News from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

A new international study led by the University of Jyväskylä analysed the emotional content of 176 national anthems.

The University of Jyväskylä contributes to a significant Nordic project in developing a digital learning game to support reading and writing in the Sámi languages.

EU-funded JUSTMIG project has published a policy brief reporting that unions push back against recent policy changes which undermine the labour and social rights of migrant workers in Finland.

A group of researchers from the University of Jyväskylä, the University of Oxford and the Aalto University School of Business analysed Nokia’s strategic turning points. Their analysis reveals the surprising potential of failed and discarded strategies.

MA Jarkko Keränen’s PhD dissertation argues that sign language is inherently multisensory and that it can depict meaning multisensorially.

The University of Jyväskylä received € 1.7 million in funding in Business Finland's new Rise to the Challenge pilot call.

Vilja Levonius’s doctoral dissertation examines how the use of social media as a professional tool in old age services transforms care and its practices, and how it builds empathy by communicative means.

In his doctoral dissertation, Tuomo-Paavo Salokas examines how Roman textbooks of rhetoric influenced the formation of Western political theory.

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

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Researchers' Night will be held on Friday, September 26, 2025, offering the whole family an exciting journey into the world of science.

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Social Sciences and Humanities has selected 6 researchers of the University of Jyväskylä to receive Academy Research Fellowship funding and 9 projects to receive Academy Project Funding.