Cultural Diversity | Faculty & StaffThe Cultural Diversity Programme is coordinated by the Subject of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Multidisciplinary approaches are provided by the input of different Faculties and Departments of the University of Eastern Finland. The programme invites instructors from different faculties and departments with different academic background. Lecturers from various national and international universities and institutes will also be invited. By offering the students various, sometimes differing, theoretical and methodological points of departure, the study programme aims at training the students to be individuals and to use critical thinking from their own theoretical and experiential points of view. The key role of the instructors of the courses is to question and motivate the students in debates and dialogue, and, ultimately, to help the students to gain an appreciation for the complexity of the problems in intercultural research issues. Contact persons M'hammed Sabour, Professor, Programme Director, PhD. Jarmo Romppanen, Programme Coordinator, M.Soc.Sc. Päivi Harinen, University Lecturer, PhD. Jarmo Houtsonen, University Lecturer, PhD. Visiting lecturers: Reijo E. Heinonen, Emeritus Professor, PhD. David Gritten, Researcher, PhD. Fadi Kabatilo, Researcher, M.Soc.Sc. Driss Habti, Researcher, M.Soc.Sc. The Subject of Sociology The Subject of Sociology functions as part of the Department of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. It provides undergraduate and graduate level teaching and carries out research in the fields of education, knowledge and culture. Studies of problems and topics related to minorities, refugees, racism, social exclusion and multicultural education constitute some of the domains on which the Subject’s activity is focused. The Subject has cooperative agreements with many international academic institutions and universities (e.g. University Mohammed V, University Ibnou Zohr-Agadir, Al-Akhawayin-Ifrane, Morocco; Auburn University, Alabama; University of California, Berkeley; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris). The Subject is an active member of the ERASMUS programme with multiple other European countries. It has wide experience in coordinating national and international research projects. The acknowledged quality of the Subject of Sociology provides good conditions for the development of qualified, future oriented social and cultural study and research. Persuasive evidence of the high standard of research emerging from this department can be found in the fact that although, relatively small in terms of staff was supported by the Academy of Finland during the recent years for research funding for programmes of research. The Subject of Sociology produces and manages the International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. |