Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies - News

Anu Puustinen worked in the restaurant industry for a long time before finding a new career path, thanks to studies in law.

A Recent study found that men with higher numerical IQs were more likely to engage with skill-based gambling, such as horse racing, choose more complex betting products and spend more money.

On the campuses of the University of Eastern Finland, the campaign involves, among other things, lowering indoor temperatures by one degree, optimising ventilation and lighting, and reducing the flow of taps.

The University of Eastern Finland has appointed eight new Senior University Lecturers and one new Senior Clinical Lecturer, to start in their positions on 1 December 2022.

The roadmap for national research infrastructures in Finland is a list of research infrastructure services of strategic importance for Finland’s research, education and innovation (RDI) that will be needed over the next 10–15 years.

The current perception of Finland as a model country for equality often prevents us from seeing not only structural inequalities, but also various more subtle forms of discrimination and exclusion.

62 leaders from the Nordic Universities call for a reflection on what implications of the use of the term “European values” and emphasises the need for a shift of discourse from Academic freedom to values; which are global.

The University of Eastern Finland is an international and multicultural community with students and staff members representing over 100 nationalities. The recent events in Iran are causing concern within our community.

HIWE project engages with different groups representing highly skilled international talent across health and pharma, ICT and engineering, as well as the retail and tourism industries.

There is a clear positive association between publicly subsidised RDI funding and regional innovation capacity, a recent study funded by Business Finland shows.