The Turku School of Economics turns 75 years old in 2025. We are celebrating the anniversary year with the theme 'TSE 75 years: Past, present and future'.
In honor of the anniversary year, we proudly look back at the past, celebrate the present, and eagerly look forward to the future. Welcome to celebrate with us!
Anniversary year events
TSE 75 years - Spring Carnival!
Spring Carnival is meant for whole TSE community, both staff and students!
Time: 10.4.2025 14–18
Place: Field of Educarium* & TSE Monttu (*in case of bad weather: Mercatori)
Team race in the 75th Anniversary spirit, after work and food.
- Gather a team of 4 people or just come to cheer & celebrate!
- Racing requires good team spirit instead of background in sports.
- No special sports clothing required.
14.00 Meeting at Educariumin kenttä & Carnival opening
14.15–16.00 Team race & cheering
16.15 Bar Monttu is open
Afterwork
Salad Buffet at Monttu
Awards
18.00 End of the Carnival
Welcome everyone!
Deadline for registration is 2.4.2025.
Alumni After Work will be held on 15 April 2025, 17.00–19.00 in collaboration with Patria Oyj at Finlandia Hall.
The event is in Finnish.
29 April, 2025 at 12.15–16.15 Anniversary event A new economic paradigm for people and planet
This event will take place in Turku (Mercatori, TSE) and online. The discussion will delve into the development of economic models, performance management, and impact measurement, led by industry experts.
Watch the recordings of the event.
Program:
12.15-13.00 Networking lunch at Mercatori
13.00-14.00 The scientific foundations of a new economic paradigm – David Sloan Wilson, SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University
14.00-14.30 How performance management can drive both economic performance and sustainability – Jan Pfister, Associate Professor, Turku School of Economics
14.30-15.00 Break
15.00-15.30 Why measuring real impact is key to change – Annu Nieminen, CEO, The Upright Project
15.30-16.15 Panel: Interactive session among the speakers and the audience
14 May, 2025 at 17.30
Studia Generalia:
The shifting mental models of value creation and exchange: from goods to service to service ecosystems
Stephen L. Vargo, Honorary Doctor, Professor, University of Oklahoma
Venue: Lähitapiola -lecture hall
26.8. at 15.00
Itämeri, ilmastonmuutos, luontokato ja maaperä yhdessä
Saara Kankaanrinta
Venue: OP -lecture hall
10 September, 2025 at 17.30
TBA
Erkki Liikanen, Chairman, IFRS Foundation Trustees
Venue: Lähitapiola -lecture hall
23.9. at 11-12
Energy transition on land and at sea:
Håkan Agnevall, President and CEO, Wärtsilä Corporation
Venue: Mercatori
September (The exact date and time will be announced later)
Bengt Holmström, Nobelist, Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
21.10.klo 17.00-18.00
TBA
Elina Markula VR Oyj, CEO
Venue: Lähitapiola -lecture hall
Other lectures will be announced later
The TSE side event is in Finnish.
The traditional Development Day will be held on 28 August in the spirit of the 75th anniversary year.
Development Day will be organized as a Turku-Mariehamn-Turku picnic cruise.
Alumni Day will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at the Turku School of Economics. The detailed program will be published later.
The festive dinner will be held on November 29, 2025.
More details to follow.
Anniversary year exhibitions and presentations (info coming soon)
- Photo exhibition is running on the screen by TSE main entrance
- TSE Finance Lab and PCRClab presentation tours available in fall 2025.
