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Heikki Uimonen (heikki.uimonen@uef.fi)

Heikki Uimonen (PhD) held a post of professor at the University of Eastern Finland. He is an ethnomusicologist and a docent on acoustic communication and soundscape studies at the Universities of Tampere and Eastern Finland and part-time musician. Uimonen has published over ninety articles, a monograph and edited anthologies on music consumption, radio music, compact cassettes and changing sonic environments. His research interests include sonic construction of place, mediated music, social use of music, transforming soundscapes and how all these intertwine.

Uimonen is directing Academy-of-Finland-financed project ACMESOCS. Auditory Cultures, Mediated Sounds and Constructed Spaces (2019–2022) and UEF research team on multinational B-Air Art Infinity Radio Creating Sound Art for Babies, Toddlers and Vulnerable Groups project (2020–2023). He has examined how contemporary audio technology can be used in soundscape participatory research and led projects Transforming Finnish Soundscapes and sub-project on Health Supporting Multisensory Food Environment. Uimonen was a member of COST project standardizing soundscape concept in Europe. He has worked as a member of the research groups investigating six European villages and European acoustic heritage defining, describing and preserving sound cultures of Europe and recently in project studying sensory environments of cities of Turku, Brighton and Ljubljana (see CV and publications below).

Tel. +345 50 345 1900

Kang Li (kang.li@uef.fi)

Research emphasis on Accounting and Finance in SMEs. Current research interests and topics include application of artificial intelligence (e.g. neural network) in the area of accounting & finance, circular economy, the role of ethics to firm performance etc.

Kati Kulovesi (kati.kulovesi@uef.fi)

I hold LL.M degrees from the University of Helsinki and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). My PhD is also from the LSE, focusing on the challenges of the environment and legitimacy at the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement System.

I am also affiliated with the 3E Center at the Brussels School of Governance, the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, with the Erik Castren Institute for International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki, as well as with the Earth Negotiations Bulletin / International Institute for Sustainable Development.

My main research interests are international, EU, national and comparative climate change law, as well as international economic law and international legal theory. I also very much enjoy multidisciplinary climate change research both with other social scientists and natural scientists. I work closely with the UEF Research Group on Atmospheric Physics and with other climate scientists within the Atmospheric and Climate Competence Center Flagship.

Beyond academia, I have worked as legal adviser and consultant, inter alia, for the Finnish Government, the World Bank, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, European Commission, Nordic Council of Ministers, IUCN, International Institute for Sustainable Development, International Trade Center, World Resources Institute and Nordic Environment Finance Corporation.

 

Lotta Aarikka (lotta.aarikka@uef.fi)

The subject of my dissertation (June 2023, University of Turku) “Dialect and its study: Perspectives on the history and language ideologies of Finnish dialectological research 1871–2017” is dialect and how dialect has been studied in the field of the Finnish language. In my dissertation I examined how scientific information about dialects, i.e. language, is created and has been created in the process of research from an individual’s speech. In addition to the research-historical description, in my work I dealt with language ideologies related to dialect research. My dissertation is graded “with commendation”, which requires that the research represents the top ten percent of its field.

At the University of Eastern Finland, I work as a postdoctoral researcher (50%) in the research project “Linguistic variation, social class and experiences on inequality in Eastern Finland” (KIVELI). In the project, we produce scientific information about the relationship between language and social class in Finland, especially in Eastern Finland. Our project combines the approaches of sociology and language research (sociolinguistics). The project is financed by the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s North Karelia and North Savo funds.

In addition to my research work, I work as the coordinator (50 %) of the national network for doctoral programmes in language studies Langnet.

Matti Muukkonen (matti.muukkonen@uef.fi)

Matti Muukkonen (Dr. Adm. Sc., LL.D., M.Soc.Sc., Title of Docent in Public Law, Title of Docent in Administrative Law) is an university lecturer. His specialities are self-governing communities, especially municipalities and associations. As part of the study of municipal law, Muukkonen’s research topics concern municipalities as institutions, as local government organizes its administration and finances, and the activities of municipalities. The approach also highlights links to norms on municipal service production, the most recent causes of the crisis in elderly care.

