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Skylar Burg

Dissertation: Microbes are key players in plant health and adaptation (Burg)

Focusing on the Arctic-alpine plant Bistorta vivipara (nurmitatar in Finnish), Skylar Burg explored how both environmental conditions and host plant traits shape interactions with fungi and bacteria across altitude gradients in Fennoscandia.

Dukkeum Sun

Dissertation: Identities and Agency of Young Migrant Language Learners of Finnish and Korean in Finland (Sun)

MA Dukkeum Sun’s dissertation investigates the identity and agency of young migrant learners whose everyday lives are shaped by multilingualism.

Waqar Shah

Dissertation: Language Education and Identity Formation – Uncovering Dominant Narratives and Alternative Identities in Pakistani Textbooks and Pedagogy (Shah)

Waqar Ali Shah examines heterogeneity in textbook discourse production and use in Pakistani schools.

Toni Mujunen

Lower limb injuries impact the brain: enhanced brain activity and more conscious balance control

When you suffer an ankle injury, you expect pain and difficulty moving, but did you know that your brain also changes the way it processes movement?

Rafael Sayous

Dissertation: Understanding patterns in chaos — Equidistribution of divergent orbits and number theoretical statistics (Sayous)

In his doctoral dissertation, Rafael Sayous studied the equidistribution of divergent orbits in two distinct mathematical settings. Sayous completes a Dual Doctorate between the Université Paris-Saclay and the University of Jyväskylä.

Mikko Mankinen

Dissertation: Advanced computer simulations support accuracy assessment in breast cancer radiotherapy (Mankinen)

Mikko Mankinen’s dissertation presents high-precision computer simulations to evaluate how well the volumetric modulated arc therapy is delivered. Mankinen defends on Thursday June 19, 2025.

Dissertation: Our brain uses more time and allocates extra attention while trying to understand literary metaphors

Lina Sun studied how the human brain processes literary metaphors and found that we use more brain power trying to understand them better.

Aili Lundmark

Bilder är inte bara dekoration – doktorsavhandling visar de många lagren av ord och bilder i äldre bilderböcker (Lundmark)

I sin avhandling har Lundmark undersökt tre klassiska bilderböcker av Elsa Beskow (1874–1953), den främsta bilderboksskaparen i Sverige under första halvan av 1900-talet.

Jarno Turunen

Dissertation: The harmful aspects of shift work can be prevented through shift planning - Benefits are reflected in reduced sickness absence

In his doctoral dissertation, Senior Specialist at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and M.Sc. (Econ) Jarno Turunen investigated the effects of shift work characteristics on the sickness absence of shift workers.

Fractures in local community - A case study on the establishment of a reception centre at a rural municipality

This dissertation explores rural communities that host asylum seekers. The central research question asks: "What are the meanings of place and locality in rural areas during the establishment and operation of a reception center?"

Antti Sieppi

Dissertation: Childbearing has a significantly larger negative effect on earnings for women than men

In his doctoral dissertation, M.Sc. (Econ.) Antti Sieppi investigated various questions related to labor markets.

Jani Nykänen

Dissertation: Analysis of mean-field stochastic differential equations (Nykänen)

Jani Nykänen's doctoral thesis in the field of mathematics studies mean-field SDEs that have discontinuity in the so-called diffusion coefficient function, which determines how strong the random movement is.