School of Forest Sciences - News

The lecture topics range from cultural studies, education and society to AI, environmental law, aerosols, atmosphere and neuroscience.

MSc Obed Asamoah’s study explores the role and potential of NTFPs in enhancing livelihoods and alleviating poverty among forest fringe communities in Ghana.

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

Doctoral Researcher Heli Kymäläinen was recognised by the Best Poster Award (BPA) at the IUFRO World Congress.

UNITE Flagship researchers are strongly present at the IUFRO World Congress with the theme Forests & Society Towards 2050.

The FORMEC 2025 conference will be held in Joensuu on 9–13 June 2025, with the forest machine manufacturer Ponsse as the main partner. FORMEC is the largest annual forest technology conference in Europe.

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.

Funding was granted to three new Academy Research Fellows, 11 Academy Projects and one new Clinical Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland.

The European Commission has awarded a Master Course Award to the Erasmus+ Mundus Joint Masters Program in European Forestry, coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland.

Matti Tweshiningilwa Nghikembua, MSc, studied wildlife activity patterns and encroaching woody vegetation response to bush thinning on farmlands in north-central Namibia.