According to Finnish longitudinal cohort study, the amount of sitting during free time increases after transitioning to retirement. In general, sedentary behaviour is known to be associated with several health issues.
The Maritime Innovation Camp organised at Singapore in autumn 2018 is based on the concept created by Turku School of Economics of the University of Turku. The innovation camp organised together with the Singapore Maritime Institute is related to the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Turku and the Singapore Maritime Institute.
Pentti Malaska – A Visionary and Forerunner is an intellectual biography of the life and work of Professor Pentti Malaska (1934–2012). Pentti Malaska played a key pioneering role in developing and establishing the academic discipline of futures studies not only in Finland, but also internationally.
Doctoral Candidate Khalil Shahramian from the Institute of Dentistry of the University of Turku made it to the finals of the Three Minute Thesis competition for European universities. Shahramian and three other doctoral candidates will compete to win the Coimbra Group 3MT Competition on 1 June.
In the Turku competition, Shahramian won both the votes of the judges and the audience.
The Get that future mobile course is developed based on the 25 years of experience that Finland Futures Research Centre, at the University of Turku, Finland holds in futures education. It delivers the benefits of latest research and best practices swiftly to large target audiences using mobile learning. The course has been created as part of the operations of the UNESCO Chair in Learning Society and Futures of Education.
The University's publication information from the year 2017 has now been reported to the VIRTA publication information service. Final statistics will be published in the Vipunen statistics service by 5 June.
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.
