The ageing and elder care research group is a multidisciplinary research group (incl. social gerontology, gerontological social work, health and social management, organization sciences), which addresses various elder care management and organizational issues and the wellbeing of older people from multi-agency perspectives. The effectiveness of services is also studied with different methodical approaches.
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.
Alessandro Indelicato (alessandro.indelicato@uef.fi)
Alessandro Indelicato received a bachelor’s degree in Statistics from the University of Bologna in 2016. Two years later, he obtained a master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, and Management. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. His doctoral thesis focused on immigration and national identity, both analysed with novel mathematical approaches. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and is also on a visiting research stay at the School of Theology at the University of Eastern Finland until June 2025. He is co-leading a WG of the COST ACTION CA20107 – CONNECTING THEORY AND PRACTICAL ISSUES OF MIGRATION AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY.
Anna-Maria Puharinen (anna-maria.puharinen@uef.fi)
I work as a Human Resources Specialist at the UEF Human Resources Services. My responsibilities and duties include:
- recruitment processes and employment contracts, HR administration, guidance and counselling
- recruitment management system
- recruitment channels, recruitment communication
Anna-Maria Veijalainen (anna-maria.veijalainen@uef.fi)
Specialized in environmental microbiology with emphasis on hygienic aspects of built environment, wastewater, sludge and organic waste management and reuse.
Anne Karhapää (anne.karhapaa@uef.fi)
I work in the library’s research support services with research data management, open research data and open digital learning materials.
Anneli Hujala (ritva.hujala@uef.fi)
I work as a researcher of management in the field health and social care. My research focuses on interactional dimensions of management (health management science, social psychology) in the context of integrated care. Cross-boundary collaboration of managers, professionals and clients are the core of our latest research projects.
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.
Anu Puusa (anu.puusa@uef.fi)
I work as a Professor in Management. My current research interest areas are co-operatives, work-community skills/Organization Citizenship behaviour, organizational identity and change. I have published textbooks and numerous journal articles and other publications.
I also believe in giving back: I have positions of trust such as membership of the board at Cooperatives Europe and Pellervo Coop Center (I am bit of a co-operative enthusiastic).
I am experienced organizational speaker and an awarded teacher. I am an academic who does not believe that theory and practice are opposites. My philosophical background lies in the interpretative paradigm: “We look at the same target, but do we see the same thing?”
I am a realist who tend to look at the bright side of life. I believe in the power of questions. Joint pondering and cooperation are the ways forward.
Ari Pappinen (ari.pappinen@uef.fi)
The fields of teaching and research are forest health as well as industrial forest biotechnology and biorefining. In terms of forest health, key issues include the epigenetic adaptation of forest trees to environmental disturbances and climate change and the use and management of forest biodiversity. A special research topic is the potential of forest biodiversity sites and short rotation coppice plantations to enter the carbon compensation markets. Research on the production of carbon-neutral bio-based products and materials and the calculation of the carbon footprint (Scope1, 2 and 3, and LCA) are at the heart of the research in industrial forest biotechnology and biorefining topic.