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.
An attractive multicultural work environment in the wellbeing services county of North Savo (TRACTION)
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
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.
Anne Litja (anne.litja@uef.fi)
I work as part of the Peppi team. Questions, feedback and development proposals for support UEF Peppi and associated services peppituki@uef.fi.
More information about Peppi can be found in the Peppi Handbook.
Specialized in recognition of prior learning (tecnical support), disclosing information from student register and project manager for course feedback system.
Anne Sulkakoski (anne.sulkakoski@uef.fi)
Maintaining and developing the university’s key control systems, handing over keys and access rights to facilities, continuation applications and key returns.
Ordering of extra keys and any changes to existing locks also take care of the planning of new lock systems and locking.
Anu Liikanen (anu.liikanen@uef.fi)
Director of Research Services of the UEF, research assessment and development, strategy work on research, profile building of research activities (PROFI funding of the Academy of Finland), secretary of UEF’s Research Council.
Anushree Luukela-Tandon (anushree.luukela-tandon@uef.fi)
I am a Senior Researcher (Innovations and Markets in Bioeconomy) at the Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland.
I am keenly interested in examining how technological platforms, particularly social media, intersect with consumers’ lives. I am fascinated by the depth of impact that these platforms have had on facilitating consumers’ awareness of and behavior towards sustainable products. To this end, my research focuses on developing a nuanced understanding of how and why consumers make decisions regarding consumption of sustainable products and services, and what role technology could play in facilitating a more positive consumer outlook towards the same. Additionally, I am intrigued by the ‘dark side of social media’, or the negative effects that social media platforms have had on individual lives and passionate about examining the implications of contemporary issues like fear of missing out, on social media users.
My research has been published in leading journals like the Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Computers in Human Behavior, Internet Research and Information and Software Technology, to name a few.
Blas Mola (blas.mola@uef.fi)
My main research lines focus on all topics related to biomass production for energy, both from forest management and fast-growing plantations. My interests entail the production and economic aspects, policy framework, environmental effects and social consequences of their development. In addition to this, I have interest on the analysis and modelling of risk, especially combined with ecosystem services, either caused by natural disturbances, man-made origins or social conflicts.
Concerning teaching, I am in charge of advanced courses on bioenergy (“Supply and energy use of lignocellulosic biomass”, and “Bioenergy markets and policies”) and methods (“Academic skills” and “Research methods in forest sciences”). In addition, I am supervisor of several MSc and DSc students. I keep close cooperation at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), the Norwegian Institute of bioeconomy research (Norway), the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (Spain) and the Northwest A&F University (China).
BORFOR
This research area focuses on the effects of forest management, forest use and climate change on the carbon dynamics, structure and ecosystem services of forests, such as the production of forest biomass, biodiversity, forest carbon sequestration and recreational use.