FIG Commission 9

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Kauko Viitanen, Chair of FIG Commission 9

Curriculum Vitae

Date of birth: 1955

Nationality: Finnish

Status:

Current Position: Professor of Real Estate Economics and Valuation, Helsinki University of Technology
Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy, in the subject area of Real Estate Planning, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 2001.
  • Licentiate of Science in Technology (i.e. lower Doctoral Degree), Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), Department of Surveying, Institute of Real Estate Studies), 1988
  • Master of Science in Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Surveying, Institute of Real Estate Studies, 1978
Other training and competence
  • Pedagogic programme for university teachers (YOOP), 15 credits, HUT, 2001-2002
  • Leader training, 2 credits, HUT and Johtamistaidon Opisto JTO, 1998-99
  • Licenced Real Estate Broker (LKV-tutkinto), 1983
Employment record
  • Professor, Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Surveying (1998-)
  • Associate Professor of Land Management, HUT (1992-1998)
  • Department Manager, Huoneistomarkkinointi Oy, Department of Market Research and Information (1989-1991)
  • Property valuer, Huoneistomarkkinointi Oy, Department of Property Valuation (1989)
  • Researcher, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Labo¬ratory of Urban Planning and Building Design (1986-1988)
  • Surveying Engineer (Cadastral Surveyor), The National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) 1978-1986)
Some other posts
  • Member of the Board of the Helsinki University of Technology (2003-)
  • Head of the Department of Surveying, Helsinki University of Technology (2000-)
  • Vice Chair, the Graduate School in Real Estate and Facilities Management, KIITO, Helsinki University of Technology (2003-)
  • Evaluator of Study Programs in Engineering; Tallinn Technical University (Structural Design, Real Estate Administration), Estonian Agricultural University (Rural Buildings, Water Management), Member of the Evaluation Expert Team, November 10-16, 2003.
  • Finnish representative and chair of a working group in a EU COST project G9 "Modelling real property transactions" (2001-2005)
  • Expert Evaluer, Key Action "City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage", Bryssel, 2 x 1 weeks (2001)
  • Vice Chair, the Board of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (YTK) (2001-)
    Member of the Committee of the Ministry of Education for Education in Building Sector (1998-2001)
  • NorBalt Network on Land Management in Geodetic University Programmes: Improving geodetic education in Latvia (HUT representative)
  • Deputy Head of the Department of Surveying, HUT (1999-2000)
  • Head of the Institute of Real Estate Studies, Department of Surveying, HUT (1998-)
  • Legal Adviser in the Cadastral Mapping and Land Registration Pilot Project in Cambodia, FM-International ltd FINNMAP (2 months, 1997)
  • Member of the Study Loan Committee, HUT (1996–2000)
  • Chairman in the Degree Programme Commit¬tee of Surveying, Department of Surveying, HUT (1993-2000)
  • Guest researcher, Royal Institute of Technology, Real Estate and Construction Management, Real Estate Planning and Land Law (1,3 years 1994-97)
  • In charge of the internal evaluation for the curriculum of Surveying at HUT in the project “Evaluation of the Degree Programmes of Surveying in Sweden and in Finland” (1996)
  • Guest Teacher at Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (2 months 1994)
  • Member of the Education Team, Continuing Education for Surveyors from Esto¬nia at HUT and NLS (27.-31.7.1992).
Some associations
  • Finnish Association for Real Estate Valuation (Chairman 1999-, Member of the Board 1994-)
  • Finnish Association for Authorised Real Estate Valuers (Chairman 1999-)
  • Foundation for Promoting the Field of Surveying (Chairman 2001-, Member of the Board 1996-)
  • Surveying Science of Finland, Editorial Board (Member 1994-2003)
  • Finnish Association of Surveying Science (Member of the Board of Directors, 1993 – 96, Chairman, 1994-95)
Activities in FIG
  • Finnish Association of Surveyors (Finnish representative in the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) in Commission 9, Valuation and Management of Real Estate,1999-)
  • International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) (Head of the Joint Commission 2 and 9 Working Group 9.1 titled “Education of valuers”, 2000-2006; vice chair of the Commission 9, 2002-)
  • Chair Elect of FIG Commission 9 (2004-2006) and Chair (2006-2010)
Books, and publications in the web

