The project evaluate the comprehensive teacher education and develope it research-based and in collaboration with different actors while recognizing the viewpoints of the practitioners.
Abdulazeez Afolabi ([email protected])
My research area revolve around the “Tomography in the field – new monitoring method for the effects of farming management on the GHG balance in agriculture” project led by Professor Aku Seppänen. We develop improved methods for assessing GHG balances in agriculture and small-scale biogas production. Acquiring accurate information on the GHG balances in agriculture is essential for determining and verifying the effect of more sustainable farming practices, aiding in the green transition. Our method utilizes multi-beam open-path laser dispersion spectroscopy measurement technology to estimate GHG fluxes, and we use a Bayesian state-space framework to reconstruct emission rates as temporally evolving tomography images. With this approach, spatial variations of the land and the uncertainties related to the monitored area are incorporated into the estimation. My focus lies partly on the geometrical modeling of the areas of interest, incorporating structures (barns, buildings, production machinery, etc.) and the varying altitude of ground level, into meshes suitable for FEM approximations of GHG fluxes.
In biogas plants we focus on methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3). Our research topics involve optimizing the measurement setup for field applications and the computational modeling involved with estimating GHG emissions using the Bayesian state-space framework.
Adam Kositsky ([email protected])
Research interests:
- Structure and function of soft tissues in health and disease
- Neuromusculoskeletal consequences to tendon harvesting for orthopaedic procedures
- Development of new methodology for in vivo measurement of human soft tissue properties
- Comparative anatomy and biomechanics
Current collaborations:
- Aalborg University (DK)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Lund University (SE)
- Sapporo Medical University (JP)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- University of Oulu (FI)
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville (US)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Added value from data streams in bioeconomics research
Adriaan Gebraad ([email protected])
Experienced researcher (since 2012) in stem cell technology, tissue engineering and organ-on-chip development. I am involved in projects aiming to develop viable replacement cartilage through tissue engineering (TE) using an innovative approach that incorporates real-time monitoring and control of tissue properties.
Aerosol Physics Research Group
Ageing and elder care research group
Agnès Brosset ([email protected])
My research explores how plants respond to volatile signals emitted by their specialist insects, and how climate change affects these chemical interactions. By combining approaches from plant chemistry, physiology, and insect behaviour, I aim to understand the mechanisms driving these responses and their ecological consequences.
Beyond academia, I am an herbalist and farmer. I founded the first medicinal herb farm in Sweden, Nordiska Örter. An entrepreneurial project through which I promote sustainable cultivation, and reconnection with nature.
Ágnes Németh ([email protected])
Currently, she is managing two European projects: “CASPER: Citizen Activation in Shrinking rural areas for Place-based policies to Enhance Resilience” (Interreg Europe, 2023-2027) and “SERIGO: Social Economy for Resilience, Inclusion and Good Life in Rural areas” (Horizon Europe, 2024-2027).
She is involved in the research project “ESSPIN: Economic, Social and SPatial INequalities in Europe in the Era of Global Mega-trends” (Horizon Europe, 2022-2025).
Her doctoral thesis dealt with issues of regional policy, relational-governance and mega-events planning. She has been involved in European research projects (European Science Foundation, FP7) in border studies focusing on cross-border cooperation processes and the social (de)construction of borders. In her post-doctoral research, she studies foreigners’ socio-economic engagement in different Finnish urban environments with the aim of producing knowledge on the local particularities and challenges of integration processes. She was managing the international project “ECoC-SME: Actions for inducing SME growth and innovation via the ECoC event and legacy” (Interreg Europe, 2019-2021).
Agnieszka Repo ([email protected])
I work as a Project Researcher in the Economic Violence from a Life Course Perspective (EBUSE) project (2025–2027) and in the specialist social work education programmes (Child, Youth and Family Social Work and Welfare Services).
In my doctoral research, I examine social workers’ professional practices in high-conflict separation cases. My research and development work focuses particularly on financial social work, economic abuse, and issues related to high-conflict separations.
I have experience in social work research and development projects. Previous projects in which I have worked include:
- Child-Centered Assessment and Working in the Cases of High-Conflict Separations (LATVE), University of Eastern Finland (2024–2025)
- Future Health and Social Services Centre for Kainuu (HELLÄ), Wellbeing Services County of Kainuu (2022–2023)
- Building Bridges between Europe and China to Strengthen the Social Work Profession (BUIBRI), University of Eastern Finland (2018–2020)