Head of KEHO Central Finland Health & Wellbeing Ecosystem
School of Wellbeing
JYU.Well is an interdisciplinary community of wellbeing researchers and a profiling area at the University of Jyväskylä. Our aim is to consolidate the University's strategy of promoting wisdom and wellbeing for people and society by bringing together research and education done in different faculties.
JYU.Well promotes collaboration and a crossdisciplinary approach to wellbeing among researchers, educators and specialists from various fields. We offer new paths for active scientific collaboration. Moreover, we provide various networking possibilities for researchers and practical experts. Our community also functions as a platform for new researchers who want to discuss their ideas and projects in an interdisciplinary setting to produce highly impactful research.
Research on wellbeing and health is conducted in all the faculties operating at the University of Jyväskylä. The departments and research units of these faculties offer a range of courses examining wellbeing from different perspectives. The range of expertise at the University covers all stages of human life as well as social environments and contexts, including family life, school and working life. Other central research themes include rehabilitative care and therapeutical practices.
As a networking hub, JYU.Well brings together researchers, scholars, educators, and students interested in wellbeing and health by organizing interdisciplinary public events.
JYU.Well actively strengthens research cooperation with the wellbeing services counties by developing a roadmap for cooperation with the wellbeing services county of Central Finland. The community supports the networking of various actors by organizing seminars, workshops and other events together with Central Finland Health and Wellbeing Ecosystem (KEHO). JYU.Well also offers an interdisciplinary peer mentoring programme for postdoctoral researchers to further prepare them for a fulfilling academic career, with new mentors and mentees sought every academic year.
Additionally, JYU.Well supports and produces multifaceted wellbeing training. The Multifaceted Wellbeing MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), launched in January 2024, provides an open and high quality online course for all those interested in the many different aspects of human wellbeing. The MOOC is presently only available in Finnish.
At the University of Jyväskylä, we investigate human and community wellbeing in a multidisciplinary way by combining various perspectives and methods from all fields of knowledge. Physical, mental, and social wellbeing is examined in different contexts, including home environments, schools, care services, working life, leisure activities, sports, art, and culture. JYU.Well creates opportunities for interdisciplinary academic debate and ambitious collaboration between researchers as well as researchers and external operators.
The University of Jyväskylä conducts impactful, open and high-quality research in various, internationally highly ranked research areas on wellbeing, which cover all aspects of individual, community and societal wellbeing. As a research community, JYU.Well creates opportunities for researchers, educators, and other wellbeing operators to engage in productive and multidisciplinary collaborations. The work of the community and the development of wellbeing research at the university as a whole is supported by the JYU.Well profiling area (Multifaceted wellbeing), which has received funding from the Academy of Finland for 2023-2028.
Find out more about the University’s wellbeing research spearheads and the JYU.Well profiling area by clicking the link below.
We are an open community of scholars, students, and specialists interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and integrating diverse perspectives on wellbeing. We have a bilingual (Finnish-English) monthly newsletter. We also organize events and provide various networking possibilities.
All interested in our community are welcome to join our mailing list, which you can do by filling in the form linked below. Signing up for the mailing list will keep you informed about the events and other topical issues concerning wellbeing and health at the University. You can also use the same form to enroll yourself as an expert of wellbeing, which will bring visibility to your research and further your network.
JYU.Well draws together expertise from across the University's six faculties into a distinct, yet complementary, research environment to facilitate active collaboration and common research agendas. The administrative and research activities of the community are carried out by a set of chairpersons, postdoctoral researchers, research groups, a governing board, and an executive committee. Our network also includes numerous experts who specialize in our core research themes. Read more about the JYU.Well community via the link below.
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JYU.Well Courses and Continuous Learning
In addition to conducting and developing wellbeing research, our community supports the teaching of wellbeing and its societal impact in all disciplines and faculties at the University of Jyväskylä. The university’s courses offer a variety of perspectives on wellbeing and encompass all aspects of individual, community and societal wellbeing. You can find more information on the wellbeing courses and opportunities for continuous learning compiled by JYU.Well by clicking the link below.
Check out the courses offered by different faculties
JYU.Well Coordinator
Chair of JYU.Well, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
Chair of JYU.Well, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Chair of JYU.Well, Faculty of Education and Adult Education
