Maija Kaunismaa is a singer-songwriter whose second solo album, The Pine House Songs, was released on 8 June 2020. Due to the coronavirus situation, the album tour will take place…
Sauna and alcohol kill the coronavirus! This was such a splendid piece of news at the beginning of the first wave of the coronavirus. As Finns, we were, of course,…
Professor Tuure Tuunanen’s research team investigates cyber-physical service innovations and their development processes, but also their effects on everyday life, such as when they manifest as technostress. The team is…
The demand for impact by universities and the aim of university staff to influence are as old as the university institution. However, the pressure to measure the impact is growing.…
Beside entrance examinations and certificate-based admission, another possible route for applicants to the faculties of the University of Jyväskylä (JYU) goes through the so-called open path, i.e. Open University studies.…
The coronavirus has temporarily shrunk our physical world from global to local. It has reshaped many things and forced us to adapt our working methods to prevailing conditions. Just as with teaching, guidance and team meetings, international…
This past spring, dominated by the coronavirus, has been full of statistics: tests, cases, patients in hospitals and numbers of deceased. Suddenly the whole media stream is only statistics! A…
Minna Kauppi is one of the most successful, colourful and best-known Finnish athletes in the 21st century. A nine-time world champion in orienteering, she graduated with an M.A. from the…
The German sociologist Hartmut Rosa has described our modern society as an increasingly accelerating circle, where we demand the world and all that it has to offer to be available…
Parenthood faces new pressures when you are working at home but you also need to buy, prepare and eat food as well as support children in their schoolwork. In your…
