Department of Geographical and Historical Studies - News

The University of Eastern Finland presented awards to accomplished teachers in the university’s Learning Environment Seminar on Tuesday, 22 August.

Grants were awarded for PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers for a research period abroad.

A newly published book provides background for the formation of contemporary ideas of collective Russianness and its manifestations.

The Universities of Helsinki, Lapland, Oulu and Vaasa, and LAB University of Applied Sciences, join the Sustainability Studies Network.

Tero Mustonen was selected as a recipient of the prize in recognition of his efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.

The Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies’ very own Staff Scientist is tasked with developing the faculty’s data-intensive research infrastructures and methodological expertise.

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.

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

The project concluded that a sense of community, active communication and resident participation play key roles in the development of local waste management, recycling, and sorting practices.

A study conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city of 9 million residents, showed that people living in the city’s established and new urban areas have access to better-quality and better-accessible healthcare than people living in the suburban areas.