Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology - News

The UNITE Geocache project of the University of Eastern Finland collects information on people's forest experiences and preferences and tests a method for collecting research data based on mobile technology and gameplay using geocaches.

Finnish healthtech startup Adamant Health teams up with German medtech company Gerresheimer to improve the care for people with Parkinson's disease.

The University of Eastern Finland invests in research career paths and continues to hire well-performing Academy Research Fellow applicants as UEF Research Fellows.

The doctoral conferment festivities in Kuopio culminated in the ceremonial conferment of degrees at the Music Centre in Kuopio on Friday. Doctorates were conferred upon 122 doctoral graduates as well as upon 13 honorary doctors. For the first time in a long while, the conferment procession was seen on the streets of Kuopio.

MSc Ehab Mustafa's doctoral dissertation provides better understanding of the mechanistic basis for the reported carcinogenic effects of RF radiation and ELF MFs.

MSc Agnès Brosset's findings demonstrated that wild and cultivated Brassicaceae emit similar quantities of constitutive and herbivore-induced volatiles. that wild and cultivated Brassicaceae emit similar quantities of constitutive and herbivore-induced volatiles.

In the conferment ceremony, doctorates will be conferred upon 126 doctoral graduates, as well as upon 13 honorary doctors. For the public, the programme includes, e.g., Studia Generalia lectures, an exhibition, and an opportunity to attend an ecumenical service.

The university is inviting applications to a total of 20 early stage researcher positions in all fields and doctoral programmes of the university.