The lecture topics range from radiation biology to forest planning, and from pharmaceutical policy and brain health to literature and education.
The University of Eastern Finland’s newly appointed professors will give their traditional inaugural lectures on 22–25 May 2023. Like in the previous years, the lectures will be streamed on the university’s Vimeo channel where they can be viewed by everyone interested.
This year, a total of 16 professors from the university’s four faculties will give a lecture, providing a popular overview of the key themes of their discipline and own research.
The lecture topics include, e.g., forest planning, radiation biology, evolutionary biology, brain health, pharmaceutical policy, literature research, early childhood education, educational science, and contract law.
“Once again, our professors’ spring-time inaugural lectures provide everyone with an excellent opportunity to gain research-based knowledge from leading experts in the various disciplines of our university. The inaugural lectures will lead viewers to think about topical phenomena and fundamental questions of science. The range of the lecture topics is also a wonderful demonstration of the broad nature and key role our professors play in leading the university’s multidisciplinary research communities,” Rector Jukka Mönkkönen says.
The professors’ inaugural lectures will be streamed on the university’s Vimeo channel on 22–25 May, and the videos will remain on the channel for later viewing. For more information on the newly appointed professors and their lecture topics, please see https://www.uef.fi/en/professors-inaugural-lectures.
Welcome!
Professors’ inaugural lectures, programme 2023
Professors’ inaugural lectures at the Philosophical Faculty, 22 May 2023 at 13–15:
- Professor of Home Economics Hille Janhonen-Abruquah: Arki ja koti kotitaloustieteilijän tutkimuskenttänä (in Finnish).
- Professor of Literature Kati Launis: Kirjallisuudentutkimus digitalisoituvassa maailmassa (in Finnish).
- Professor of Practical Theology Pekka Metso: Tutkimuskohteena ihmiset ja yhteisöt, kokemukset ja käsitykset (in Finnish).
- Professor of Educational Science Päivi Pihlaja: Varhaiskasvatus ajassa! (In Finnish)
- Professor of Russian Literature and Culture Marja Sorvari: Kirjallisuus ja transnationaalinen käänne (in Finnish).
Professors’ inaugural lectures at the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, 23 May 2023 at 13–15:
- Professor of Experimental Nanophotonics Tommi Hakala: Nanoscale lasers.
- Professor of Evolutionary and Reproductive Biology Jukka Kekäläinen: Evoluutiobiologisia näköaloja lisääntymiseen ja hedelmättömyyden mekanismeihin (in Finnish).
- Professor of Radiation Biology Jonne Naarala: Sähkölaitteiden magneettikentät ja kännykkäsäteily – miksi tutkimme niitä säteilybiologian keinoin? (In Finnish)
- Professor of Toxicology of Environmental Exposures Marjut Roponen: Ympäristöaltisteiden toksikologia muuttuvassa maailmassa (in Finnish).
- Professor of Forest Planning Jari Vauhkonen: Mistä on hyvät metsää koskevat päätökset tehty? (In Finnish)
Professors’ inaugural lectures at the Faculty of Health Sciences, 24 May 2023 at 13–14.30:
- Professor of Social Pharmacy, especially Pharmaceutical Policy Katri Hämeen-Anttila: Apteekit sosiaali- ja terveyspalvelujärjestelmässä – lääkepoliittinen tutkimus kehittämisen tukena (in Finnish).
- Professor of Cellular Neurobiology Katja Kanninen: Solutason näkökulmia aivoterveyteen (in Finnish).
- Professor of Clinical Dentistry Murat Mutluay: Digital dentistry: friend or a foe.
- Professor of Nursing Science Minna Stolt: Toiminnallisen terveyden tutkimus hoitotieteessä (in Finnish).
Professors’ inaugural lectures at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, 25 May 2023 at 13–14:
- Professor of Civil Law, especially Contract Law Mia Hoffrén: Itkua markkinoilla – Oikeudelliset ongelmat ja riskinjako yksityishenkilöiden sopimussuhteissa (in Finnish).
- Professor of Sociology Sirpa Lappalainen: Sosiologisia näkökulmia kasvatuksen ja koulutuksen kulttuureihin (in Finnish).
