Keyword: Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences declares an open slogan contest. The aim is to find a slogan or catchphrase in Finnish and English that is descriptive of the faculty.

Speech and Language Pathology is developing rapidly and, as a result, new information that supports practical work is available for speech therapists. One mediator of the new information is the European Clinical Specialization for Fluency Disorders (ECSF) programme, whose intensive week was organised at the University of Turku. The event was also an introduction to the first Professor of Practice of Speech and Language Pathology, Kurt Eggers, who is the Coordinator of the ECSF programme.

Ikastola Network has made a contract on purchasing the KiVa Antibullying Program to schools in the Basque area. KiVa was developed at the University of Turku, and the University will also produce the services for Ikastola.

The University of Turku wants to advance the open access and utilisation of research data with the newly-published data policy.

The Faculty of Social Sciences has signed an agreement on student exchanges with Fudan University’sthe School of Social Development and Public Policy of Fudan University, which is located in Shanghai.

​Doctoral Candidate in Social Politics Merita Jokela is very pleased with her exchange with Fudan University.

The University of Turku and Fudan University, Shanghai, have started a new joint doctoral training programme. Its goal is to train specialists who can integrate knowledge and theories from several fields in order to find solutions that promote a sustainable change of cities.