Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme (TIES)
Jointly funded by the European Union’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND programme and the University of Turku, the Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme (TIES) is an exciting new programme which mixes the traditional Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) model of bottom-up research with intersectoral working. TIES Fellows spend part of their Fellowship on secondment with an organisation outside of higher education.
TIES has been specifically designed to meet a number of demands from a range of policy bodies including;
- The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture’s National Roadmap for Research, Development and Innovation as it promotes intersectoral working, aims to attract international talent and to help to solidify a fragmented research sector.
- The EU’s Innovation Union flagship which aims to increase competitiveness, provide jobs and stimulate growth.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows for the period 1 September 2023 – 31 August 2026:
TIES Alumni
Juho Korhonen (TIES 2023-2025)
Jeffrey Wall (TIES 2023-2025)
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) is an interdisciplinary research institute located within the University of Turku, in South West Finland. Established in 2008, TIAS works across the faculties of Economics, Education, Humanities, Law and Social Sciences. It hosts excellent scholars who are recruited following an international competition and are awarded three years funding for to undertake a self-designed research project.
The launch event of the Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme was held on 15 November 2022.
The Selection Committee for TIES will be chaired by Professor Simon Frith, emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh. The co-chair is Professor Nadia Al-Bagdadi of the Central European University. Kalle Korhonen, Director of Funding at the Kone Foundation will also serve on the Committee. The rest of the Selection Committee will be constituted by the TIAS Board of Management.
- Filosofiska School
- Finnish Association for Russian and East European Studies
- Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC)
- Historians Without Borders
- Migration Institute of Finland
- National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI)
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine RLHIM
- Sexpo Foundation
- Vapriikki Museum Centre
You may also contact the TIAS Director, Professor Martin Cloonan, via martin.cloonan@utu.fi and follow TIAS on twitter via @TIAS_UTU.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, grant agreements No. 101081293 (TIES) and No. 101217329 (TIES2).