Department of Social Sciences - News

Doctoral researchers graduating from the Neuro-Innovation PhD programme will have exceptionally broad expertise and solid transferable skills.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Director of North Savo Wellbeing Services County Marko Korhonen, Doctor of Social Sciences, has been selected as the Alumnus of the Year of the University of Eastern Finland.

The University of Eastern Finland has appointed eight new Senior University Lecturers and one new Senior Clinical Lecturer, to start in their positions on 1 December 2022.

The current perception of Finland as a model country for equality often prevents us from seeing not only structural inequalities, but also various more subtle forms of discrimination and exclusion.

A new study shows that disadvantaged population groups also perceived their quality of life to be weaker than the Finnish population on average.

An avatar-based dance choreography illustrates the narratives of six study participants of their desired future.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and the University of Namibia (UNAM) have renewed their partnership and expanded it to include the social sciences, as well as activities that support corporate social responsibility of UNAM and global development activities of UEF.

The report is based on research carried out at the University of Eastern Finland between 1989 and 2022.

As a politician with a background in research, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Maria Ohisalo has demanded that decision-making be better informed by research. She will be attending the doctoral conferment ceremony in Kuopio.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Culture and Society granted funding for new Academy Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher posts.