What is Praxis?
Praxis is a subject association of students studying in the department of social sciences and economies at the Joensuu campus of University of Eastern Finland. Praxis arranges various activities such as events and exercises. For your main subject you can choose sociology or social policy.
By active participation in the subject association activities you have the opportunity to make new friends, receive information on important issues having to do with your studies and influence what the future of the University of Eastern Finland looks like.
Praxis offers a variety of sporting activities, various events and plenty of parties, each greater than the last. Praxis has a sturdy reputation of organising the best parties in UEF. Praxis also publishes its own blog, Pragma, which can be found as one part of this website.
Coffee shift of Praxis
In addition, Praxis holds a coffee shift every Tuesday from 13:45 to 14:15. At Metria, in the space of the subject association, unless otherwise stated. Welcome to coffee to meet fellow students and buy overall patches etc.
Mailing list
By joining the Praxis mailing list you can stay posted on upcoming events and activities. The messages on the mailing list will be in Finnish, but the person in charge of international relations will translate them and send them to you.
Information about events
All the events of Praxis are listed on the website here.
Social media
Members of the Government 2026
Chairperson: Oona Haapaniemi
Vice chairperson: Niko Surakka
Secretary: Mette Asp
Person in charge of finances: Emma Houot
Trustee: Maria Huovinen
Person in charge of public relations: Ria Müller & Venla Kähkönen
Person in charge of events and activities: Emma Viikari, Elias Laitinen & Hugo Löfgren
Contact person of enterprises: Sonja Tomppo
Person in charge of international relations and tutoring: Verneri Järvinen
Person in charge of procurements: Severi Soininen
Vice members: Ninni Saaristo & Myrsky Vesala
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