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An interdisciplinary approach is crucial to tackling neurological disorders

17.9.2021
The management of common pool resources calls for adaptive governance

16.9.2021
Hanna Lappalainen appointed as Professor of Finnish Language at UEF

16.9.2021
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15.9.2021
A novel fly species described from Finland

15.9.2021
Contact tracing in Kuopio is overwhelmed: if you attended student events last week and haven’t received two doses of vaccine, please stay under quarantine-like conditions

15.9.2021
The FINGER study on the prevention of cognitive impairment continues

15.9.2021
University of Eastern Finland is taking action in response to the coronavirus situation in Kuopio

14.9.2021

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Distance learning skills are learnable

Distance learning requires students to have a strong ability to self-manage and adopt new ways of doing things. Social contacts and the right amount of leisure time are also part of the daily life of distance learning.

Hot this summer: responsible tourism

Tourists are learning to demand that tourism services and tourism products should be produced responsibly. How is responsibility visible in the everyday choices made by tourists and hotel entrepreneurs?

A century of light

“Photonics is about light: we create, modify, observe and move light from one place to another,” Head of the Institute of Photonics, Professor Jyrki Saarinen says.

Towards a gentler relationship with food

Several projects are underway at the University of Eastern Finland that seek to help embrace a gentler and more accepting approach to food and eating in food education.

Are large doses of vitamin D any good?

Can vitamin D supplementation prevent cancer, diabetes or COVID-19? Recent research has yielded both hope, disappointments and new questions.

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Corporate social responsibility calls for both legislation and voluntary action

Regulating corporate social responsibility would lead to products and services that ethically more sustainable, but solving the equation of free trade and responsibility requires finding answers to difficult questions.

A five-year journey to carbon neutrality

Becoming carbon neutral by the end of 2025 is a strategic goal for the University of Eastern Finland.

Rich, dear life

Having a sense of meaning in life is known to boost our sense of well-being. This is true especially for the elderly, since existential questions gain an increasingly important role with age.