News from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

At the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, we examine the daily lives and livelihoods of people with low income in Finland.

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Finland scored second in the 2018 PISA assessment of financial literacy, and Finnish adolescents were the most confident users of financial services among all participating countries.

The value of forests has long been measured in terms of economy and raw material prices, but now environmental protection and nature conservation have gained in importance.

Rector Keijo Hämäläinen has appointed Antero Holmila as professor of history from 1 January 2023.

Multi-Factor Authentication for Microsoft services becomes obligatory by the end of April, and it is implemented in stages. Please check the group-specific schedules in the chart below.

The Rector of the University of Jyväskylä, Keijo Hämäläinen, has named Suvi Saarikallio to the professorship from 1 December 2022.

The staff and doctoral researchers of Development Studies at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy are involved in a new project exploring what kind of competences the graduates from this subject should have.

Rector Keijo Hämäläinen has invited Sakari Taipale to a professorship starting from 1 December 2022. The domain of this professorship is social and public policy, and the post is located at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

MA Sonya Sahradyan defends her doctoral dissertation in Subject “Personal and institutional trajectories of language, employment and integration: An ethnography with migrant NGO practitioners".

MA Kirsi Tuomi defends her doctoral dissertation in Subject “Potentials of Music Therapy with Children and Families”.

This study explored the kinds of citizenship that can be promoted by and learned in civil society spaces in constrained settings of the developing countries.