Search results

The Researcher in Spotlight is a series which introduces the researchers of the Faculty of Law. We are presenting now Academy of Finland researcher Miriam Tedeschi.

A joint Nordic research project is developing new types of environmentally friendly smart textiles. The prototypes developed in the project will be displayed in an exhibition at the University of Turku, in the Natura building, from 1 to 11 October. The exhibition will be opened on 1 October at 14.00, followed by public lectures on the themes of the exhibition.

During the year 2019, the University of Turku offers staff and students a free access to TEQMINE Patent Similarity, an easy-to-use online tool for evaluating the commercial potential of one’s research results. All you need to create a free personal user account is to log in with your UTU email credentials. Containing millions of relevant patent publications from around the world, Patent Similarity makes the monitoring of market trends and commercialization around your research topic easier than ever.

The University of Turku was ranked in the world’s top 500 universities in four broad subject areas and 12 disciplines in the 2019 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Finnish universities have established a collaboration network whose aim is to protect persecuted researchers and promote the freedom of science and research. The founding members of the Scholars at Risk network are 10 Finnish universities, among them the University of Turku. Together with Åbo Akademi University, the University of Turku is the joint chair of the network for its first term. SAR is an international network of more than 460 higher education institutions in 35 countries working to protect threatened scholars and promote academic freedom.

The ranking published by the U.S. News & World Report lists the best universities in the world. The University of Turku shared the 342nd place in the global ranking. Among the Finnish universities, the University was third best and, among European universities, it tied for the 142nd place. 

The European Remembrance Programme of the European Commission has granted funding for the interdisciplinary project “#NeverAgain: Teaching Transmission of Trauma and Remembrance through Experiential Learning”. Over the next two years, the project aims to address the concealed hatreds, prejudices and normalised oppressions that are learnt through the unhealed and transmitted traumas perpetuated in our everyday lives through seemingly harmless everyday practices.