My responsibilities in the field of special education primarily include early childhood special education teacher (VEO) training: supporting professional growth as well as supervising pratical training and theses. My research interests focus on the structures of child support in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and inclusive pedagogy that strengthens children’s peer interactions and participation.
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My research concerns about the health effects of foods and their components that I have been studying in acute, short and long term clinical dietary interventions for more than 20 years. Regarding foods, main scientific interest has been in the impact of whole grain cereals and berries and more recently also in other plant based foods and their bioactive components from the molecular level to whole body physiology. The recent research focus has been in the effects mediated by the gut microbiota and related gut barrier function. Thus, we have been setting up in vitro model for studying gut microbiota activity and will continue developing it further with modular gut barrier interaction modelling. Gut related activities are of great interest since its strong interaction with high fibre and protein foods and contribution to the development of inflammation, but also its contribution to both physical and mental health and wellbeing. In addition, I am interested in gut-liver axis and gut barrier permeability in this context, if we can find diet related factors to support healthy gut barrier and to prevent liver disease.
I specialize in mass spectrometry–based metabolomics and pharmaceutical analytical chemistry, with over 25 years of experience in analytical method development and research infrastructure leadership.
My research focuses on analytical chemistry in life sciences, with a particular emphasis on metabolomics, lipidomics, and LC‑MS and GC‑MS methodologies. My research interests include metabolic liver disease (MASLD), central nervous system (CNS)–related research, obesity, and early-life development. My aim is to develop and apply advanced analytical solutions to better understand biochemical processes and to support drug discovery and translational research.
I serve as Group Leader of the Pharmaceutical Analytics and Mass Spectrometry group at the School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland. In addition, I act as Head of the LC‑MS Metabolomics Center at Biocenter Kuopio, where I oversee research infrastructure and provide analytical services across the full workflow, from study design to data interpretation. My work also covers pharmaceutical analytical chemistry, particularly method development and validation in accordance with regulatory requirements.
My goal is to bridge advanced analytical chemistry with practical applications in biomedical and pharmaceutical research, enabling the generation of high-quality and reliable data to support scientific discovery.
I am Marta Choroszewicz (DSocSci, the title of docent in sociology) and I work at the Department of Sociology at the University of Eastern Finland. My work as a sociologist concentrates on the intersection between research on professional work, feminist theories, and science and technology studies. In my research, I have broadly investigated social inequalities in the professions, organizations and working life in general. More recently, I have studied development and implementation of data-driven practices and technologies in the Finnish health care and social services, public sector (AI) innovation and engaged with the issues of building a digital welfare state via the use of new data technologies such as automated decision-making systems. Besides my own research projects, I worked in ProPSI, DaDSoc, DataLit and DEQUAL projects.
In 2024-2025, I work on a personal grant received from the Finnish Cultural Foundation for my project “Perpetual Piloting and Invisible Work of Automating Public Services in Finland”, in which I study Artificial Intelligence (AI) based innovation processes and (in)visible work associated with them in Finnish public administration. As a part of this project, I am also tackling the meaning of ‘social sustainability’ in the context of digitalizing welfare state. The research data I collected over two years is a unique and extensive ethnographic data set of innovation activities (100+ interviews and 400+ hours of observation) across public administration sectors from two public administration organisations. The data covers various stages of design, development and experimentation of AI tools, including decision support tools, AI assistants, Microsoft 365 Copilot and predictive algorithm systems.
In 2026-2027, I will be working as a grant researcher on my project “Navigating experimental AI tools within technology-enthusiastic context of Finnish public administration” funded by the North Karelia Regional Fund (Eini ja Jorma Veikkolainen Fund) and the Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation on the impact of increasing uptake of experimental AI tools and systems on the public servants’ work and expertise as well as the Finnish public administration more broadly. The project is based on extensive ethnographic data to ensure a long-term perspective on ongoing – and accelerated by AI tools – digital transformation of Finnish public administration.
SocioCast episode on my research available at:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xD3xZ0gRIcPg37jGYloVB?si=260c321758144368
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/sociocast-uef/generative-ai-tools-in-the-public-sector-in-finland
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/marta-choroszewicz-generative-ai-tools-in-the-public/id1665562756?i=1000790347084
Press releases about my research:
Researchers develop new model for ethical AI governance: https://www.kul.pl/researchers-develop-new-model-for-ethical-ai-governance,art_114343.html https://www.uef.fi/en/article/researchers-develop-new-model-for-ethical-ai-governance
Generative AI projects persist in public administration, even when AI tools fail to perform as promised: https://www.uef.fi/en/article/generative-ai-projects-persist-in-public-administration-even-when-ai-tools-fail-to-perform-as
More information from my personal website: https://research.choroszewicz.eu
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My research focuses on developing sustainable and environmentally friendly technologies for biobased chemical production through the valorisation of biomass and waste streams. I integrate environmental biotechnology, microbiology, and engineering to design and operate bioreactors, as well as to investigate microbial processes within engineered systems.
I earned my PhD in Chemical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, where I focused on enhancing volatile fatty acid production from dairy wastewater using bioaugmentation strategies. Following my PhD, I held postdoctoral and technical manager positions at Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands), working on the UNLOCK project—an open research center dedicated to the exploration and engineering of microbial communities.
At the University of Eastern Finland, my research group focuses on developing a novel bioprocess to recover carbon and nitrogen from waste streams in the form of primary amines. This work aims to support the transition toward carbon- and energy-positive wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by enhancing resource circularity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and transforming WWTPs into sustainable hubs for chemical production within a circular economy framework.
I work in the web services team of the Communications and Media Relations Unit of the University of Eastern Finland. My responsibilities are developing and support services of website analytics and feedback tools, as well as website accessibility development. I am responsible for the university’s intranet (Heimo) renewal project during 2023-2024.
The overall aim of my research is to understand the role of freshwater in the Earth system and the well-being of societies. My main focus is currently on my ERC-funded project AQUAGUARD, where we assess changes in the global water cycle and their human drivers and Earth system impacts, with the aim to identify feasible and just opportunities for safeguarding freshwater’s life-supporting functions.
I work as a doctoral researcher in early childhood teacher education. My research focuses on play pedagogy and how early childhood education professionals can support all children’s participation in play situations. In my doctoral research, I examine the possibilities of brain-ergonomic play pedagogy in early childhood education.
I am a Human Geographer, DSocSci, My latest research interests focus on international migratory processes related to Russia. The earlier interests covered community and regional development related to restructuring processes of natural resource industries especially in North-West Russia and border regions. In addition, I do organizational tasks at the Karelian Institute including e.g. providing support for the Institute’s researchers and projects in their daily work, as well as communication and reporting tasks.
I work also as the Coordinator of the Borders, Mobilities and Cultural Encounters research community (BOMOCULT RC). This research community brings together research teams and scholars from the Karelian Institute, the Department of Social Sciences and the School of Historical and Geographical Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, as well as from the School of Humanities and the School of Theology at the Philosophical Faculty.
