News from the Department of History and Ethnology

This science article explores the impact of AI adoption on newsrooms, new tools for historical research, and predicting information influence campaigns.

Hannah Kaarina Yoken's blogtext from February 2026

Introduction of Piia Einonen from February 2026.

Daniel Moilanen's blogtext from January 2026

Invitation for graduate students using the methods of social science history to attend a two-day summer school in Jyväskylä in June 7–9, 2026.

Introduction of Jonas Gerlings from December 2025.

Postdoctoral researcher Vincent Roy-Di Piazza has recently been elected to a full fellowship of the Royal Historical Society in London.

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.

Vincent Roy-Di Piazza's blogtext from August 2025

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.

In his doctoral thesis, MA Antti Okko analyzed the US reception of Russophone rock music.

FM Magnus Enlunds doktorsavhandling belyser svenskösterbottningars erfarenheter av emigration under en längre tidsperiod.