School of Forest Sciences - News

Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen Fund awards grants for wood-related scientific research at the University of Eastern Finland.

New research from the University of Eastern Finland identifies three main dimensions in perceived happiness associated with Finnish forests.

The international forestry sector conference FORMEC 2025 was held in Joensuu this June.

Tuulikki Halla transitioned from a long career at Metsähallitus to become a doctoral researcher in Forest Sciences and a project researcher in the UNITE Flagship Programme.

Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties. The Head and Deputy Heads of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

Shaohui Zhang, MSc, studied the feasibility of various modelling approaches and multiple discrete-return ALS datasets for large-area mapping of LAI at both regional and nationwide scales.

The European Commission has awarded a total of 4,632,000 euros in funding to the Erasmus+ Mundus Joint Masters Programme in European Forestry, coordinated by UEF.

European Bioeconomy Scientific Forum discussed global bioeconomy processes, innovation skills, and multi-level collaboration networks.

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has granted 6.6 million euros of funding to five new Academy Research Fellows, one Clinical Researcher and seven new Academy Projects.

Nine Academy Projects and four Academy Research Fellows secured funding.