According to the doctoral dissertation by Helena Rusanen, companies that develop service solutions should make extensive use of networks formed by companies and organizations when searching for innovation resources, such as technological products, development environments, financing, experience in a specific business field, reference customers, or special expertise.
Creativity, Expertise and Motivation
The mathematical, natural science, and engineering resources from Quantum Library were relocated to Teutori Library in the spring. Teutori Library facilities were updated based on student feedback.
Foresail-1 is the first satellite from the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space. The Centre of Excellence is studying space conditions with the aim of developing more sustainable small satellites that do not turn into space debris.
Research Day is an event organized jointly by the doctoral programme Utuling and the School of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Turku. The event takes place on 29th April on campus (main building, University of Turku), but some presentations are available also via remote connections.
We invite all master’s students, doctoral researchers (doctoral candidates), and teachers and researchers working at the University of Turku or Åbo Akademi University to participate in the Research Day.
The research practiced at the Department of Finnish Literature is characterised by multidisciplinarity, and literature as an art form is a conceptualised contextual phenomenon.
At the ceremony on 11 June 2024, Rector Jukka Kola, who will end his term at the end of July, highlighted the necessity of change.
The Faculty can grant the title of honorary doctor and the related insignia to a person who is considered to be deserving of such an acknowledgement based on their scientific or cultural achievements or on their merits in promoting science, arts or culture.
A recent doctoral dissertation from the University of Turku in Finland offers new perspectives into Nordic noir as a cultural phenomenon. The research shows that music and other sounds play a crucial role in the overall atmosphere of Nordic noir series and in conveying the story. In addition, the social criticism typical to Nordic noir can also be reflected in the audiovisual strategies of the series.
Social relationships are formed unequally according to class background even in relatively egalitarian Finland, as shown in Minna Tuominen's doctoral research. Particularly trust, which is strongly linked to well-being, varies by social class, accumulating more among the highly educated and better-off classes. Especially vulnerable are those in lower education and income groups, as well as immigrants, who often rely on relatively fewer social relationships.