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Hang Nguyen ([email protected])

 

 

Hang Nguyen is a Post-Doc Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) specializing in Intellectual Property (IP) Law. Currently, her research concerns farmers’ privileges in Vietnamese Law compared to the European Union (EU) Law. As an agricultural country, Vietnam’s IP agriculture-related regulations, such as plant variety and farmer’s privileges, are not very developed; meanwhile, these regulations are more advanced in the EU. The comparison between the EU and Vietnam shows what is missing and what can be applied to Vietnam laws. Also, this research points out the possibility to protect Vietnamese agriculture products under other regimes rather than plant variety such as certification marks, collective marks, geographic indications, etc.

Hang Nguyen is a Lecturer at the faculty of Civil Law – Ho Chi Minh City University of Law (HCMU Law), Vietnam. She teaches IP Law, Civil Law, Personal Rights for undergraduate and LL.M students at HCMU Law and other universities as a guest lecturer. She obtained her Master and Doctoral degrees at the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan. Her LL.D Dissertation and LL.M thesis were about comparative issues related to trademark laws among the United States, the EU, Japan, and Vietnam. She moved to Finland joined UEF because its Law School offers broad, wide, and profound courses on IP; it is possible to examine different fields related to IP, such as IP and Food/Food Fraud; IP and Internet or IP and International Trade.

 

 

Hani El-Nezamy ([email protected])

Research in GHFS laboratory has three focal areas:

  1. Modulation of gut health parameters by probiotics and bioactive components in food.

  2. Microbial therapy as an approach for management of  liver diseases.

  3. Gut microbiota in health and diseases.

Hanna Laako ([email protected])

Currently research on the Mesoamerican Maya Forest 2019-2024, funded by the Mexican CONACYT (2019-2020) and the Finnish Kone Foundation (2020-2024).

Previous research: Conservation Politics in the Transboundary Usumacinta River Basin (2017-2019), Mexican and Latin American Midwiferies (2014-2016), Mexican Southern Borderlands (2012-2014), Decolonization and the Zapatista Movement (2006-2011).

Member of the Mexican National System of Researchers, level 1 (CONACYT-SNI 2019-2021).

Previous affiliations: El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR, Mexico), Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad (CCGS, Mexico) and Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS, Mexico).

Hanna Lehtimäki ([email protected])

Hanna Lehtimäki (Ph.D., Title of Docent), is a Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Eastern Finland Business School. Her research examines sustainable innovation with theoretical frameworks on strategic management, leadership, ecosystems and entrepreneurship. Her current research focuses on transition to sustainable circular economy. Her articles have appeared in academic journals internationally and she has authored and co-authored books on strategic management and leadership.

Hanna Lehtimäki (Ph.D. Bus Econ) is a professor of Innovation Management in Business School and a Director and Founder of Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy (CECE) since 2023 at the University of Eastern Finland. She and her research team, SunLab, advance transdisciplinary social sciences research and societal impact in sustainable circular economy transition. In her capacity as a Vice Director of UEF strategic research community Sustainable Resource Society: Circular Economy, Energy and Raw Materials (RESOURCE RC), she advances multidisciplinary social sciences research agenda for sustainability transition in business and society.

She is an experienced research project leader. Currently she leads a work package in a research consortium Partnership model – plastic circularity funded by Business Finland, a development project Circular economy microcredentials (CE4ALL) funded by EU Just Transition Fund, Northern Savo and Northern Karjala Regional Funds, and a research project Leading Regenerative Circular Economy (LEADSUS) funded by the Finnish Foundation for Economic Education. She was a a work package leader in Research Council of Finland funded research project Multi-level governance of critical materials for future electric mobility (GOVERMAT) 2022-2025, vicePI and a work package leader in an Academy of Finland Strategic Research Council project Circular Economy Catalysts: From Innovation to Business Ecosystems (CICAT2025) (2019-2023) and a leader in Finnish Indian research consortium Circular Economy Solutions for Microplastics: Indo-Finnish Scientific Collaboration for Innovation (CESMI) (2022-2024).

She is also active in advancing sustainability education in her capacity as a leader of Sustainability leadership international Master’s programme at the UEF Business School. She supervises doctoral researchers and serves as a supervisor in the doctoral education pilot Sustainability Transformations (SusTra) funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.”

Her research has appeared in journals internationally and she has recently co-edited books on art and sustainability and catalyzing sustainable circular economy. The recent edited books are:

Ghosh, Pooja, Carrasco-Navarro, Victor, Lehtimäki, Hanna (Eds.) (2025). Circular Plastics Economy: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Elsevier.

