Ulla Vuorela (30 August 1945 – 17 December 2011) was a Finnish professor of social anthropology.
Ulla Vuorela was born on 30 August 1945 in Helsinki.
She graduated from the University of Helsinki with a major in Finno-Ugric ethnology.
In 1989, she was appointed Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Tampere.
Vuorela worked extensively with Tanzanian partners in particular.