Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies - News

A new study explored who are most likely to adopt and actively use digital well-being apps in North Savo, finding that app engagement was, ultimately, most active among those with highest life satisfaction.

The newly appointed Professor of Practice will strengthen the link between European corporate law and sustainability.

Seeing people with care needs as a burden dominates the discourse around older adults, Professor Elisa Tiilikainen says.

The project supports Finland's transition to a future of industrial carbon management by developing solutions for carbon capture, utilisation and storage that are technically feasible, economically competitive and socially just.

A recent study found that newspaper images of home care tend to paint a picture of efficient care workers in a hectic work environment, while portraying older clients as passive recipients of care.

A long-term study spanning more than 50 years illustrates how the beavers that have returned to the Evo region in southern Finland have increased habitat biodiversity.

Talks by Po-Yi Hung and Mei-huan Chen showed how maritime borders and island infrastructures remain dynamic sites of cooperation and contestation. The Taiwanese researchers’ visit was an opportunity to kick off a new collaboration, under the BorderLink Project.

The project aims at enhancing the development and sustainability of the social work profession in Nepal.

Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties. The Head and Deputy Heads of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

The relationship with water is becoming problematic in Finland, and this is evident across society, Professor Taru Peltola says.