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“Dangerous Research”: Doing Research in Dangerous Times, on Dangerous Issues, or While Being in Danger

Posted on October 20, 2026 by Oscar Winberg

By Oleksandra Nenko, Collegium Fellow (TIAS), and Tahani Al Dahdouh, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Tampere IAS). This conversation is based on a roundtable moderated by Martin Cloonan at the annual meeting of the Finnish Institutes for Advanced Studies in January 2025. Academic … Continue reading →

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New Fellows

Posted on September 28, 2026 by Oscar Winberg

Editor’s note: As the leaves are turning yellow and the air is getting crisper, I asked the new cohort of fellows to reflect on what they are hoping to achieve during their time at TIAS. Here are some of their … Continue reading →

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Philosopher in a First-Class Lounge

Posted on September 21, 2026 by Oscar Winberg

By Joona Räsänen, Senior Research Fellow, TIAS As I have worked in Denmark and Norway in recent years while also keeping my home base in Finland, I have commuted quite a lot between the Nordic countries. I also regularly travel … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 8, 2022 by ninber

My first year as a collegium researcher in Turku is behind and now is a good time to look back how the year has gone by. Already for my undergraduate and graduate studies I have been in Turku so coming … Continue reading →

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When do we stop being students?

Posted on December 7, 2021 by ninber

I was out for a fancier-than-usual lunch with some postdoc and researcher colleagues when the waiter casually presented us with an innocent, yet loaded question, “Are you students?”. All of us were in our mid-thirties. A full decade had passed … Continue reading →

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