Department of Geographical and Historical Studies - News

The relationship with water is becoming problematic in Finland, and this is evident across society, Professor Taru Peltola says.

The University of Eastern Finland has been awarded over 320,000 euros of Team Finland Knowledge programme funding, and over 347,000 euros of Erasmus+ Global Mobility funding.

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities has granted 2.8 million euros of funding to four new Academy Projects and one new Academy Research Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland.

Nine Academy Projects and four Academy Research Fellows secured funding.

Historians could offer new perspectives to the discussion on environmental change.

Produced by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland, a new podcast exploring international themes brings current issues and researchers from the geopolitical edges on the agenda.

The special role of the University of Eastern Finland is to enhance knowledge among current learners and future leaders in educational settings.

A newly published book, The Maya Forest Waterlands: Shared Conservation, Entangled Politics, and Fluid Borders, critically explores Mesoamerica’s borderlands, remoteness, geopolitics and conservation.

The Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee (FIRI Committee) has taken the funding decisions concerning the research infrastructures selected to Finland’s national roadmap.

The study found that local societies adapted to water security challenges by implementing innovative strategies.