Department of Geographical and Historical Studies - News

Doctoral Researcher Rijal Ramdani started in the University of Eastern Finland’s shared doctoral student position system in 2021 and is now finalising his doctoral dissertation on palm oil production and peatland fires in Indonesia.

UEF researchers explore local, national and EU-level policy governance and the development of new business ecosystems.

Vikings were part of a complex system of a plunder economy that existed in Europe until the early Middle Ages.

The most important thing a strong-sustainability forest service model can achieve is getting forest owners to ask themselves what they can and are ready to do for nature.

The University of Eastern Finland participates in six of the funded FIRI consortia, and funding for the development of infrastructures was granted to all faculties of the university.

The doctoral dissertation in the Human Geography will be examined at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies at Joensuu Campus and online.

New study shows a frontier between sustainable forest management discourses and forestry practices in Russia.

The Academy of Finland has granted Professor of Environmental Policy Rauno Sairinen 294,759 euros of funding from the Academy Programme Critical Materials in Circular Economy of Cities.

The UEF's Sustainable Resource Society (UEF RESOURCE) Research Community held its first annual international conference on 25-26 October 2021.

A study published in Ecosystems shows that recent increase of Sphagnum mosses over wet aapa mires in the Mahlaveva aapa mire can be detected from Landsat satellite data.