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Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties. The Head and Deputy Heads of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

The University of Eastern Finland has been awarded over 320,000 euros of Team Finland Knowledge programme funding, and over 347,000 euros of Erasmus+ Global Mobility funding.

In the beginning of June, RUSTIK project members gathered at the UEF for a project meeting and living labs sessions, organized by the Karelian Institute. RUSTIK is a four-year transdisciplinary research project aiming to enable rural communities’ actors and policy makers to design better strategies, initiatives and policies fostering sustainability transitions of rural areas.

The Karelian Institute invites applications for two Doctoral Researcher positions in border studies on Joensuu campus.

Funding available for the Summer School 'Testing Border Theories and Concepts Across Regions' in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2-6 June, 2025.

The Eur-Asian Border Lab launches launches a series of events to connect practitioners with scholars.