Human Sciences Doctoral Programme

In the HS-DP, the following courses / training activities will be organized in 2023. If no further information on timing and contents is accessible via this website, and you are interested in participating the activity, please contact the course convenor .

Data Protection and Management for Human Sciences              

For more information – contact: Marika Rauhala

Human body and embodiment in research – multidisciplinary approaches                         

For more information – contact:  Heli Maijanen

Hyvä työ muuttuvassa maailmassa -symposiumi    

For more information – contact: Mirka Rauniomaa

Laboratory in Theory of History                    

For more information – contact:  Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen

Layers of time, place and landscape: Multidisciplinary perspectives

For more information – contact: Tiina Äikäs

New Perspectives on Human and Non-Human Landscapes in the North 

For more information – contact:  Anna-Kaisa Salmi

Python for processing and analysis of behavioral data      

For more information – contact:  Kerttu Huttunen

Quantitative Data Analysis by using partial least squares – structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) /Mixed-methods Research for Social Sciences                

For more information – contact:  Siamak Seyfi

Reviewing existing research and literature             

For more information – contact: Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen

Workshop in longitudinal conversation analysis                 

For more information – contact:  Pentti Haddington

Workshop: Qualitative research in today’s contexts  ̶  Interpretation and visualization of complex data   

For more information – contact:  Sara Ahola

In the HS-DP, the following courses / training activities will be organized in 2022. If no further information on timing and contents is accessible via this website, and you are interested in participating the activity, please contact the course convenor directly.

Joint Nordic Sustainability PhD course        

For more information – contact:  Jan Hermes

Kieli ja sosiaalinen toiminta: keskustelunanalyysin menetelmäkurssi     

For more information – contact: Mirka Rauniomaa

Nexus analysis as a participatory research strategy (683777J Thematic Course in Human Sciences Doctoral Programme, FHum)  

For more information – contact: Leena Kuure

Näkökulmia lapsenkieleen ja perhevuorovaikutukseen    

For more information – contact: Maria Frick

Participatory research approaches (LINK to Peppi)

For more information – contact: Elina Lehtomäki

Python course for beginners (February 2022)

For more information – contact: Aija Kotila or Kerttu Huttunen

Transcription of multimodal video data

For more information – contact: Tiina Keisanen

The following HS-DP courses have funding for 2021. Information about the timing and content will be updated on these web pages, but if lacking, or you need some further information, please contact the course convenors.

2021 courses

Basics of academic writing (21-22 October 2021)

Teacher: Eelko Huizingh

For more information - contact: Janne Kurtakko or Heli Ruotsalainen 

Decolonising research: Agential realism and diffraction as methodology in human and social sciences

Responsible person: Karin Murris

Gender and STEAM - Keys to sustainable development

Responsible person: Mervi Heikkinen

Exploring sustainable futures within multispecies communities: interdisciplinary approaches

Responsible person: Pauliina Rautio

Making Environmental Policy: From Idea to Implementation                    

Responsible person: Roger Norum

Materiality, Living Memory, Civil Wars, and Difficult Heritage

Responsible person: Timo Ylimaunu                    

Moving with PhEmaterialist and Creative Methodologies: Response-Able Research and Practice

Responsible person: Tuija Huuki

Nexus analysis in the study of making and literacies in the digital age                    

Responsible person: Leena Kuure

Workshop schedule: LINK TO THE FILE

Course description and sign up: LINK TO WEBOODI

PhD workshop: After Crisis - Diversity and Dialogue

Responsible person: Johanna Hiitola

Pohjoisen alueen kielet / Languages in the far north                        

Responsible person: Maria Frick

(Re)Searching for sustainable solutions      

Responsible person: Päivi Lujala

Researching Uses and Abuses of History and Exemplarity of Past: Ideology of warfare and historical narratives of mighty individuals

Responsible person: Henry Oinas-Kukkonen

Walking Methodologies and the Arctic Anthropocene                        

Responsible person: Karin Murris

"Video-based research: visualizing multimodality in human interaction"           

The mission of the Eudaimonia Institute is to support high-quality research and collaboration at the University of Oulu in the focus area "Understanding humans in change". Eudaimonia represents the human sciences (humanities, education, economics and cultural geography). It also reinforces the quality of research by coordinating the work of the Ethics Committee of Human Sciences at the University of Oulu and working closely with the human sciences LeaF Infrastructure.

Doctoral programme coordinator

• Janne Kurtakko, janne.kurtakko(at)oulu.fi
• Contact for questions related to courses and events organized by the doctoral programme

Graduate school coordinator

• Elina Pernu, elina.pernu(at)oulu.fi
• Contact for questions about admissions, degree requirements, and other related matters