School of Forest Sciences - News

The lecture topics range from radiation biology to forest planning, and from pharmaceutical policy and brain health to literature and education.

The research infrastructures of the University of Eastern Finland have been added to the national Research.fi portal, and they are also increasingly visible on the university’s own website.

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

The University of Eastern Finland's nationwide survey investigates the link between forests and happiness.

UEF, together with Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen Fund, will organise the 8th Karelia Symposium under the theme “Food from Wood” in Joensuu on 25 April 2023.

​​​​​​​Eco2adapt is a Horizon European Research and Innovation action project funded by the European Union (2022 – 2027). Eco2adapt gathers 31 European and Chinese world-class expert organisations on forestry, ecology and climate change from 14 countries.

The Mahogany trees Cedro and Caoba (Cedrela odorata and Swietenia macrophylla) affect the right-forewing of their unwelcome guest, the Mahogany shoot borer.

The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than a third of remaining forest affected by humans, according to a new study, published in Science.

Master of Agriculture Xiaoqian Xu's research could reflect the decision-making of farmers on growing crops and spatial management of the crop plantations.

A unique Erasmus Mundus programme opens doors to six universities in Europe and international assignments.