Theses

The Institute of Seismology offers opportunities for theses on different levels.

If you are interested in seismology related thesis topic, please don't hesitate to contact our researchers.

Doctoral theses

Vuorinen, Tommi: Analysis of induced seismicity of Otaniemi Enhanced Geothermal System.
Junno, Niina: Quantitative methods for seismic interpretation: a case study from the Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE ore-bearing intrusion, northern Finland.
Tsarsitalidou, Christina: Focal spot imaging applied to data from dense seismic arrays.
Rintamäki, Annukka: Geological and geophysical constraints on induced seismicity related to enhanced geothermal systems.
Luhta, Tuija: Vyborg Rapakivi batholith seismicity.
Atobra, Kwabena: Physics-based machine learning for characterizing Induced seismicity in Enhanced Geothermal Systems.
Häkkinen, Miisa: Metamorphism in Southern Finland.
Tuikka, Leevi: Warm plate tectonics and metamorphosis in the Paleoproterozoic: Modeling transitional tectonics in space and time.
Maier, Ann-Kathrin: Quantifying craton burial and exhumation in Fennoscandia using (U Th)/He thermochronology.
Hopiavuori, Valtteri: Rayleigh wave focal spot imaging of the Kylylahti ore deposit.
Kolehmainen, Kauri:Image deBlurring and Point Spread Functions.
Strobel, Felix: TBA.

Master's theses

Hällsten, Jennifer: Methodological consideration of macroseismic data in Finland: revisiting the Lappajärvi earthquake (ML 3.8) February 17, 1979.
Oksanen, Tahvo: Making seismic instruments communicate: Towards compatible datasets from data gathered using different seismic instruments.

Below are some examples of the recent thesis titles related to the Institute of Seismology.

Nuttunen, Eveliina, 2025: Evaluating the performance of a seismic monitoring network for a planned nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, Finland, and reviewing local seismicity using template matching. Master's thesis.
Hanski, Ida-Maria, 2024: Errors in epicenter locations at the Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki. Master's thesis.
Hopiavuori, Valtteri, 2024: Estimation of the Maximum Credible Magnitude (Mmax) of the Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, Enhanced Geothermal System. Master's thesis.
Caravella, Letizia, 2024: Probabilistic moment tensor inversion for ice quakes and frost quakes. Master's thesis.
Moen, Emma, 2024: Optimizing vertical seismic profiling (VSP) surveys to image a steeply dipping fault zone in Kopparnäs, S Finland. Master's thesis.
Kolehmainen, Kauri, 2023: Three-dimensional crustal and upper mantle P-wave velocity model and Moho map of Finland constructed by kriging interpolation. Master's thesis.
Tuikka, Leevi, 2023: Continent-continent collisions in the Paleoproterozoic : exploring the effects of convergence obliquity and temperature on orogenesis. Master's thesis.
Rantanen, Aleksi, 2021: Influence of Arc Magmatism on Crustal Melting, Latent Heat, and Mechanical Strength of the Continental Crust : A Perspective from Heat Conduction and Strength Envelope Models. Master’s thesis.
Rinne, Lauri, 2021: Seismic wave attenuation and the spectral decay parameter κ (kappa) in crystalline bedrock at Olkiluoto, SW Finland. Master's thesis.
Voutilainen, Ahti, 2021: A New Ground Motion Prediction Equation for Otaniemi, Espoo, South-Finland Master's thesis.
Wang, Yijun, 2020: Numerical Modelling of Oblique Subduction in the Southern Andes Region. Master's thesis.
Ylä-Mella, Lotta, 2020: Forward and inverse modelling of terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides to detect past glaciations. Master’s thesis.
Arola, Eemil, 2020: Magnitudes estimated with different station types of the network monitoring the 2018 geothermal reservoir stimulation in Espoo, Southern Finland Master's thesis.
Galvin, Keith, 2020: Seismic amplitude vs. offset and attribute analyses for mine planning at the Hannukainen Fe-Cu-Au mine site Master's thesis.
Metiäinen, Nelli, 2019: South American subduction zone processes : Visualizing the spatial relation of earthquakes and volcanism at the subduction zone Master's thesis.
Luhta, Tuija, 2019: Petrophysical properties of the Kylylahti Cu-Au-Zn sulphide mineralization and its host rocks Master's thesis.
Laakso, Viveka, 2019: Testing of Reflection Seismic, GPR and Magnetic Methods for Mineral Exploration and Mine Planning at the Siilinjärvi Phosphate Mine Site in Finland Master's thesis.
Väkevä, Sakari, 2019: Using Three-Component Data for Seismic Interferometry Studies at the Kylylahti Mine, Eastern Finland Master's thesis.
Pinola, Hannu, 2019: Maatutkaprofiilien syvyyskalibrointi CMP-luotauksella esimerkkikohteissa Helsingissä ja Hollolassa Master's thesis.
Schütt, Jorina, 2018: 3D dynamics of crustal deformation along the western Andean margin Doctoral thesis.