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Professor Eeva Nykänen’s expert role pertains to heatedly debated topics ranging from the social security reform to immigration law.

The partners are Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, St Petersburg University, the University of Eastern Finland, and the University of Lapland.

The UEF's Sustainable Resource Society (UEF RESOURCE) Research Community held its first annual international conference on 25-26 October 2021.

A new study emphasises the importance of raising awareness of dementia among supervisors and employees.

Researchers from the UEF took part in drafting the handbook together with the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, Aalto University and other experts.

A new study examined the funeral will and wishes of people who had received a palliative care decision, as well as the views of their family carers.

New and adaptive governance that brings together public and private sector actors and researchers, and which forms a shared knowledge base and goals for the governance of common pool resources, is needed.

Professor Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen's and Professor Ismo Linnosmaa's research groups are partners in two new consortia of the Strategic Research Council.

Cities want to become more sustainable but bringing that ambition to life can be quite the challenge. Academics have to work together with urban planners to help realise sustainability transformations.

Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen’s work at the University of Eastern Finland Law School is pioneering: no similar professorship exists in Finland nor abroad.