Experts on Sustainable Development and Responsibility at the Turku School of Economics
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Webinar Series: Global Goodness – Discussions on Global Business Ethics
What kind of future do we want to create? What will happen to humanity?
The wicked problems are global, so we also need globally shared values - future aims - to solve the issues. Climate change and loss of biodiversity require action. Can we create biocentric ethics instead of anthropocentric ethics? New technologies also pose challenges to ethics: we need to discuss global ethics of artificial intelligence and biotechnology, for example? What are the values of states' foreign policy? How can we overcome poverty and inequality?
Call for Papers: Conference on Technology Ethics - Tethics 2021
03.03.2021
Dependence on technology underline the need for ethics and constructive debate
As COVID-19 hastens the implementation of digital tools in virtual communication and remote work, many sectors of our societies are becoming even more dependent on the use of technology. Reactions to the pandemic have included questionable approaches to contact tracing through smartphone apps, and invasive surveillance monitoring of our working-from-home practices.
Sustainable Development Research and Education at Turku School of Economics
Sustainability has a central role in the Strategy of the University of Turku, and it is embedded into the research and teaching activities of Turku School of Economics. The very roots of Turku School of Economics lie on respecting academic freedom, daring new openings, and collaboration between disciplines.
University of Turku Receives Strategic Funding of €6.8 M in the Profi 6 Call
14.01.2021
The Academy of Finland has made the funding decisions to strengthen the research-related profiling of Finnish universities. The University of Turku was granted €6.8 million of the Profi 6 funding. The funding supports strategic, cross-disciplinary research of the University.
Apply for a "presidential research home"
10.11.2020
The University of Turku is opening for application access to a research residence renovated from the birthplace of former Finnish President Mauno Koivisto (”Manun kammari”, "Manu's chambers"). The application period ends on 7 December 2020 at 15.45.
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) appoints five new postdoctoral fellows
19.10.2020
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) has appointed five new postdoctoral fellows to three-year positions, which commence on 1 january 2021. Following a process of international peer review, the successful candidates were chosen from a field of 286 applications for the five positions available (a success rate of 1.7%). They will join an institute which is committed to interdisciplinary working and the development of top-level researchers.
University of Turku Led Consortium Receives Major Research Funding for Artificial Intelligence Governance and Auditing
27.08.2020
A University of Turku led consortium has received two-year research funding from Business Finland to study and develop governance mechanisms for artificial intelligence (AI). The total budget of the industry-academia consortium is ca. 4.5 million euros.
Finnish Academic Writing studies at the Centre for Language and Communication Studies
The aim of academic writing in the Finnish language is to develop the student's communication skills and to support the student to develop into an expert. The goal of academic writing studies is for students to achieve the literary skills needed in their studies, working life, and in their own discipline.
The first Baltic Rim Economies of 2020 is published
18.03.2020
Issue 1/2020 of the Baltic Rim Economies (BRE) review was published on the 28th of February introducing articles on current topics concerning the Baltic Sea region.