Keyword: Faculty of Law

Researchers from the Faculty of Law of the University of Turku, The Institute for Human Rights of Åbo Akademi University, and the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman have conducted an empirical study on the changes that have taken place in the decisions regarding international protection. In the internationally unique study, the researchers compared the decisions of the Finnish Immigration Service on asylum seekers in 2015 and 2017.

Photos from the Master’s degree graduation ceremonies of the Faculties of Law, Humanities, and Science and Engineering as well as Turku School of Economics are now available for download in the University’s Media Bank.

​The Master’s degree graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Science and Engineering in December 2017.

​​Photo: Dolly Hoffman

Dr. Péter Mezei, Associate Professor, University of Szeged and Adjunct Professor of University of Turku, held a guest lecture 15 November 2017 at the Faculty of Law commemorating his 20th teaching visit to the University of Turku. Nearly 30 colleagues and students gathered to listen the lecture.

Professor Jan Wouters (KU Leuven) opened the Turku Law School academic year 15 September by giving a lecture: "The European Union in a Rapidly Changing a World: An Anchor of Stability?".

Over one hundred legal scholars gathered at the University of Turku to discuss law and crises.

There are nearly fifty open vacancies for fixed-term doctoral candidate positions at the University of Turku from 1 January 2018 onwards. The call for applications is open 1–20 September and positions are open to all the 16 doctoral programmes.

The Platform Economy and Cohesion of European Competition Policy conference assembled close to 70 jurists and economists interested in platform economy and social regulation in Helsinki on 23 May, 2017.

​The Platform Economy and Cohesion of European Competition Policy conference assembled close to 70 jurists and economists interested in platform economy and social regulation in Helsinki on 23 May, 2017.