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The Maritime@TSE research platform of Turku School of Economics continued its exploration of current themes in the maritime sector on February 28th at the Maritime Green Growth – evaluating opportunities and bottlenecks stakeholder event. The purpose of the event was to provide examples this time how in economics research various developments related to the adoption of emission-reducing technologies could be modeled, as well as to identify the opportunities and challenges that companies recognize within this theme.

Students will soon be able to take one entrance exam and use it to apply to several universities and fields of study. The reform will significantly reduce the number of entrance exams. This will make it possible to adjust the schedule of admissions so that those selected through certificate-based admission do not need to prepare for the entrance exams. Approximately half of the places in the bachelor’s as well as bachelor's and master's degree education at the University of Turku are filled on the basis of entrance exams.

Young Alexander Mildner wanted to be an artist. His parents did not object to the idea but suggested that their son should first go to the University of Göttingen, from where he could transfer to an art school after a year. But things turned out differently. Today, Mildner is one of the world's most cited immunology researchers and an Associate Professor at the InFLAMES flagship of the University of Turku.  

We warmly welcome you to join us at the NCSB2024, the 22nd Nordic Conference on Small Business Research! The conference will be organized between the 29 and 31 of May in Turku School of Economics. Among other things, the program will feature excellent keynote speeches by Professors Maija Renko and Eero Vaara, topical research from the field of entrepreneurship, and a memorable conference dinner at the beautiful Manilla Culture Factory.

The renovation of the Turku School of Economics Library is complete, and the new space called “Holvi” (which translates as “The Vault” in English) on the ground floor will be opened for library users on Wednesday afternoon, 20 March. At the same time, the self-service options will increase: students and staff of the University of Turku will be able to use the TSE library facilities and borrow materials from morning until evening.

The primary goal of the Facility Programme of the University of Turku is to find savings, while also providing an opportunity to develop a new school model and teacher training of the future. 

The Sea4Value Smart Terminals project and two newly published articles explore the role of digitalisation in the context of harbour environments and its potential in the transformation of business models in RoPax ports.  

“While listening to the visions on how autonomous vessels are sailing at our seas, I started thinking whether all these fancy ships would navigate towards the ports using the old fairway infrastructure with all those red and green buoys and other sea markings - Shouldn’t also the future fairways be smarter?”