Department of Social Sciences - News

An old lonely woman

Large international study looks at coping and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic

News | 24.6.2020

UEF flags.

Academy of Finland awards 2.5 million euros of funding to seven research projects at UEF

News | 28.5.2020

Man reading sticky notes.

Streamlined care?

News | 27.5.2020

An old man and a young boy sitting on a pier and trying to catch fish.

Choices for personal well-being – and that of the entire planet

News | 6.5.2019

Juha Hämäläinen

China follows Finnish lead in social work education

News | 26.3.2019

A child blowing the soap bubbles

Better future for children motivates family mobility in North and East Europe

News | 14.11.2018

Father holding his newborn baby

Law firms do not encourage men to take parental leaves

News | 30.5.2018

The professional ethos of law firms discourages men from taking parental leave, a new Finnish-Canadian study shows.