Stories
June 9, 2026 — Faces behind the course: Meet Maria Helena Saari and Anna Vladimirova!
How can education help us to rethink our relationship with the more-than-human world? Postdoctoral researchers Maria Helena Saari and Anna Vladimirova from the University of Oulu are inviting students to do exactly that, through their course Critical and Multispecies Approaches to Environmental...
December 16, 2025 — A Farewell to UniPID – and a Tale of Successfully Navigating Difficult (Pandemic) Times, Achieving Milestones, and Moving Forward to New Endeavours.
As 2025 draws to a close, it also marks the end of a significant era for UniPID: the University of Helsinki chapter. After five years of supportive hosting, the UniPID Coordination Unit is leaving the University’s walls, with the firm assurance that our close collaboration will continue well into...
October 10, 2025 — Face behind the course: Meet Dele Raheem!
Meet Bamidele “Dele” Raheem, the face behind the UniPID virtual course Climate and Food Security in the Arctic with Global Consequences. With a career that bridges food science, education, and environmental studies, Dele invites students to explore how climate change impacts food systems from...
June 5, 2025 — In memory of Marja-Liisa Swantz
Professor Marja-Liisa Swantz passed away in Lahti in May 2025. In honour of her remarkable life and legacy, UniPID's Board Member Professor Irmeli Mustalahti has written a heartfelt obituary commemorating Professor Swantz’s contributions to development research in Finland.