Category Archives: Personal thoughts

Striving for sustainability by Karoliina Lummaa

Posted on May 22, 2020 by limala

Climate change, biodiversity loss and other global environmental crises pose a monumental challenge to societies. We are now facing the situation where societies need to be reconstructed ecologically within the next ten to thirty years, and the reconstruction has to … Continue reading →

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What is life? By Jianwei Li

Posted on May 8, 2020 by sisuka

“Jianwei, can you tell us what life is?” This is a question asked by an opponent Prof. Harutyunyan in my PhD thesis defense. The answer to this question is quite simple by telling the audience without hesitation three main characteristics … Continue reading →

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Koronavirus muokkaa toimitusketjuja, entäpä ilmastonmuutos? Sini Laari

Posted on April 17, 2020 by limala

Koronaviruksen leviäminen globaaliksi pandemiaksi on nostanut toimitusketjut valokeilaan. Monet yritykset ovat jo pitkään ulkoistaneet tuotantonsa halvemman kustannustason maihin. Samoin ne ovat pyrkineet vähentämään varastoon sitoutuneen pääoman määrää, ja pitävät vain pientä varmuusvarastoa luottaen globaalin logistiikan tehokkaaseen toimintaan. Kun koronavirus iski … Continue reading →

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2019 Novel Coronavirus – 2020 New Challenge!

Posted on March 31, 2020 by sisuka

New coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), was discovered due to Wuhan, Hubei, China, virus pneumonia cases in 2019, and was named by the World Health Organization on January 12, 2020. [1] Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to … Continue reading →

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Classics in Time of Pandemic: Lock-down Reflections from the Ivory Tower by Michiel Meeusen

Posted on March 29, 2020 by limala

Western literature starts with a disease. At the beginning of the Iliad, Homer sings of an “evil pestilence” (1.10) sent by the Olympic god Apollo to devastate the camp of the Greeks during their siege of Troy. Apollo, the god … Continue reading →

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Where has winter gone !?…..Is climate crisis knocking at our doors? by Lokesh Kesavan

Posted on March 6, 2020 by kaihak

By this time, most of us realized that, something is abnormal in the environment and in the climate due to absconding snowy, cold, sub 0 ℃ weather, which is hallmark condition of Finland during the months, December-March. This raises everyone’s … Continue reading →

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How to thrive and keep sane in academia? Looking back to my 2+ years in TIAS by Minna Santaoja

Posted on February 20, 2020 by limala

TCSM postdoctoral researcher Nicolino Lo Gullo brought up the issues of mentoring and mental health of academics in his recent post to TIAS/TCSM blog. These are issues I want to pick up as well, as I summarize my experiences in … Continue reading →

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No snow for skiing – a real problem or not?

Posted on January 24, 2020 by kaihak

It should be winter time and many people would love to ski, but there is currently simply no snow for skiing. Luckily this is not a problem as we have ski tunnels, such as one in Paimio very close to … Continue reading →

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Tiedettä ja taidetta koetusta ajasta (Valtteri Arstila)

Posted on December 19, 2019 by limala

Miksi tulevaisuus on edessämme ja mennyt takanamme? Milloin katse tulkitaan vihjailevaksi tai tuijotukseksi? Mistä syntyy varsin yleiset ajatukset nykyhetken erityisyydestä ja ajan virtaamisesta, jos kerran nykyfysiikan mukaan nykyhetki ei ole mitenkään erityinen ja aika ei virtaa? Nämä ovat esimerkkejä kysymyksistä, … Continue reading →

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Mentoring the mentors by Nicolino Lo Gullo

Posted on December 2, 2019 by kaihak

I am at that stage of the academic career in which I cannot consider myself a young scientist but I do not think of myself as a senior researcher neither. It is true that now I feel more comfortable with … Continue reading →

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