Studia Generalia: Action research for sustainable culture

The Sustainability Transformation Doctoral Education Pilot (SusTra) offers open Studia Generalia lectures in autumn 2025. The best experts in the field offer the lecture series, tackling the pressing sustainability challenges we face. These 14 online lectures will provide impactful insights into creating a sustainable life and society across various domains, including work, business, leadership, administration, legislation, social imagination, well-being, and education.
These Studia Generalia lectures are based on an open Sopuli PhD course organised by SusTra Doctoral Education Pilot, a collaboration of 10 universities and Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, www.uef.fi/sustra

• Osallistu luennolle tästä: https://uef.zoom.us/j/64857640310

Mon 17.11. Maria Huhmarniemi, University of Lapland: Action research for sustainable culture

• Theme of the lecture: Changes in culture are necessary for sustainable futures. A change-oriented knowledge interest has led into the development of action research methodologies in education and arts. This lecture tackles themes of transformative eco-education, eco-culture and sustainable cultures.
• Maria Huhmarniemi is an Associate Professor in art education at the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Lapland. She is a docent at the University of Eastern Finland, specialising in social pedagogy, Chair in Arctic Art and Design in the University of Arctic and leader of the thematic network Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design.

Further information

Responsible course leader: Professor Arto O. Salonen, UEF 

Course coordination: Research manager Meri Löyttyniemi, UEF