Muukkonen returned to the university after a 10-year break. Previously, he worked as a researcher and senior assistant in administrative and European law. Outside the university, he has worked as an executive director of a non-governmental organization, a digital business development manager, a startup entrepreneur, a research director, a chief municipal officer of three municipalities, and other municipal administration tasks such as part-time Social Director, Director of Education, Head of the Kindergarten and School Assistant.

Mervi Niskanen (mervi.niskanen@uef.fi)

Research emphasis on corporate finance and auditing in SMEs. Recent topics include perpectives related to ownership structures, family ownership, board structure, gender, taxation etc.

Rahma Hersi (rahma.hersi@uef.fi)

Rahma Hersi is an Islamic finance lawyer and advocate for economic justice in Africa. She has over 15 years of experience across several markets in North America, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe. Rahma works closely with regulators, multi-lateral organizations,development agencies, and companies in the public and private sector.
Rahma is currently a doctoral student and an early stage researcher  in the faculty of law and business studies at the University of Eastern Finland. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in law with a focus on religion and culture, international and human rights, labor law, feminism, and public
policy. 
Rahma graduated in 2008 with her Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the Indiana University RobertMcKinney School of Law, with a focus on international comparative law. She also received herLL.B. in Shari’a and Law and Bachelor of Islamic Studies from the Islamic University ofIslamabad in Pakistan. Additionally, Rahma has a Diploma in Islamic finance & arbitration from the Global International Center for Islamic Finance (INCEIF) in Malaysia and a Diploma in Arabic from the Islamic University of Africa in Sudan.Of note, she participated in the 5th Inter-Graduate Conference at Cornell University and presenteda paper titled, “A Value Oriented Legal Theory for Muslim Countries in the 21st Century: AComparative Study of Both Islamic Law and Common Law Systems.”  Ms. Hersi has been instrumental in pushing the agenda of Women in Business and Financial Inclusion for marginalized communities in not only Kenya but other African countries. She currently sits as a board member at a leading microfinance institution in Somalia and is the 1st woman appointed to this position in Somalia. Rahma also sits as the only advisor on Islamic finance in the Financial Review Panel appointed by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA). This was set up to ensure financial inclusion, access of financial products and opportunities are open to all and to reduce poverty and create a more productive society. Rahma is fluent in 4 languages including Arabic, Somali, English, and Swahili.

Publications:

She authored the first comprehensive report on Islamic finance and its growth inKenya published by John Wiley Islamic Finance Series entitled, “The Islamic Finance Handbook: A Practioner’s Guide to the Global Markets.” Rahma was featured in the 1st Women in Islamic Finance Report 2016 that was launched at the World Islamic Banking Conference, where shediscussed “breaking the cultural barriers in the industry.” Most recently, the 2018 Islamic Commercial Law Report published her article on Islamic microfinance in Kenya. Rahma has alsocontributed the 1st groundbreaking research on the Prospects and Challenges of Microfinance inthe IGAD Region published in May 2018.  In 2020 Rahma advised and worked on a DFID Somalia project and authored the report ” From Economic Darkness To Hope : A Rapid Review  Assessment of Somalia’s  Individual Debt & Credit.

Saga Eriksson (saga.eriksson@uef.fi)

Currently undertaking doctoral studies, majoring in financial law. My focus is sustainable finance and particularly the EU Taxonomy Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. My interest in is the role of law in market creation and emergence and exploring the experiences of the financial industry with regards to the EU legislative framework for sustainable finance. Previously I spent nearly 6 years working in policy, communications, and marketing for a public affairs agency in London, with a focus on financial services and climate policy. I have an MSc in Multilevel Governance in Europe from the University of Essex.