Albert Mills (albert.mills@uef.fi)
Albert’s research interests include gender discrimination at work; intersectionality and diversity management; management history; and existentialism and management theory. He is the author and editor of over 150 scholarly articles; 100 book chapters and 50 books. He is the co-developer of Critical Sensemaking and ANTi-History and played an important role in the development of the field of gender and organizational theory. Albert is currently the Co-Chair of the international Critical Management Studies organization and has previously served as President of the Atlantic Schools of Business; President of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada; Divisional Co-Chair of the Critical Management Studies division of the Academy of Management; and board member of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management and of the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. He is the Co-editor of the international journal Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management and serves on the editorial board of several leading journals. He has supervised 30 plus doctoral students in Canada and Finland. Albert’s association with Finland began in 1996 when he co-taught an international course on gender, culture and management at Lappeenranta University; taught doctoral courses at Hanken University and at the UEF since 2011. He has also been involved in several Canadian and Finnish-funded research to the tune of CAN$12 million.
Alina Kuusisto (alina.kuusisto@uef.fi)
I work as a project researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland. In gained my PhD in 2017 in Finnish history. I have studied higher education policy, history of education and agriculture, Finnish and European cross-border cooperation, as well as the local and regional history of North Karelia and Eastern Finland in 1800s and 1900s .
Anssi Vainikka (anssi.vainikka@uef.fi)
We study fishing-induced evolution, management of recreational fisheries, and behavioural and life-history evolution of fish. We also link fisheries topics to traditional limnology and aquatic ecology. We explore the relationships between well-being and biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems, and ways to improve the status of aquatic nature and wellbeing gains derived from aquatic ecosystems.
Aytaç Yürükçü (aytac.yurukcu@uef.fi)
KM-19-11076 Finnish Government Scholarship Pool, EDUFI, “First Encounter of Two Nations in Balkans in the History of Relations between Finland and Turkey; Finnish Soldiers and War Reports During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78”.
TM-21-11709 / Finnish Government Scholarship Pool, EDUFI, “War Propaganda and the Role of Media in Comparative Perspective: Analysing the Media Sources of the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78”.
My research interests include journalism, media, press, war correspondence, diaries and reminiscences late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Also my research area specialises in identity and nationalism, historical image studies, intellectual history, cultural history, mapping and cartography. Currently, I am a reviewer for International Journal of Cartography ICACI/IJC and I am in the Editorial Board of The World History Bulletin (2020/2022), an official publication of the World History Association.
César Soares de Oliveira (cesar.soares.de.oliveira@uef.fi)
César Soares de Oliveira is a legal scholar who specializes in applying theoretical debates within public international law to specific areas in international environmental law. In particular, his research interests lie in the Law of the Sea, the Law of Treaties, Polar Law, and the study of coherence and consistency within international environmental regimes. He also has a general interest in comparative legal history and in Ecological Law.
Soares de Oliveira has a background in international relations and also holds a master’s degree in International and Comparative Law (MICL) from the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). He is currently pursuing his doctoral degree at UEF in association with the Law in Water and Environmental Governance Research Group at the Centre for Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Law (CCEEL).
Dawid Bunikowski (dawid.bunikowski@uef.fi)
I am a legal philosopher of Polish descent, residing in Eastern Finland (North Karelia, Joensuu). I did my PhD in Poland in 2009 (on law and morality: abortion, euthanasia, human fertilisation, cloning, pornography, prostitution, same-sex couples, etc.). I did different postgraduate studies in: 1) human resources management, 2) economics, 3) MBA-sustainable and inclusive leadership, 4) Jews in Poland. I carried out my postdoctoral research at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF, School of Law), in 2013-2015 (on the recent global financial crisis as an axiological crisis: the crisis of law and the crisis of morality; business ethics/corporate governance). My Docent title was granted by the University of Lapland in 2022 (in the field of philosophy of law in the Arctic).
I have been a Visiting Researcher at the UEF School of Theology since 2020. Additionally, I am a University Professor at the State University of Applied Sciences in Wloclawek (Department of Administration) in Poland. I am a Lecturer at the University of Guyana (Department of Law) in Guyana. I am a former Visiting Professor at Carleton University (Department of Law and Legal Studies) in Ottawa, Canada.
I am a law and religion scholar. I work on state church relations, religious freedom, Catholicism and Judaism, but also on relations between law, morality and religion. My main research interests concern as well: law and morality, law and politics, law and society, law and anthropology, law and language, etc. Much of my research has covered indigenous cultures in the Arctic like customary laws, recognition of indigenous rights or protection of sacred sites. I am also to ethical foundations of economy.
Moreover, I do “all things Polish”.
While in the School, I teach:
- ”Controversies and challenges of religion and law in Europe”,
- “Religion in Poland” (REES/Aleksanteri institute-course),
- “Good governance, the rule of law and religious freedom as approaches to sustainable development in the Global South” (UniPID course).
I also taught here (2022/2023):
- “Jews and Judaism in Poland, Russia, the Baltic countries and East Central Europe”,
- “Ukrainian-Polish relations: history, politics, culture, law, religion”.
Moreover, while in social sciences (2023/2024), I am the coordinator of the YUFE course “Global Migration and European Identity” and have taught “Populism in East Central Europe”.
Digital History for Literature in Finland (DHL-FI)
Dominique van de Klundert (dominique.van@uef.fi)
Dominique van de Klundert is a visiting postdoctoral researcher from Aotearoa New Zealand, working between UEF and the University of Rijeka courtesy of the YUFE programme. Her doctoral research developed a media archaeology-informed ‘stereographic’ methodology for de/colonising visual heritage research, combining 3D photographic imaging with the Latin American personal-political oral history narrative form of testimonio to simulate a conversation among residents of contested UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bolivia and Palestine.
Other projects analysed the evidentiary status and heritage qualities of the documentary photographs of early Australian photographer J.W. Lindt and critically investigated the use of criminal death masks in the intersecting practice of phrenology and development of neuroscience at the University of Melbourne’s medical school. Having served as a travel and academic editor, she also supported innovative research dissemination in video format as a participant in the ‘Science & Startups’ programme of the Berlin University Alliance.
Her current project investigates the ways in which eco-discourse around designated international ‘dark sky’ communities combating light pollution in Europe and the UK suggests a resurgence of the notion of ‘planetary’ heritage integrated with more-than-human wellbeing.
Eliisa Vähä (eliisa.vaha@uef.fi)
I am a university teacher of history and social education. My teaching focuses especially on the pedagogy and didactics of history and social studies in both class and subject teacher training. I also lead the Teacher training development group at my department. I am conducting a doctoral study about school-based teacher educators’ perceptions of the professional roles and agency at the Finnish teacher training schools. As a teacher, I am particularly interested in the use of participatory and enlivening teaching methods, especially the possibilities of drama pedagogy in teaching history and social studies.