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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Graduate School's online office hours in spring 2018:
Tue 20 February 2018, 10–11
Tue 13 March 2018, 10–11
Tue 27 March 2018, 10–11
Tue 17 April 2018, 10–11
Tue 8 May 2018, 10–11
Tue 29 May 2018, 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

Jouko Nuottila

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

jouko.nuottila(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

Coordinator of the Graduate School

Annukka Jakkula

(on a leave of absence)

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 Minna Uotila (chair)
First vice-rector Kaarina Määttä
Dean Soili Nystén-Haarala
Director Timo Koivurova
Vice-dean Heli Ruokamo
Vice-dean Petri Koikkalainen
Vice-dean Jaana Erkkilä-Hill
Professor Soile Veijola
Doctoral candidate Essi Kuure
Chair of the doctoral programme Culture-based service design
Chair of the doctoral programme Northern cultures and natural resource politics
Chair of the doctoral programme Communities and changing work

The committee invites additional expert members to the meetings.

Tasks

The Board monitors and develops doctoral education at the University of Lapland. In years 2015–2018 the aims of the board are:
• expanding the thematic doctoral programmes
• internationalisation of doctoral education
• enhancing the feedback system and training for research supervisors

Contact the chair

Minna Uotila
Vice-rector responsible for research
Tel. 358(0)40 556 2893
firstname.lastname(at)ulapland.fi