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The most important motivator is the sense of community that reservists seek and experience through their involvement in voluntary national defence.

It is incredible to think that in the 1990s, notions of a borderless world and the end of the nation state were readily bandied about, says Alexander Diener.

The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities awarded the UEF 2.4 million euros for Academy Projects and 2.1 million euros for Academy Research Fellows.

The Research Council of Finland has awarded 2.5 million euros in funding for Alexander Diener’s professorship and the establishment of a new research group.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) welcomed the Ambassador of Poland to Finland, Tomasz Chłoń to Joensuu.

It is a must-read for researchers, policy makers, border security professionals and representatives of civil society organizations.

Securing funding is an essential skill for a researcher, no matter their field of study or position. For this reason we organized a Proposal Development workshop for PhD students with an experienced grant writer and reviewer – Vanessa Fuller.

Talks by Po-Yi Hung and Mei-huan Chen showed how maritime borders and island infrastructures remain dynamic sites of cooperation and contestation. The Taiwanese researchers’ visit was an opportunity to kick off a new collaboration, under the BorderLink Project.

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.

The University of Eastern Finland has been awarded over 320,000 euros of Team Finland Knowledge programme funding, and over 347,000 euros of Erasmus+ Global Mobility funding.