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Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy

The Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, which specialises in the study of social change processes, is one of the leading social science research units in Finland.

Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy in Brief

High quality research, a good international reputation, active participation in societal discussion, supportive environment, and student satisfaction are our strenghts. We have are around 1500 undergraduate students and over 200 postgraduate students in our department and we employ more than 100 teachers and researchers.

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Current News

Julia Nuckols
Dissertation news
13.5.2025

New study reveals young people showed agency during the pandemic (Nuckols)

In her doctoral dissertation MSocSc Julia Nuckols explores how young adults in Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom responded to the pandemic’s professional, financial, and social disruptions.
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Research project or group news
9.5.2025

Study says green consumers focus on brands and fashionability – modest green consumers are characteristic of Finland 

Researchers examined the consumer profiles of green and non-green consumers in Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom and the interconnections of green attitudes and consumers’ background factors, such as income level.
Jukka Ruokanen
Dissertation news
25.4.2025

Dissertation examines the foundations of society through a political classic (Ruokanen)

Jukka Ruokanen, M.Sc., studied the factors underpining the existence of sociality, communities, and society as a whole in the Politica Methodice Digesta of German political philosopher and legal scholar Johannes Althusius.
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Learn about the research at our Department

The Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy conducts cross-disciplinary, problem-oriented research to interpret and explain social and political phenomena and crises, the interaction between individuals and society, and to explore and solve key problems in philosophy.

In addition to basic scientific research, we use science to help build a more equal, safer, more tolerant and more open society.
 

Events and Dissertations

Godfred Obeng
Dissertations
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S212, Vanha juhlasali, Seminarium-rakennus

30.5.2025 MSocSc Godfred Obeng (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Development Studies)

MSocSc Godfred Obeng defends their doctoral dissertation in Development Studies "Organic cocoa governance and its implication on sustainable production: A case analysis of Ghana and Ivory Coast".
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Public lectures, seminars and round tables
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C5 C324 C5

Speaker Series on Colonial Legacies in Northern Europe presents: 'Resisting unfinished colonial business in Southern Saami reindeer herding landscapes: Struggles over knowledges, worldviews and values'

This public talk by Dr. Eva Maria Fjellheim is organized by the Academy Project ‘Reframing Restitution: Postcolonial Object Movement, Transnational Memory and Social Repair’. The talk is hybrid (in-person and online). Everyone warmly welcome!
Dissertations
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C4, päärakennus/main building

6.6.2025 FM Janne Säynäjäkangas (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Political Science)

FM Janne Säynäjäkangas defends their doctoral dissertation in Political Science "Resource Relationships: A Political Ontology for the Anthropocene".
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