Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies - News

The Academy of Finland decided on funding for consortiums under the 2022 call for research on key areas of green and digital transition.

The project concluded that a sense of community, active communication and resident participation play key roles in the development of local waste management, recycling, and sorting practices.

Kone Foundation has selected 13 research projects from UEF for funding, which amounts to a total of 2.6 million euros.

A study conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city of 9 million residents, showed that people living in the city’s established and new urban areas have access to better-quality and better-accessible healthcare than people living in the suburban areas.

The festive atmosphere of the doctoral conferment ceremony held in Kuopio last June can now be revisited via a commemorative book, and via a video of the entire ceremonial conferment of degrees.

Neuroscience research needs constant renewal and new partnerships to succeed, as Professor Mikko Hiltunen pointed out at the NEURO RC Seminar in Kuopio.

Maintaining religious values and framing in daily family living helps transcend boundaries that may strengthen unity and is upbeat to the studied Finnish-African parents.

Doctoral thesis critically examines the strengths and limitations of the right to a healthy environment to confront corporate environmental damage.

Finland's role as a support structure was further highlighted when the result of the Brexit referendum disrupted Finns' everyday lives in the UK.

A PhD study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland showed that individual factors determine physical activity behaviour.