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Professor of Education Sonja Kosunen has received Starting Grant funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for theoretical development of research on teacher segregation.

The development of education and impact of research were among the themes addressed at the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2025–2026 of the University of Eastern Finland.

"AI is a bigger change than the internet," Karttunen says. He will start as Principal Investigator at the ELLIS Institute Finland and as Professor and PS Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland in September 2025.

A long-term study spanning more than 50 years illustrates how the beavers that have returned to the Evo region in southern Finland have increased habitat biodiversity.

A randomised placebo-controlled Finnish study showed that aspirin therapy does not provide significant relief for people suffering from chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps who are hypersensitive to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Talks by Po-Yi Hung and Mei-huan Chen showed how maritime borders and island infrastructures remain dynamic sites of cooperation and contestation. The Taiwanese researchers’ visit was an opportunity to kick off a new collaboration, under the BorderLink Project.

A recent study is the first to report that the fatty acid composition of blood and the enzyme activity associated with it predict the development of bone mineral density from childhood to adolescence.