Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Xiaoxuan Hu examined how sensitive various aquatic species were to enhanced sulfate concentrations and conducted a multi-species modeling to derive predicted no effect concentrations for sulfate in boreal freshwater and in the coastal Baltic Sea brackish.

Soil Dwellers exhibition at Villa Elfvik Nature House in Espoo (2.10.–26.11.2025) explores forest soil ecosystems and organisms through visual storytelling sparking curiosity about our interactions with nature.

The new professors of practice Saara Vauramo and Kaisa Mustajärvi will strengthen the social impact of the Department of Biological and Environmental Science, and the JYU.Wisdom community in the fields of environmental science and planetary well-being.

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen (Germany) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland) investigated how the Triad forest management framework can support biodiversity conservation in European beech forests.

Antti Liski is a new professor of practice in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His expertise lies in supporting teaching, guidance, research and corporate cooperation networks in the field of statistics and data science.

Quantum technology has great potential. The field has the potential to revolutionise, for example, pharmaceutical development and material research. Scaling up, however, requires new technologies that can be produced industrially.

JYU has participated in international research that has improved computer models that simulate these initial conditions along with the entire collision dynamics. Research helps reveal how nuclear matter behaves under extreme conditions.

Starting from October 6, 2025, all faculties at the University of Jyväskylä will begin submitting thesis for advanced studies via the Vasara system.

Starting from October 6, 2025, students in all faculties at the University of Jyväskylä will begin submitting Master's thesis through the Vasara system.

The University of Jyväskylä will award 11 new honorary doctorates in May 2026. The twelfth Conferment of Degrees Ceremony for the whole University will be held on 22–24 May 2026.

Researchers’ Night makes visible what often remains hidden behind dissertations and scholarly articles: collaboration, shared insights and how science is the result of interaction.

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, in collaboration with international research groups, have now developed a new statistical method that enables the analysis of data sets comprising millions of species.