The Economics of the Health and Social Care Workforce, October 1-2
The Economics of the Health and Social Care Workforce, October 1-2

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is pleased to announce a two-day interactive lecture course in collaboration with the Finnish Society for Health Economics and the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation*: The Economics of the Health and Social Care Workforce  This course will introduce participants to the economic theories essential for understanding the behaviour of individuals and institutions within health and social…

2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics
2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics

The EEA and Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation are delighted to announce that Julia Cagé, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris, and David Yanagizawa-Drott, Professor of Economics at University of Zurich, have been jointly given the 2025 Yrjö Jahnsson Award. Julia Cagé and David Yanagizawa-Drott have made important contributions with their work on political economy and the media, based on deep historical…

Modern cardiac imaging and monitoring symposium
Modern cardiac imaging and monitoring symposium

  The three-day symposium Modern cardiac imaging and monitoring brings together leading experts in cardiovascular medicine from around the world. This year the state-of –the-art lectures focus on multimodality imaging and therapy monitoring of cardiovascular disorders. The program covers modern diagnostic and monitoring approaches for coronary artery disease, valvular problems and heart failure. The symposium is organized by Paavo Nurmi…

Grant application periods in 2025
Grant application periods in 2025

Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation has two grant application periods in 2025. May Every May, applications are accepted for grants for first- and second-year doctoral studies in economics. Only the applicants appointed by their University’s Department of Economics are eligible to apply for a grant. The next May Application period is 5.-16.5.2025. The application period ends at 4 pm on the last day…

The grant application period starts in September
The grant application period starts in September

Grants for 2025 can be applied for starting at 9 a.m. on September 2. The application period ends on September 27 at 4 p.m. Grant decisions will be published on December 16, 2024. Read more and log in to the Online Grant Service here. In certain cases, we require that the applicant’s supervisor gives a statement about the applicant. Read…

Welcome to Conference on Climate change and inequality, 13.-14.6.2024
Welcome to Conference on Climate change and inequality, 13.-14.6.2024

We are very pleased to organize the 70th Anniversary Conference of the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation on Climate change and inequality. The conference takes place on June 13-14, 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. Climate change has a profound impact on various economic aspects. The Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation’s decennial conference in 2024 is dedicated to climate change and its implications for inequality and…

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