Keyword: Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)

The UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development aims at eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, and ensuring sustainable development which takes the environment, people and the economy into account. The values and goals of Agenda 2030 are also recognisable as drivers of academic research. Wellbeing...

TIAS Enlightenment Symposium (online)Friday April 23, 2021 – SAVE THE DATE! The Enlightenment was a multi-faceted socio-politico-philosophical enterprise that peaked in the 1700s and brought about all kinds of societal and political reforms. Many of its fundamental ideas still flourish and are...

The Enlightenment was a multi-faceted socio-politico-philosophical enterprise that peaked in the 1700s and brought about all kinds of societal and political reforms. Many of its fundamental ideas still flourish and are constitutive of modern society. These ideas include – but are not limited to –...

In January 2021, six new Fellows joined the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS). We welcome colleagues from the University of Turku and beyond to join us in this online seminar to find out more about TIAS, its new Fellows and their research. Please join us online for an hour of...

The Enlightenment was a multi-faceted socio-politico-philosophical enterprise that peaked in the 1700s and brought about all kinds of societal and political reforms. Many of its fundamental ideas still flourish and are constitutive of our society. These ideas include but are not limited to freedom...

The Rainbow History Month was organized in Finland for the first time in 2018. Unlike in many other countries, in Finland the LGBTQI history month has not yet been taken to the schools (where it started in the U.S. in 1994). One possible reason might be that in Finland the pedagogies for addressing...

The social sciences are supposed to be about studying social relations and how these relations make up us as beings in the world – and not just as beings who view the world. Yet for the most part the science part of the social sciences has been equated with scientific methods and their underlying...

Interaction lies at the heart of human activity. Bringing togetherscholars from various disciplines, the aim of this research seminar isto share theoretical and methodological understandings of research oninteraction at both the micro and macro levels. The seminar consists ofkeynote talks, hands-on...

The one-day seminar “Emotions and Affects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” seeks to explore these questions. The keynote speakers are Antti Kauppinen (Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki), Mikko Sams (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Aalto University), and Kaarina Nikunen...