Department of Geographical and Historical Studies - News

The doctoral dissertation in the field of Environmental Policy will be examined at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies at Joensuu Campus and streamed live.

Media funded by the Russian state make their voices heard also in Finland, seeking to covertly influence people’s attitudes, Doctoral Researcher Teemu Oivo estimates.

Regional and local newspapers in Northern Finland are mainly positive or neutral when reporting on mineral exploration and mining activities in Finnish Lapland, a new study shows.

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have formed a new research community (RC) for sustainable resource society.

Funding granted by the Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering to UEF researchers amounts to more than 2.1 million euros.

Researchers in the IBC-Carbon project have used hyperspectral, laser scanning and drone measurement methods to map the European aspen in the Evo research area in southern Finland.

Professor Lasse Peltonen has seen the causes and consequences of environmental conflicts both as a researcher and as a mediator. The roles are different, but both are needed to understand conflicts and to find solutions to them.

The global coronavirus pandemic and climate change not only exposed but also worsened the inherent uncertainty characteristic of our social, environmental and economic systems.

As older populations continue to grow in the United States and other developed countries, need for competent, knowledgeable health care professionals increases, especially for diseases that predominantly affect older adults like Alzheimer disease and dementia.