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The study examines the underexplored adaptive and resilience-building roles of artisanal and small-scale mining.

The University of Eastern Finland has taken on the role of coordinator for the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, UniPID, effective from the beginning of 2026.

The researchers identified five key activist identities.

The University of Eastern Finland is supporting researchers who have applied for ERC funding in a new way.

Professor Sonja Kosunen leads an Academy Project in early childhood education and care, and Arjen Gerbraad and Maria Skalska-Tuomi were awarded Academy Research Fellow funding.

Study offers a novel conceptualisation of 'small-scale mining' in European context, with particular emphasis on its societal dimensions and its relationship to emerging technologies.

Astuvansalmi in Ristiina, Finland, is home to the largest collection of rock paintings in the Nordic countries. Thanks to imaging methods that are based on computer science, entirely new images may yet be discovered on the rock face.

The study focuses on mapping vegetation at different spatial scales and evaluating map accuracy.

Study shows how private actors such as NGOs and private sector can introduce new sustainable forest management discourses into national forest policies and establish non-state mechanisms for forest governance independently of the state.

Polina Abushik, Anni Hartikainen, Soila Lemmetty, Iuliia Pilipenko, Isabell Rumrich, Atte Eskelinen and Henri Hyvönen were appointed to three-year UEF Research Fellow positions.