A doctoral dissertation by Sini Jokiniemi, M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.), concludes that buyers and sellers value customer meetings because they offer added value that can be used in various contexts.
In his doctoral dissertation, Kimmo Laakso examined communications challenges associated with emergency preparedness and responses. The dissertation found much room for improvement in the way the authorities and companies respond to emergencies. The dissertation also proposed solutions. – Most of the proposed solutions require changes in operating policies and attitudes only; no major investments are needed, Laakso explains.
The School of History, Culture and Arts Studies of the University of Turku established the Popular Culture Studies Master’s Degree Pathway on Tuesday, 9 September, with This is Popular seminar.
Susanna Paasonen presented the Popular Culture Studies programme.
The economic policy of Russia is at a crossroads. Can the country modernize its economy and get back on growth track? What does the future of economic relations between Russia and the European Union look like in light of recent events?
In his speech at the Opening Ceremony of the University of Turku on 4 September, Rector Väänänen stressed closer collaboration between the universities, internationalisation and equal treatment of the different university institutions.
Synthetic biology is making a name for itself all over the world and is now coming to Finland as well. The Living Factories project, a joint endeavour of VTT, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, is the forerunner in the field in Finland and it received nearly 4 million euro funding from Tekes.
Researchers from the University of Turku have genetically engineered microbes to produce renewable propane for the first time. Their study was published this week in Nature Communications. Propane is a major component of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) with an existing global market for a wide number of applications.
The orientation for the new exchange students started on Wednesday, 28 August 2014. Over three hundred students from about 40 countries started their studies in the University of Turku this autumn term.
About fifteen rectors and vice rectors from the Baltic Sea region gathered at the University of Tartu on Monday, 25 August 2014, to discuss and exchange experiences on university and funding reforms as well as cooperation.
Rector Kalervo Väänänen at the University of Tartu's Rectors' Roundtable.