See list of publications and full CV at: http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/Kiinteisto/henkilokunta/CVKaukoViitanen.11.2003.pdf 

Papers presented in FIG Conferences
  • Education of Valuers - Visual Explorations in Real Estate Market with Neural Networks. FIG, Joint Commissions 2&9 WG/WG 9.1. The Congress of the International Federation of Surveyors, Paris, 13.-17.4.2003.
  • Just Compensation in Expropriation. FIG Commission 9, Property Valuation and Management. The Congress of the International Federation of Surveyors, Washington, D.C., 22.-26.4.2002. Washington, D.C. 2002, International Federation of Surveyors FIG, 8 p. [http://www.fig.net, CD-ROM]
  • 3x3D Property Ownership and Use - Registration of Apartments and Premises in Finland. FIG, Commission 9, Property Valuation and Management. The Congress of the International Federation of Surveyors, Washington, D.C., 22.-26.4.2002. Washington, D.C. 2002, International Federation of Surveyors FIG, 8 p. [http://www.fig.net, CD-ROM]
  • Education of Valuers: Plans for the Coming Period - Working Group Report. FIG, Commission 9, Property Valuation and Management. The Congress of the International Federation of Surveyors, Washington, D.C., 22.-26.4.2002. Washington, D.C. 2002, International Federation of Surveyors FIG, [http://www.fig.net, CD-ROM]
  • 3D Property Ownership and 3D Land Use in Finland. In: van Oosterom, P.J.M., Stoter, J.E., Fendel, E.M., Registration of Properties in Strata, International workshop on "3D Cadastres". Fredriksberg 2001, International Federation of Surveyors, 91-97.
  • The Finnish Urban Land Readjustment Procedure in an International Context. FIG Working Week 2001, Seoul Korea, 6.-11.5.2001. Seoul 2001, Korea Confederation of Surveyors
  • Education of Valuers - Goals to be Reached in FIG. FIG Working Week 2001, Seoul Korea, 6.-11-5-2001. Seoul 2001, Korea Confederation of Surveyors.
  • New Challenges to the Education of Surveyors in Finland. FIG XX Congress March 5 to 12 1994, Melbourne, Australia, Papers 2 Commission, Professional Education & Literature, p. 204.4/1 - 11.
Scientific Research and Supervising of Theses

Have taken part in tens of research projects as a researcher, leader of a research group or a member of a management group. Active Ph.D. Students in supervision over ten at the moment. Supervised Doctoral Theses:

  • Hannu Peltomaa (2001) Decrease in value of real property due to expropriation enterprise and its compensability (In Finnish)
  • Tom Kauko (2002) Modelling the locational determinants of house prices: neural network and value tree approaches (at Utrecht University; second supervisor)
  • Juha Talvitie (2003) Information and Communication Technology: A New Aspect in Urban and Regional Planning (in Finnish)
  • Mika Törhönen (2003) Sustainable Land Tenure and Land Registration in Developing Countries
  • Ari Hiltunen (Dissertation 5.12.2003) About Price Formation of Housing Sites – An Analysis of Purchase Prices of Housing Sites in Some Regions in Finland (in Finnish)
Contacts

Prof. Kauko Viitanen
Helsinki University of Technology
Department of Surveying
P.O. Box 2000
FIN-02015 HUT
FINLAND
Tel. + 358 9 451 3870
Fax +358 9 465 077
E-mail: kauko.viitanen[at]hut.fi
Web site: http://www.tkk.fi/Yksikot/Kiinteisto/henkilokunta/kauko_viitanen.htm

31 December 2006