Vera Vikolainen

Name: Vera Vikolainen

E-mail: v.vikolainen@utwente.nl

Telephone: +31 53 489 3213

Fax: +31 53 489 4850

Room: Ravelijn 3123

Vera Vikolainen (1982) holds a Bachelor degree in Business administration (cum laude) from St.-Petersburg State Polytechnic University (2003) and a Master degree in European Studies (cum laude) from the University of Twente (2005). Her Master thesis was carried out as an internship at Witteveen+Bos consulting engineers and focused on European urban policy & Structural funds for urban development projects. In September 2007 Vera Vikolainen joined CSTM as a research assistant, where she worked on projects in the field of policy implementation and water management. She carried out research tasks in English, Dutch and Russian language. In September 2008 she started her PhD research on the impact of EU environmental legislation on projects in water sector, in particular dredging projects that apply the principles of eco-dynamic design.

Expertise & Research interests

Publications

Reports

Bruijn T. de, Bressers J.T.A., Vikolainen V. (2008) Handhaving Leeuwarden. Een onderzoek in opdracht van de Rekenkamer Leeuwarden. CSTM Studies en Rapporten, CSTM-SR nr. 338, ISSN 1381-6357, p.1-49

Vikolainen V., Coenen F., Lulofs K. (2008) Baten van Waterbeheer voor regionale innovatie en regionale economie. CSTM Studies en Rapporten, CSTM-SR nr. 348, ISSN 1381-6357, p.1-67

Conference proceedings

V. Vikolainen, J.T.A. Bressers, K.R.D. Lulofs (2010) Integrated nature design in Natura 2000 areas: the case of Veluwe border lakes in the Netherlands. Paper presented at the 3^rd Graduate Conference of European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Dublin, Ireland