Lehtimäki, Hanna, Taylor, Steve, Galvão-Lyra, Mariana (Eds.) (2024). Art and Sustainability Transitions in Business and Society. Theoretical Insights and Engagement. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-031-44218-6. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-44219-3

Lehtimäki, Hanna, Aarikka-Stenroos, Leena, Jokinen, Ari, & Jokinen, Pekka (Eds.) (2023). The Routledge Handbook of Catalysts for a Sustainable Circular Economy. Routledge. ISBN 9781032212449.

Hanna Nuutinen ([email protected])

I am an expert and educator with specialized expertise in the field of counseling processes pertaining to individuals and small groups, as well as the multifaceted phenomena and influences of counseling interactions and social factors within the realm of guidance. My professional role is situated within a university’s career and guidance program, where I hold the position of an university teacher. In this capacity, I instruct undergraduate students in matters pertaining to the aforementioned subjects, while also overseeing their practical training experiences.

My doctoral research centers on an investigation into the career adaptability of secondary school students, focusing on their corresponding perceptions of their own competencies and self-awareness, encompassing behavioral and emotional strengths.Employing quantitative research methods, I investigate the impact of social factors on the career adaptability of young individuals and their perceptions of behavioral and emotional strengths.

Prior to embarking on my university career, I accumulated over a decade of diverse teaching and developmental roles in secondary and primary educational institutions, as well as participation in various projects. At the University of Eastern Finland, I have actively contributed to initiatives such as the “Pathway to Upper Secondary School” project and the “Guidance Expertise in Collaboration” project. Within these endeavors, my responsibilities have encompassed project development and the collection and production of research materials, fulfilled through roles as both a trainer and researcher.

Hanna Ristolainen ([email protected])

I graduated with a PhD in Social Sciences in 2022, majoring in social work. In my dissertation, I examined the effectiveness of care management models for older people using a mixed-method approach. My areas of expertise and interest are in older people’s well-being and care management, in addition to effectiveness research and promoting the effectiveness of social services. Currently, I work as University Lecturer in social work and researcher in the SOLDEX project and NÄPSÄ project.

Hanna Sainio ([email protected])

In my doctoral research, I examine how the work tasks and professional agency of child protection social workers are manifested from the perspective of time. I am particularly interested in the different dimensions of time and their significance in the everyday practice of social work. In addition, I study the multi-level leadership in child protection, where the social worker leads the child’s client process while simultaneously working within an organisation governed by legislation and the principles of public administration management.

Hanna Varjakoski ([email protected])

I currently work as a postdoctoral researcher in the DRIVEX project at the University of Eastern Finland. My background is in the Humanities, and I received my PhD in Media Studies in the University of Turku, Finland. In my dissertation, I examined the Finnish media landscape of the 2000s and what it produces and challenges as regards cultural imageries and understandings of ageing, older individuals and later life. The study focused on analyzing age representations on social media, popular fiction film and selected TV-makeover shows, with a gender sensitive approach.

My research interests are in the field of cultural gerontology, in particular, and I have worked as a researcher in projects investigating remote home care and the digitalization of public health care services (HAIDI research project), Covid-19 pandemic experiences of the oldest old (CAIDE85+), and older adults’ neighbour relations and age diversity in the neighborhood.

I am a board member of KaVa ry (the Finnish association of researchers on growth and aging).

I am also a member of the research team of the KESTO project (2026–2030), which explores the sustainability agency of older citizens in an era marked by ecosocial crises.

I teach in courses that address questions related to cultural ageing, media, digitalization and health.

Hanna-Mari Lahtinen ([email protected])

Hanna Lahtinen (PhD) is a psychologist specialized in legal psychology and works as a university lecturer at University of Eastern Finland. Investigating child abuse and developing better practice for children to get access to justice has been her main interest as a practitioner and an academic for over two decades now. Her research has focused on child abuse disclosure and training investigative interviewers. Lahtinen is also an expert-member at the Administrative court of Eastern Finland and trains professionals from different fields in interviewing children. She is currently involved on two projects:

1)  Project Lens is an initiative led by Protect Children in collaboration with ChildFund International and the University of Eastern Finland, which aims to understand and prevent emerging forms of image-based sexual violence against children. Project Lens will build a robust knowledge base to inform and implement a comprehensive, system-wide response to existing and emerging forms of image-based sexual violence against children.

Read more: https://www.suojellaanlapsia.fi/en/project-lens

2) COST Action to Establish networks to implement the principles on effective interviewing for investigations (ImpleMendéz) during 1.10.2023 – 30.9.2027. The project aims to support and improve national and international networks for wider implementation of the ‘Mendez Principles’, ending cruel and inhumane practices that have adversely affected so many lives through unethical interrogations. Lahtinen represents Finland in the Management Committee of the project and is a co-leader in the Working group 3 (Vulnerability themes). The project is funded by European Union.

Read more:

https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/group/implemendez-establishing-networks-to-implement-the-principles-on-effective-interviewing-for-investigations/

https://implemendez.eu/