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Simcha Jong Kon Chin ([email protected])

Simcha Jong is a part-time Professor at UEF Business School and a member of UEF’s Neuro Science Research Community. Jong’s primary appointment is at Leiden University where he is the Director and Professor of Science Based Business at the Faculty of Science. Simcha has held previous faculty appointments at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, the UCL School of Management, and École Polytechnique. He has a PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, an MPhil in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Social Science from Utrecht University’s University College. In addition, he was a visiting scholar at the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley.

Simcha currently leads an ERC Consolidator project on the organisation of international R&D consortia, and he has been the recipient of funding from major UK funding bodies such as Innovate UK, ESRC, NESTA, NIHR, Wellcome Trust, and BIS, as well as various industry partners for projects in the field of healthcare innovation.

Simcha’s research has been published in leading international scientific and management journals, including Nature Biotechnology, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, Technovation, and Industrial and Corporate Change.

 

Simo Mikkonen ([email protected])

I am specialist in 20th Century Eastern European, particularly Soviet cultural history, cultural diplomacy of the Cold War era, and memory studies. I have published extensively on cultural, international and transnational East-West connections, particularly from the Soviet perspective, including edited volumes Beyond the Curtain: Entangled Histories of the Cold War-Era Europe (Berghahn 2015), Music, Art, and Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions and the Cold War (Routledge 2016), as well as Entangled East and West. Cultural Diplomacy and Artistic Interaction during the Cold War (Degruyter 2019). I have also authored a multi-author monograph Networking the Russian Diaspora: Russian Musicians and Musical Activities in Interwar Shanghai (Hawaii UP 2019). My current research involves cultural resistance against the Soviet central authorities especially in the Baltic republics during the late Soviet period.

More information and e.g. full publication list can be found from: Simo Mikkonen

Simona Leserri ([email protected])

Simona is a doctoral researcher interested in brain connectivity and its alterations in psychiatric conditions.
With a biomedical engineering background (BS from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and MS from EPFL, Switzerland), she focuses on brain imaging techniques to optimize TMS treatments.

Sina Bahrpeyma ([email protected])

Sina Bahrpeyma graduated from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Pharm.D., 2013), and is completing his Doctoral Program in Drug Research (University of Eastern Finland, from January 2018) as well as being a visiting researcher at University of Helsinki. Currently, his research focuses on melanin and melanosome binding for ocular drug delivery with the aim of identifying a new therapy for untreated eye diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration (Dry-AMD).

Sini Kontkanen ([email protected])

My research areas consist of teachers’ and pre-service teachers’ professional development from the point of view of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). Currently, my specific research interests focus on the use of generative artificial intelligence in teaching and supporting learning through diverse digital methods. At the moment, I work as a researcher in FINSCI project (funded by the Academy of Finland), where our interest is to discover parents’ science capital and children’s science literacy. I am responsible teacher of Early childhood education minor. I work as an educator in School of Applied Educational Sciences and Teacher Education, especially on themes of digital learning and primary education.

Sirkku Lähdesmäki ([email protected])

I work as a university lecturer and researcher in university pedagogy. My teaching responsibilities include courses on guidance and university pedagogical practice. I provide training and lectures on the responsible use of AI in education and its pedagogical applications. My current research focuses on the use of AI in teaching and learning, as well as on developing reflection in university pedagogical practice. My previous publications can be found here.

Sirpa Kokko ([email protected])

I am a Professor of Craft Science with a research focus on the cultural, societal, and educational dimensions of crafts, viewed through both local and global lenses. My work explores how craft practices—both intangible and material—contribute to cultural heritage, sustainability, and social justice.

I am deeply committed to advancing equality and equity through crafts and believe in the power of collaborative research. I actively participate in national and international networks to strengthen the field of craft science and foster interdisciplinary dialogue.

In Finland, Craft Science is the core discipline in craft teacher education. I supervise Master’s and PhD theses in this area, and my research interests include topics such as equity in craft education; well-being through crafts; skill learning and teaching; critical craft pedagogy; remote and digital craft education; STEAM and multidisciplinary approaches in craft education; intercultural crafts.

If you are interested in these themes or have ideas for collaboration, I warmly invite you to get in touch.

Sirpa Lappalainen ([email protected])

My expertise is in feminist sociology of education and qualitative methodology, especially in ethnographic approach. My research interests are mainly in social and cultural processes of inclusions and exclusions. I have conducted research in various educational contexts from early childhood education to vocational upper secondary education and higher education.