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For GSForest PhD student members: Apply GSForest travelling grant according to the deadlines 31.3.2012 / 31.8.2012. Further info HERE

New GSForest PhD students for the positions on 2012 - 2015 with salary selected. Further info HERE
GSForest got 69 applications for the 8 PhD student positions.

Doctoral dissertations:
Sanna Härkönen: Estimating forest growth and carbon balance based on climate-sensitive forest growth model and remote sensing data. In Auditoriom F100, Joensuu Campus Futura building, UEF on 20.1.2012 at 12:00
Sepul K. Barua: Effects of taxes and climate policy instruments on harvesting of managed forests and on tropical deforestation. In Walter Sali, Viikki EE-Building, University of Helsinki on 3.2.2012 at 12:00

FIRST Forest technology PhD students in Swedish media HERE

Introduction

Graduate School in Forest Sciences (GSForest, former Graduate School for Forest Ecology) was established by the Ministry of Education in 1995. At present it has 19 four-year-positions for PhD students provided by the Ministry of Education and about 60 PhD students who finance their PhD studies by other means (for example by the Academy of Finland and different foundations).

The aim of GSForest is to educate doctors, who are international experts in forest sciences and forestry on the following topics: Ecophysiology of forest trees, forest and mire ecology, environmental management of forests, forest economics and marketing, and forest resource management. The courses organised by GSForest are mainly funded by the Academy of Finland.

GSForest is coordinated by the School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland (UEF). The other participants at UEF are Department of Biology (Joensuu Campus) and Department of Environmental Sciences (Kuopio Campus); and the University of Helsinki, University of Oulu, University of Kuopio and the Finnish Forest Research Institute.

GSForest belongs to the Finnish Graduate School Network in Life Sciences (FinBioNet). GSForest has co-operation with other graduate schools e.g. with Forest Cluster Graduate School, EnSTe, NatuRe, Estonian Doctoral School in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, FIRST and Swedish Research School Sustainable Management and Utilization of Forests.

participants

University of Eastern Finland

University of Helsinki

University of Oulu

Finnish Forest Research Institute

Doctoral candidates

Doctoral dissertations 2006 - 2012

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