Department of Geographical and Historical Studies - News

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.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) has replaced Eurac Research as a Lead Partner in the MATILDE Project.

Kone Foundation has awarded, from its autumn 2020 calls, more than 1.5 million euros in grants to projects run by University of Eastern Finland researchers.