# Savonia Articles

> Articles from Savonia University of Applied Sciences. Get to know us and join our university community! Located in Kuopio, Finland.

## Editorial Boards

### Savonia Articles Editorial Board
*   **Editor-in-chief:** Anne Heikkinen
*   **Communication Specialist:** Klaudia Käkelä
*   **Information Specialist:** Anu Räty-Härkönen
*   **Director of Communications:** Anne Heikkinen
*   **Expanded editorial board:** Mira Juppi (Head of Information Services), Esa Viklund (Director of Education), and Mikko Vuoristo (Vice President).
*   *Note: Parallel publishing (Green Open Access) of joint publications published on the site is permitted as a publisher’s version without an embargo period.*

### Editorial Board for Professional Audiences
*   **Editor-in-chief:** Anne Heikkinen
*   **Research Manager:** Tuomo Eskelinen
*   **Head of Education:** Nina Huotari
*   **Information Specialist:** Anu Räty-Härkönen
*   **Communication Specialist:** Aino-Maria Savolainen
*   *Note: Parallel publishing (Green Open Access) of joint publications published on the site is permitted as a publisher’s version without an embargo period.*

## Recent Articles

**From a Pile of Gravel to a Number: How a Drone Survey Becomes a Measurement**
*   **Date:** 29/07/2026
*   **Tags:** PRO, Articles Pro, Hankkeet, RDI, Tekniikan ala, TKI
*   **Summary:** Demostration: How to calculate stock pile volume from a Drone produced photogrammetric model.

**Can Robotics Make Mining More Sustainable? BOREAS Brings Technology, Environment and Society Together**
*   **Date:** 28/07/2026
*   **Tags:** Articles, Hankkeet, Internationality, RDI, Water Safety
*   **Summary:** Savonia and European partners develop smarter, safer and more sustainable solutions for future mining.

**One path, two degrees – EU4DUAL built a new route to working life**
*   **Date:** 24/07/2026
*   **Tags:** Articles, EU4DUAL
*   **Summary:** International double degree programme creation requires a competence-based perspective and a flexible mindset.

**International Collaboration in Practice: The EU4Dual Joint Master’s Degree in Green Economy and Sustainable Future**
*   **Date:** 24/07/2026
*   **Tags:** Articles, EU4DUAL, Internationality, Master School
*   **Summary:** International Collaboration in Practice: Building Partnerships for Global Learning.

**My Exchange at DHBW Lörrach: Learning, Industry Insights, and International Friendships**
*   **Date:** 24/07/2026
*   **Tags:** Articles, EU4DUAL, Exchange Student, Internationality
*   **Summary:** Academic learning, industry insights, cultural exchange, and global friendships at DHBW Lörrach.

**Designing Evidence-Based Exergaming Interventions Across Five European Countries in the NEXT-VET Project**
*   **Date:** 03/07/2026
*   **Tags:** Articles, RDI, Sosiaali- ja terveysala, TKI
*   **Summary:** Designing Evidence-Based Exergaming Interventions Across Five European Countries in the NEXT-VE

**Can play help solve regional challenges? Lessons from cooperation across borders**
*   **Date:** 29/06/2026
*   **Tags:** Articles, Internationality, Monialainen TKI, RDI, Sustainable Society
*   **Summary:** What can gamified approaches offer regional development? InnoGS highlights lessons from cooperation across borders.

**Building Resilience Through International Collaboration: Savonia at FH JOANNEUM Staff Week 2026**
*   **Date:** 26/06/2026
*   **Tags:** Articles, EU4DUAL, Internationality, Sustainable Society
*   **Summary:** A central message of was that resilience depends on understanding the interconnections between critical sectors.

**Entrepreneurial mobility as a pathway toward a European-native environment for commercialization**
*   **Date:** 25/06/2026
*   **Tags:** PRO, Articles Pro, EU4DUAL, Internationality, News, RDI
*   **Summary:** Entrepreneurial mobility turns exchange into a European pathway for testing, prototyping and commercializing new ideas.

**IoT Data Collection – Interfacing with Commercial Building Monitoring Solutions, Part II**
*   **Date:** 17/06/2026
*   **Tags:** PRO, Articles Pro, Hankkeet, RDI, Tekniikan ala, TKI
*   **Summary:** During the course of the ÄLLITÄ project, the team has deployed various building monitoring solutions around the campus.

**Safe4brave: building bridges of bravery – a teacher’s guide to the international classroom**
*   **Date:** 17/06/2026
*   **Tags:** PRO, Articles Pro, Hankkeet, Internationality, RDI, TKI
*   **Summary:** A spin on Safe4brave concept article, where we present results of the survey conducted on MultiPro students.

**Impact Pathway – A Tool for Evaluating Alternative Futures, Action Portfolios, and Adaptive Pathways**
*   **Date:** 17/06/2026
*   **Tags:** PRO, Articles Pro, RDI, Sustainable Society, Vastuullisuus
*   **Summary:** Impact Pathway supports decisions under uncertainty by linking scenarios, actions and adaptive pathways.