Meri and Clive Potter (2002): Interpreting and re-interpreting agri-environmental policy: Communication, trust and knowledge in the implementation process. Sociologia Ruralis 42(3) pp.215-232.

Edited Books:

Wilson, Geoff and Meri Juntti (eds.) (2005): Unravelling Desertification: Policies and Actor Networks in Southern Europe. Wageningen Academic Publishers. Wageningen. Holland.

Authored Books:

Gallent, Nick, Meri Juntti, Susan Kidd and David Shaw (2008) Introduction to Rural Planning. Taylor and Francis. London.

Chapters in books:

  • Juntti, Meri and Geoff Wilson (2005) Introduction. In Wilson, G. and M. Juntti (eds.) Unravelling Desertification: Policies and Actor Networks in Southern Europe. Wageningen Academic Publishers. Wageningen. Holland.
  • Ontilde;ate, Juan J., Meri Juntti and Geoff Wilson (2005) Desertification and Policies: the global, European and national arenas. In Wilson, G. and M. Juntti (eds.) Unravelling Desertification: Policies and Actor Networks in Southern Europe. Wageningen Academic Publishers. Wageningen. Holland.
  • Juntti, Meri and Geoff Wilson (2003): The different desertification discourses in Southern Europe. In H. Briassoulis in collaboration with M. Juntti and G. Wilson (eds) Mediterranean Desertification: Framing the Policy Context. European Commission, EUR 20731. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. P. 12.
  • Juntti, Meri and Geoff Wilson (2003): Studying Past Policy Implementation in the Four Target Areas. In H. Briassoulis in collaboration with M. Juntti and G. Wilson (eds) Mediterranean Desertification: Framing the Policy Context. European Commission, EUR 20731. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. Pp. 17-21.
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