The University of Turku, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Åbo Akademi University, and Novia University of Applied Sciences have set up a joint cooperation group for sustainable development. The group’s objective is to promote regional cooperation, with a particular emphasis on themes related to sustainability and responsibility.
An international and interdisciplinary group of researchers has compiled a proposal for a new paradigm for economic performance and sustainability, promoting cooperation and ethical behaviour as key drivers of economic success.
The Sustainable Campus Life Working Group of the University of Turku, together with the University's nutrition and food researchers, the Student Union, and campus restaurant operators, are organising Responsible Food on Campus week to raise awareness of responsible and sustainable food options.
The conference on responsible internationalisation, organised by the Nordic Association of University Administrators, attracted participants from various higher education institutions in the Nordic region to the University of Turku.
The first CCR Insights in 2023 deals with the role of supplier integration in developing sustainability in shipbuilding networks.
This web page has a list of our experts who are ready to tell about their research on sustainable development and responsibility.
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?
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.
According to its mission, Turku School of Economics educates responsible future leaders. TSE is committed to implementing the Six Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the United Nations.