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Study: Stereotypical gender roles thrive on film
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The results show that there are still specific patterns in the personality traits of male and female characters in films consistent with societal stereotypes.
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Is our culture adapting to AI society? – “Not really”, say researchers
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The debate on future work and society has re-emerged in the wake of advances in complex technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotization, and automation. Whereas this debate is largely economic and labour market oriented, researchers at Åbo Akademi University are studying the potential cultural consequences the technologies could have.
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New vision for transnational university collaboration pioneered under European Degree label project
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A Europe-wide consortium of six university alliances has secured the European Commission’s support for ED-AFFICHE, their joint proposal to pilot the European Degree label funded by the Erasmus+ programme.
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Smart Port City – towards a digital integration of city and port infrastructure
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The Smart Port City research project considers the upcoming spatial changes at the Port of Turku as catalyst for comprehensive development of digital integration of city-port infrastructure.
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Towards pain free, cost-effective and efficient cancer treatments with the help of artificial intelligence
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With the help of artificial intelligence, we will in the future treat cancer with drugs that directly target the cancer cells, with fewer and milder side effects.
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Dag Wallgren new Chair of the Board of Åbo Akademi University
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The newly elected Board of Åbo Akademi University held its inaugural meeting on 18 January 2023. The Board appointed Dag Wallgren as Chair and Anna Lindén as Vice Chair.
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Frontiers of Science kicks off spring on 2 February
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Frontiers of Science is a 25-year-old seminar series arranged by BioCity Turku, where BioCity Turku researchers invite world-leading scientists to present the latest results from their field of research.
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UNIFI expresses its concern about the situation of Iranian students and university staff
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UNIFI expresses its concern about the situation of Iranian students and university staff Large-scale nation-wide protests in Iran have continued for several weeks. Protests began to spread after a 22-year-old student, an Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Jina Amini, died in police custody on September 16 following her violent arrest by Iranʼs so-called ‘morality’ police. Protests