Contact us

Visiting address: Yliopistonkatu 8, Rovaniemi

Postal address: University of Lapland, Graduate School, P.O. Box 122, FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Tel. +358(0)341341 (telephone exchange)

www.ulapland.fi/doctoral
tohtoriohjelma(at)ulapland.fi

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Doctoral candidates or others interested in doctoral studies can sign in through the link below and ask about the Graduate School’s courses or other matters related to PhD studies. Naturally, you can always contact us by e-mail.

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Graduate School's online office hours in spring 2019: 

Wednesday 16 January, 10–11
Wednesday 23 January, 10–11
Wednesday 13 February, 10–11
Wednesday 13 March, 10–11
Wednesday 20 March, 10–11
Wednesday 27 March, 10–11
Wednesday 3 April, 10–11
Wednesday 17 April, 10–11
Wednesday 24 April, 10–11
Wednesday 8 May, 10–11
Wednesday 15 May, 10–11
Wednesday 22 May, 10–11
Wednesday 29 May, 10–11

The dates and times represent local Finnish time.

Director of the Graduate School

Vice-rector responsible for research

Antti Syväjärvi

• leads the Graduate School 

Coordinator of the Graduate School

Annukka Jakkula

• coordinates teaching arrangements and feedback system
• maintains web pages
• fosters communication
• is the ULapland representative in the national doctoral education network

annukka.jakkula(at)ulapland.fi 
Tel. +358(0)40 484 4441

Study secretary of the Graduate School

Outi Tuomikoski

• maintains the Graduate School's e-mailing list
• maintains the supervisors' e-mailing list
• updates completed courses on doctoral candidates' study transcripts
• uploads course descriptions on WebOodi

tohtoriohjelma(at)ulapland.fi
Tel. +358(0)40 484 4189

The Research Development Committee doubles as the Board of the Graduate School. The members are deans responsible for research, chairs of each doctoral programme, representatives of national networks and a doctoral candidate. The committee is led by vice-rector responsible for research.

Members

Vice-rector responsible for research Antti Syväjärvi, chair (Vice-rector for education Kaarina Määttä works as a substitute in case of absence)
Vice-dean Heli Ruokamo
Vice-dean Jukka Similä
Vice-dean Jonna Häkkilä
Vice-dean Petri Koikkalainen
Director Timo Koivurova
Director Antti Honkanen
Chair of the doctoral programme Culture-based service design Anu Valtonen
Vice-chair of the doctoral programme Northern cultures and natural resource politics Outi Rantala
Chair of the doctoral programme Communities and changing work Tanja Joona
Research service manager Satu Pesola
Manager of RDI services Riitta Alajärvi-Kauppi (Lapland University of Applied Sciences)
Doctoral researcher Essi Kuure

The committee invites additional expert members to the meetings.

Tasks related to the Graduate School

The Board monitors and develops doctoral education at the University of Lapland. In years 2018–2019 the aim of the board is to further develop the thematic doctoral programs to support the strategic profile of the University of Lapland.

Contact the chair

Antti Syväjärvi
Vice-rector responsible for research
Tel. +358 400 606 244
firstname.lastname(at)ulapland.fi