{"id":94,"date":"2020-09-06T20:34:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T17:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/dsa\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:02:24","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/itava\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It\u00e4V\u00e4, the Doctoral Researchers Association of the University of Eastern Finland, is an association for all doctoral researchers at the UEF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">We aim to create a community of doctoral researchers across all the UEF faculties and support their well-being by creating a bridge between them and the university. The main activities of the association include\u00a0organising both academic and social events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The association was registered with the Finnish Patent and Registration Office in September 2013. You can find the registry details <a href=\"https:\/\/yhdistysrekisteri.prh.fi\/basicinformation?businessId=3074145-9&amp;timeZone=Europe\/Kiev#fromAdvancedSearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, the association celebrates its tenth anniversary with renaming itself to reflect the new UEF policies of talking about doctoral researchers rather than doctoral students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UEF DSA was established at the first board meeting on 18 July 2013. Tanja K\u00e4hk\u00f6nen and Laura Penttinen planted the seed of the association. The founding parents of our association were Tanja K\u00e4hk\u00f6nen, Laura Penttinen, Markus Stocker, Hristo Zlatev, Victor Carrasco-Navarro, Augustine-Moses Gbagir, and Timo Voipio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Chairs of the UEF DSA&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lenka Dvo\u0159\u00e1kov\u00e1 2022\u2013<\/em>2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hasan Sohail 2021&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ari J. Tervashonka 2020&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Miia Hurskainen 2019<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Niina Vuokila 2018<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Olla Diaz Yanez 2017&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Victor Carrasco Navarro 2015\u20132016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tanja K\u00e4hk\u00f6nen 2013\u20132014<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other associations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aalto University: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aallonhuiput.ayy.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aallonhuiput<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oulu.fi\/en\/research\/graduate-school\/supervision-and-support-doctoral-researcher\" target=\"_blank\">University of Oulu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Turku (Faculty of Humanities): <a href=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/junecto\/about-junecto-ry\/\">JUNecto ry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogit.utu.fi\/junecto\/about-junecto-ry\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c5bo Akademi<\/a> University (Turku)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00e4V\u00e4, the Doctoral Researchers Association of the University of Eastern Finland, is an association for all doctoral researchers at the UEF. 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