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The university contributes to the international innovation forum with its multidisciplinary expertise, supporting the prestigious technology award.

Associate Professor Kajar Köster and University Lecturer Ilia Moshnikov, with their working groups, received grants of over 200,000 euros for research in forest sciences and linguistics.

The project focuses on anti-virulence therapies that disarm pathogens by reducing their ability to cause disease.

Georgios Fragkoulis, MSc, focuses on the mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication initiation.

Pasi Tuunainen, the University of Eastern Finland’s new Professor of Modern History, points out that although technology and surveillance capabilities relating to the northern regions have evolved over the decades, geography still matters in warfare.

The project unites scientists, chefs, industrial actors and consumers from Finland and Brazil to develop co-created food prototypes and value chains based on plant cell cultures.

Assistant Professor Merve Atasoy investigates anaerobic bioreactor technology that has the potential to revolutionise wastewater treatment. Her professorship was established with the support of endowments from industry.

Battery materials can now be studied comprehensively at the University of Eastern Finland’s new Battery Research Laboratory.

The University of Eastern Finland opened fall 2025 an internal call for Proof of Concept (PoC) funding to accelerate the commercialization of ideas emerging from research.

Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Information Technology student Mohammad Kazemi came to UEF after 14 years in teaching, determined to follow his lifelong passion for computer science, and soon found the freedom, support, and calm environment he had been seeking.