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.

Becoming a human rights city – Policy brief by Kristiina Vainio, Lisa Grans, Mia Varho, Sara Strömberg and Elina Pirjatanniemi   The term ‘human rights cities’ is generally used to denote cities that have committed to …

Since May 2022 Åbo Akademi University has organized the mentorship program CareerContact for international master’s students at ÅAU. The aim of the program is to help the students learn more about Finnish working life and work culture, expand their networks and identify their strengths with the help of a mentor. We are now looking for mentors for the next mentorship period that will start in April 2023, if you want to participate please fill in the application form no later than 12 February.

Statement regarding the handling of harassment complaints Regarding the discussion in the media about the harassment complaint filed by University Teacher Saara Ilvessalo. Åbo Akademi University has held talks with the parties involved in the case, …

The application period for the international master’s programmes at ÅAU ended on Wednesday, 18 January. This year, according to the preliminary figures, a total of 1979 people applied to the twelve programmes. Last year, the number of applicants was 966. Compared to last year, the number of applicants increased by 105 percent. The number of applicants to Åbo Akademi University’s International Master’s Programmes increased for the sixth year in a row.

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.

The Global Campus of Human Rights (GC) has opened the call for applications for the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) for the academic year 2023/2024. EMA is a one-year master’s course aimed …

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.

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.

A zero-emission data centre laboratory WSTAR is being built in Vaasa. The University of Vaasa, Åbo Akademi and Novia University of Applied Sciences and Vaasa University of Applied Sciences have received almost 1.9 million euros in funding from the Academy of Finland for new infrastructure.

Application period for the next Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights (2023–2025) is open between 4 – 18 January 2023.   The Master’s Degree Programme in International Law and Human Rights is designed …

The PBI Prize has been awarded to a chapter published in the scientific book: ”Autonomous Ships and the Law” (2021). The title of the chapter is “Terminology and concepts”. It addresses the key issues and concepts that are necessary for understanding and regulating autonomous ships and how they relate to each other.

Åbo Akademi University abandons plans for teacher training in Sweden Åbo Akademi University will not go ahead with the plans for its own class teacher training in Strängnäs, Sweden. This was decided by the Faculty Board …

The European Court of Human Rights and (d)evolution of family life: An analysis of the Paradiso and Campanelli case In her working paper, the author, Meiraf Tesfaye, examines the established principles of the European Court of …

MOBILITY PROGRAM IN HUMAN RIGHTS – OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline: 31 January 2023 The Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Finland, invites applications for short-term research mobility in 2023 (1 week – …