Department of Social Sciences - News

The degree programme consists of studies in sociology and social policy.

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities has granted 2.8 million euros of funding to four new Academy Projects and one new Academy Research Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland.

Older home care clients perceive themselves as capable individuals who can cope despite having daily needs for help and assistance, a new study from UEF shows.

Online lectures will provide impactful insights into creating a sustainable life and society across various domains, including work, business, leadership, administration, legislation, social imagination, well-being, and education.

Produced by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland, a new podcast exploring international themes brings current issues and researchers from the geopolitical edges on the agenda.

Farmers participating in the study described intuition as certain and reliable, and relevant to the person experiencing it.

Led by Professor Arto O. Salonen, the team of experts explores and finds solutions to a more sustainable future.

A study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland shows that long-term unemployed individuals perceive their capabilities as weaker than the general Finnish population.

The new Professor of Practice will promote understanding of human rights, democracy and the rule of law among students of social sciences, while also enhancing their professional skills in these themes.

A newly published book, The Maya Forest Waterlands: Shared Conservation, Entangled Politics, and Fluid Borders, critically explores Mesoamerica’s borderlands, remoteness, geopolitics and conservation.