Taina Hanhikoski

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CTIF Role

Coordinator of new Associate Members. Vice President of the CTIF Executive Committee.

User Biography

Taina Hanhikoski, Finland

CTIF Vice President since 2020

Senior Specialist, International Relations, The Finnish Ministry of Interior.

Ms. Hanhikoski oversees EU funded projects focusing on climate risk assessment as well as AI, machine learning and predictive analysis for decision making in disasters.

She is also a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Tampere focusing on the Arctic region.

In addition to international connections and networking, she is responsible for resilience relating to third sector – authority cooperation as well as disaster risk reduction and risk management with special focus on weather and climate risks.

She is an expert in EU and Nordic security policies (including EU Civil Protection Mechanism, EU Internal Security Strategy and Nordic cooperation).