The Rector has decided on granting funding for nationally significant, both physical and digital research materials and for the organising and maintaining of new or already existing data.
Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities are developing methods for facilitating language learning and cultural education through art. In addition, the Centre for Language and Communication Studies is developing a mobile app for supporting international students in Finnish language learning.
In Raisio are located the newspaper and ephemera services of the Turku University Library. Their importance for research and teaching is described by Tiina Lintunen, a university teacher of Political History.
The international QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks altogether 500 universities in 48 different disciplines. In the 2018 ranking, the most successful disciplines from the University of Turku were Nursing Science (44th) and Education (151–200).
Director of Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS), Professor Martin Cloonan was part of a research group that carried out the world’s first live music census in the United Kingdom in March 2017. The results suggest that small live music venues are facing a number of threats that could affect their long-term future.
The University of Turku has long traditions in multidisciplinary sea and maritime research. At the moment, the University is recruiting two assistant or associate professors (tenure track) and a research director.
The Master’s Degree Programme in Physical and Chemical Sciences provides students with skills to critically evaluate information, conduct their own research projects, and tackle scientific and technological issues both independently and as a member of a group.
From left: Professor Petriina Paturi and Professor Carita Kvarnström
The Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) invites applications for 10 postdoctoral and 12 collegium researcher positions for a fixed-term period of three years. The TIAS research collegium promotes cutting-edge research in humanities and social sciences by recruiting researchers who are committed to interdisciplinary and innovative research. The call for applications opened on 12 February and closes on 13 April 2018.
The new Master’s Degree Programme provides the students with a strong basis to work as a human neuroscience expert and a wide skill set to conduct research and handle issues related to human brain and behaviour.
Senior Researcher Teemu Rinne
