Research group or subunit: Tanila-group
Supervisor: Prof. Heikki Tanila
Description: We can offer a trainee position in our experimental neuropathology laboratory that investigates the earliest steps of Alzheimer pathology using transgenic mouse disease models. The training period includes preparation of brain sections, basic immunological and nonimmunological stainings, light and fluorescence microscopy and basics of computer-aided image analysis. A senior laboratory technician will give guidance at all steps.
Research group or subunit: Language education
Supervisor: Prof. Ritva Kantelinen
Description: Short description of the trainee post for ELEIC students (Early Language Education for Intercultural Communication): Trainee is employed for 4 months (50% working time) at the School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education. Working tasks are related to a joint project of UEF Teacher Training School (Tulliportin normaalikoulu, vuosiluokat 1-6) and School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education (SKOPE): Koulupolulta maailmankansalaisen valtatielle (in English: From school to global citizen’s highways), partly funded by Finnish National Agency for Education. Methodologically, the project draws from action research and aims at developing collaborative models, tools and practices to support the growth of primary school children towards global citizenship. Trainee is actively participating especially in developing the use of ELP, European Language Portfolio.
Research group or subunit: Physical chemistry research group
Supervisor: Professor Mikko Linnolahti
Description: Management, usage and development of Finnish Grid and Cloud (FGCI) infrastructure with related documentation and reporting
Research group or subunit: International MPH degree program
Supervisor: Jussi Kauhanen, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor of Public Health; Director, International MPH degree program
Description: Teaching Assistant in Public Health.
The master's degree program in Public Health (MPH) is one of the most popular international programs in the University of Eastern Finland. On average 15-25 international students successfully graduate annually. Many of them continue into further doctoral studies in the UEF or other academic institutions. The program curriculum, as well as all of its courses, are constantly reviewed and revised based on general development and employment needs in the field, international benchmarking, possibilities provided by modern learning technologies, and the feedback from students, staff, and stakeholders. The ongoing digital transition in higher education poses additional challenges. Thus, there is a constant need for a competent teaching assistant to participate jointly with the staff in both development of the program, and in actual teaching, including helping in online teaching sessions, moderating discussion groups, reviewing assignments, etc. As for requirements, a master's level student in public health would be an ideal choice for this post (alternatively 2 months full-time, or 4 months half-time).
Supervisor: Lauri Tolkki
Description: The Language Centre is a teaching-oriented service unit of University of Eastern Finland responsible for academic and field-specific language and communication studies on both campuses. In addition, we organize other language and communication training for the academic community, develop teaching and improve opportunities for learning, as well as promote continuous learning. The objective in this traineeship is to provide the trainee an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the various administrative and academic activities of the Language Centre and to provide an opportunity to be a part of our active working community. The traineeship will include tasks in the administration and the language teams. Depending on the skills and background of the trainee, the duties may include for instance: assisting in production of learning materials (e.g. videos and other online material), proofreading, enhancing student communication (esp. international students), online tutoring / support for students. The duration of the traineeship is 4 months (part-time) during spring semester 2022. Dates are negotiable, but the traineeship needs to be completed by the end of June 2022.
Research group or subunit: Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL)
Supervisor: Tuomas Palosaari/Bradlie Martz-Sigala (Harro van Asselt)
Description: 4 month, part-time (January-April)
- Supporting research in the CCEEL research group (for example: ad hoc tasks such as searching for specific information and longer tasks such as literature reviews)
- Learning university processes and working life via administrative tasks
Supervisor: Laura Parikka
Description: Tasks will be tailored with the student based on the following:
- Tasks related to teaching, eg production of learning materials or testing the existing ones
- Updating and developing guidelines and websites for our international students
- Acting as a library tutor for international students
- Vlogger or blogger
- Library collection tasks (selection, content description, arranging)
- Assisting in the library's events
- Helping in the development of the library services from the multicultural point-of-view
- Library development tasks or even minor projects, eg reporting development ideas on the selected library services
To learn more, please see the library's UEF trainee's blog post in May 2021
Research group or subunit: Biomass production and Plantation Forestry
Supervisor: Blas Mola-Yudego
Description: The trainee position is oriented to data analysis concerning modeling biomass production. The person will deal with databases of field records, as well as spatial data, concerning growth, yield, disturbances and environmental effects. The records have already been digitized and are compiled from different sources, including NFIs and digital cartography. The data curation and harmonization will follow defined protocols and the analyses and presentation of results will be assisted by the research group. Outcomes: After the completion of the period, it is expected a preliminary summary. An academic publication will be considered subject to success in the analyses, as a part of a broader research effort. Training objectives: the trainee will increase their background in modelling methods and mapping, as well as will further develop his/her skills for data science and academic skills. The candidate will be part of a competitive multi-disciplinary research group.
Research group or subunit: Wood Materials Science
Supervisor: Antti Haapala
Needed Talent:
Description: Wood Materials Science offers a training position in Nanocellulose research. The subject and tasks of the training will be tailored according the skills and intrest of the trainee.
Research group or subunit: Machine learning
Supervisor: Pasi Fränti
Needed Talent:
Description: The work is to take our web page demonstrating GPS trajectory similarity tool and implement there three additions:
(1) support for the two most recent methods: IDR and HC-SIM;
(2) create API that others can download and use;
(3) allow user to upload own data to test with the page. The work requires good knowledge of web programming and interest to work with research on location-based applications. The current implementation.
Research group or subunit: Toxicology
Supervisor: Jaana Rysä
Description: The subject and tasks of the training will be tailored according to the skills and intrest of the trainee based on the following:
- Tasks related to teaching, eg production of learning materials or testing the existing ones
- Updating and developing laboratory protocols
- Working in experimental research project of drug metabolism, toxicity of environmental contaminants.
A senior scientist/laboratory technician will give guidance at all steps.