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Awards were presented to Researcher Andrew Agbaje, Professor Larisa Leisiö, Postdoctoral Researcher Piritta Torssonen and the Karelian Institute.

For pupils and teachers spending a large part of their day in the school, the school soundscape is an important factor of well-being.

User-centered translation offers many methods, which may be adapted for translators, language service providers, and translator training.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has given new perspectives to Russian literature research, while also making it extremely relevant.

The research established a methodological tool for comparison of cognitive-semantic features between languages in a previously understudied translation setting.

A new research project examines the role of English in today’s Finnish society.

Held on the Joensuu Campus of the University of Eastern Finland on 25–26 August, the Finnic Phonetics Symposium brings together a range of experts of speech sciences and speech technology from all over Finland and abroad.

The research analyses short-form writing by lesser-known women writers from New England and the ways in which they employ roses, lavender, and other floral symbolism in their writing.

The Saastamoinen Foundation has donated EUR 100,000 to the University of Eastern Finland for grants for PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers for a research period abroad.

Lately, students of the Russian language and culture at the University of Eastern Finland have been able to use of their knowledge of the language and culture in a meaningful way by helping Ukrainians. It is essential that Finland has experts capable of analysing and anticipating Russia.