Prof. Dr. Erik G. Hansen is a Visiting Professor of Innovation Management at the Business School of University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and contributes to the Research Centre for Sustainable Circular Economy (CECE). He is also a Full Professor and Head of the Institute of Integrated Quality Design (IQD) at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, Austria and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany and Cambridge University, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). His research focuses on managing circular, greentech, and sustainability-oriented innovations at the level of products, product-service systems, and business models, including the supporting role of standards and digitalisation.
Erika Styf ([email protected])
I am a doctoral researcher in Translation Studies at the University of Eastern Finland. My doctoral dissertation focuses on the realisation of the epistemic rights of Russian- and Ukrainian-speaking immigrants in integration services. Particular attention is paid to the Multilingual Civic Orientation (Monikielinen yhteiskuntaorientaatio) course for immigrants.
Erkko Sointu ([email protected])
Dr. Erkko Sointu (PhD, Special Education) is a professor of special education at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). His research focuses on developing teaching methods and learning support across educational levels, including higher education. He also studies ways to support behavioral and emotional functioning, as well as learning analytics and extended learning analytics in both teaching and research contexts. Additionally, he explores educational technology perspectives. Dr. Sointu’s responsibilities include research, teaching, supervision, and promoting research collaboration. He is an active member of the UEF research community Learning, Everyday Life, and Work in a Digitalized Society (DIGS), where he also serves on the advisory board. He is the responsible leader and principal investigator of the Supporting Higher Education Students’ Learning (SupporUNi) consortium and leads the national initiative to develop university-level special education training, Special Education Together (Erkkaa1). He also participates in extensive international and national research networks and organizations, such as EDUsummIT. In addition to his academic roles, Dr. Sointu is a qualified teacher with experience in both comprehensive and higher education. He also holds the title of docent in Quantitative Research Methods in Educational Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland.
Esa Hiltunen ([email protected])
I work as a Senior Lecturer in Innovation Management at UEF Business School and I am an expert of organizational change in the health sector. Another research interest focuses on retail sector and participatory innovation. I also supervise theses in master and doctoral programs.
I have a special competence in qualitative research in organizations, particularly observation-based ethnography, which I have applied in research that is based on Bourdieu’s field theory. I have a wide collaboration network in different research fields, both business studies and sociology.
Esa Penttilä ([email protected])
Research areas include non-professional translation, research translation and translatoriality, figurative language and metaphors, idioms and idiomaticity, cognitive linguistics and translation studies, multilingual communication.
Esko Ryökäs ([email protected])
Welcome to my homepage. I am in retirement but still doing research.
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Essi Rovamo ([email protected])
I am a project researcher in the “Promoting Evidence-based Practice in Social Work (NÄPSÄ)” project devoted to enhancing how social workers use evidence-based practices to help those in need. This project is funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health with a state grant for university-level research in social work. NÄPSÄ research project executes three work packages:
- We investigate evidence-based practice’s perceptions and knowledge base by performing scoping reviews and interviewing social work managers.
- We evaluate the learning and implementation of evidence-based practice in social work students.
- We will carry out and evaluate an education pilot for social workers.
For anyone interested in the intersection of research and practice, I invite you to explore more about NÄPSÄ on our UEFConnect page.
My doctoral dissertation “Social risks among specialised psychiatric care patients: A mixed-methods registry-based study” investigates social risks documented in specialized psychiatric care according to register-based data. It aims to develop an understanding of social risks, how they influence psychiatric patients’ well-being, and the role health social work plays in managing them. The research material consists of register-based data from 191 psychiatric patients who received treatment at Helsinki University Hospital between 2009 and 2019. The research data were analysed using a mixed-methods approach.
Throughout my career, I have been involved in several developmental projects in gerontological and health social work. I have broad expertise in structural social work, learning practices, and project work. For example, I have developed gerontological social work to meet the Social Welfare Act (2014/1301) obligations for clients with complex needs. I was also part of the pioneering pilot program for the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model, a groundbreaking approach that rehabilitates people with severe mental health problems to work life. In addition, I have been a coordinator of TYÖOTE-model, a collaboration between occupational health care and public health care. My expertise centers around themes of social and healthcare integration, effectiveness, and sustainability—topics that are crucial as we strive to enhance the well-being of vulnerable people.
Esther Galbrun ([email protected])
I work on methods for exploratory analysis.
My goal is to develop tools and techniques for mining, visualization and interaction, in order to support data-centric research in various application domains.
Ethical Police (EEPO): A narrative-ethnographic research of ethical principles, conflicts, and competence in preventive police work
Eugenia Recio Piva ([email protected])
Combining academic expertise with hands-on experience in the field, I am a highly specialized professional in international environmental law, climate change law, forest loss prevention (REDD+), and environmental law in Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the past decade, my career has been dedicated to academia, where I have engaged in rigorous research and teaching with UEF. I have organized training programs for diplomats and government officers in a joint programme with UNEP, taught courses on international environmental law topics at the Master’s level. Prior to my academic pursuits, I played a pivotal role in environmental initiatives, reporting on environmental negotiations for 15 years, providing invaluable insights into ongoing multilateral and regional environmental processes. Furthermore, for the past two decades, I have cultivated practical experience in assessing environmental law in diverse Latin American and Caribbean countries, offering guidance to national governments, indigenous communities, local stakeholders, and regional institutions. This unique blend of on-the-ground experience and theoretical knowledge in the field of international environmental law significantly enriches my academic research.