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More than 50 international students and teachers from nearly 20 different countries are attending the Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution course on the Joensuu Campus.

The University of Eastern Finland has been awarded over 240,000€ in the Team Finland Knowledge programme 2024 call.

Scientific Councils have granted a total of 10.5 million euros of funding to 9 new Academy Research Fellows and to 11 Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.

The doctoral dissertation in the field of Physical Geography will be examined at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies at Joensuu campus.

The doctoral dissertation in the field of Human Geography will be examined at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies at Joensuu campus.

The unique postdoctoral research training project is part of the YUFE Alliance of nine European universities.

The doctoral dissertation in the field of Physical Geography will be examined at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies at Joensuu campus. The public examination will be streamed online.

The University of Eastern Finland leads a unique doctoral education pilot in sustainability transformations research, which will train 40 doctoral graduates in Finland.

Interest in the seaweed industry is growing rapidly across Europe, and seaweed farming is viewed as a forerunner of a sustainability transition.

The study shows that peatland fires are related to oil palm expansions.