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The University of Eastern Finland provides support for its teachers in the use of various AI applications in education.

A selection of doctoral courses has been published on the doctoralcourses.fi website.

Extensive dispersion of marketing responsibility in the early stages of business activities promotes the development of market orientation in firms.

The narrative relating to the fence to be built on Finland’s border with Russia is manipulative – and one that has become hegemonic in Finland, says Professor Jussi P. Laine.

The project aims to enable rural communities’ actors and policymakers to design better strategies, initiatives and policies fostering sustainability transitions of rural areas.

Improving waste management in villages in North Karelia, Finland, and in the Karelian Republic, Russia, the WasteLess Karelias project was announced as the winner of the 2022 Arctic Award.

The Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes taught in English at the University of Eastern Finland attracted an impressive 10,730 applications for admission.

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland are currently studying whether group-based digital gaming can improve the prospects, well-being and life management of young people at risk of social exclusion in the North Savo region.

Violeta Gutiérrez Zamora's, M.Soc.Sc., doctoral research investigates the current challenges and nuances of community forestry in Mexico.

The Academy of Finland has granted 9.5 million euros of funding to the University of Eastern Finland to strengthen the university’s research profile.