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MSc Elham Kakaei Lafdani investigated the potential for adsorption-based nutrient recovery from clear-cut peatland runoff water using biochar.

The University of Eastern Finland secured a total of 3.5 million euros of research funding for five consortia.

Anu Laakkonen, MSc, investigated how the value creation logic of the forest sector is changing when entering the sustainable circular forest-based bioeconomy.

International students need employment that corresponds to their education, as well as integration into Finnish society, said Rector Jukka Mönkkönen in the university’s Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2023–2023.

Postdoctoral Researcher Samuli Junttila has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant of 1.81 million euros.

A recent study led by researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Montreal finds that Arctic soil methane uptake may be larger than previously thought, and that methane uptake increases under dry conditions and with availability of labile carbon substrates.

PhD Meilan Luo's research focuses on the coherence and polarization of partially coherent light beams.

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation (FRIF) has granted 2.1 million euros of funding to joint research projects between universities and corporate partners.

The Research Council of Finland and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland have granted funding for nine development research projects.