Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

The aim of Sanni Sinisalo’s master’s thesis was to develop a deep learning model. The model was based on a previously developed model from Kuopio University Hospital that predicts the dose distribution for radiation therapy in breast cancer patients.

The Strategic Research Council (SRC) established within the Research Council of Finland (RCF) has granted continued funding to ten consortia researching the just green transition.

Roope Suvinen and co-workers developed a new bis(ligand) based on cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes that can bind to metal centres at more than one point. Suvinen defends his doctoral dissertation 26.6.2026.

The results of the BOOST project have been used in the regulation of voluntary ecological compensation under Finland’s Nature Conservation Act and in the preparation of the Ministry of the Environment’s compensation regulation.

Five scientists from the University of Jyväskylä – Jari Haimi, Henna-Riikka Peltola, Juha Hulmi, Veikko Halttunen and Minna Torppa – share their recommendations for books worth reading this summer.

Researchers of the JYU.Wisdom have provided policymakers and those preparing the national restoration plan with research-based definitions for the key concepts of the Regulation. Publication summarises practical recommendations.

M.Sc. Batuhan Dogan's doctoral dissertation maps the global diversity of light-harvesting proteins that many bacteria use to capture extra energy from sunlight.

The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has decided to fund 42 new Academy Research Fellowships in biosciences, health and environmental research. The RCF’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment also granted funding for

The Faculty of Mathematics and Science from the University of Jyväskylä received a total of four Academy Projects and three Academy Research Fellows. The Faculty of Information Technology gained one new Academy Research Fellow.

Wisdom Days conference offered a space for meaningful encounters to advance sustainability and planetary well-being. Conference brought together more than 300 researchers and experts from 23 countries on 6–8 May 2026 at the University of Jyväskylä.

At the Faculty of Mathematics and Science of the University of Jyväskylä, safety is studied broadly from the perspectives of multiple disciplines.

During the summer of 2026, the JYU.Well summer team will be working with citizen science related to wellbeing. Our goal is to support the university's citizen science projects and to make citizen science more familiar to both, the academic community and t