I conduct multidisciplinary research on changes relating to, for example, policy instruments, business models, and services. I teach futures thinking, foresight methods, and qualitative research. I participate international research networks, and I promote open science and knowledge co-construction.
Tero Laakso ([email protected])
LL.M, M Sc. (Forestry) Tero Laakso has participated in numerous study and development projects funded by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. He has also worked as a researcher in research projects funded by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland (SOMPA, CORE). He is currently finalizing his dissertation in the field of forest law. He has taught forest law and forest policy both in lecture halls and in the field.
Tero Setälä ([email protected])
Research topics: optical coherence, 3D polarization, nano optics, electromagnetic optics, geometric phase, and plasmonics.
Teaching experience: electromagnetism, Fourier optics, quantum optics, laser physics, nonlinear optics, nano optics, and quantum mechanics.
Tetiana Nahirniak ([email protected])
I am a project researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland, and a doctoral candidate in the Past, Space, and Environment in Society Doctoral Programme. I hold a Master’s degree in History from the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”(Kyiv, Ukraine). My research focuses on social cohesion, memory politics, and the democratization of post-Soviet societies. I have contributed to projects on memory politics in Ukraine, prepared research and analytical materials at analytical centres in Kyiv, and conducted research at the University of Warsaw on collective memory, minority integration, and post-Soviet democratization.
Teuvo Laitila ([email protected])
My research interests include antisemistim and the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, particularly the Baltic and Ukraine; religion and politics in the Balkans (particularly in Bosnia-Herzegowina); religion, nationalism and politics in Ukraine; and religion and violence in Eastern Europe. I also have studies religious human-other animals relations. On my interest in animal and environmental studies, see also https://blogs.helsinki.fi/religion-ecology-diversity/team/; https://www.ykes.org/tutkijoita
Publications: see UEF Cris and the attached list of publications.
The Brain Ergonomics Research Group for Children and Youth
The Finnish Infrastructure for Register-Based Research (FIRE)
The Museum as a Forum for Experiential Publishing of Research
The neighboring networks of the older city dwellers
The aims of this project are to:
(a) find solutions to combat the loneliness and social isolation of older urban dwellers and to promote the well-being of local communities.
(b) identify the conditions and opportunities for older adults to act as a resource in their neighborhood. Our guiding principle is that the social networks of the neighborhood and the intergenerational interaction enable, under certain conditions, well-being based on reciprocity.
We are looking for answers to three research questions:
1 What is the neighborhood of the aging population like? We investigate relevant social relationships in the neighborhood of older adults, the nature of neighborhood interaction, and the quality and extent of neighborhood networks.
2 How can the neighborhood respond to the needs of older adults and promote their well-being and quality of life? We identify critical factors that strengthen and weaken the well-being of older people and neighboring networks.
3 In what different ways can older people act as a resource in their neighborhood? We are looking for conditions for that.