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Universities and academic freedom during the Covid-19 pandemic: key challenges

Dr Seçkin Sertdemir Özdemir Collegium Researcher at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and the Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science and Visiting Fellow in the European Institute at the LSE The Covid-19 pandemic has had a dramatic … Continue reading

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The same, only different – stress experiences during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic

We are about to reach the milestone of one year living under the exceptional conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Finland, the society has fared well in terms of the disease statistics compared to many other countries all over … Continue reading

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Root Vegetables in Times of Uncertainty: The Howling Miller’s Vegetable Patch by Avril Tynan*

‘To be rooted’, wrote French philosopher Simone Weil in The Need for Roots, ‘is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul’ (2002, 40). Writing at the height of the Second World War and shortly before … Continue reading

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Second waving – and (not) drowning? A Finnish social scientist “reflects” by Liisa Lähteenmäki*

During the summer, the corona pandemic almost obeyed “the Trumpian wet dream” of disappearing in Finland – the entire country had only a few new cases and no further deaths occurred. In the fall, as universities, schools, play-schools and day-care … Continue reading

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Turku Medieval Market: researcher and popular history by Reima Välimäki

Like the previous blog post, https://blogit.utu.fi/collegia/2020/06/05/explaining-quantum-physics-with-arts-and-games/ my text discusses outreach: a part of a researcher’s work that might not be rewarded as a curriculum activity, but which is extremely rewarding in itself. I am a medieval historian. Some of my … Continue reading

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