Beröva terrorister medborgarskap – ett försök att trygga säkerheten på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter?   The latest report published (in Swedish) in the Working paper series of the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University …

Hollós and PARKS won the Nordic Life Sciences Award Patrik Hollós won the Nordic Life Sciences Award in academic class for the PARKS project. The prize was handed out during the NLSDays in Malmö, Sweden, in …

The Donner Research Prize 2019 to Oriol Poveda Guillén The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History in Turku has awarded Dr Oriol Poveda Guillén the 2019 prize for outstanding research into religion. Dr …

Smooth traffic flows in the Baltic Sea Region are being developed Long transport distances and a growing economy set new requirements on traffic planning and implementation of “greener” and advanced transport solutions in the Baltic Sea …

Moira von Wright inaugurated as new Rector of Åbo Akademi University  The opening ceremony of the academic year at Åbo Akademi University was celebrated in Vaasa on Wednesday, 4 September and in Turku on Thursday, 5 September.  In Turku the official programme began with a service in Turku Cathedral and the ceremony …

The Faculty of Law at the University of Turku and the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University welcome you to attend the 8th Annual Turku Law School Lecture Time: Monday 14 October 2019, at …

Åbo Akademi University will launch an international Master’s Programme in Education providing students with a Finnish teacher qualification Next autumn, Åbo Akademi University will launch a new international Master’s Programme in Education within the Faculty of …

Grassroots Social Movements: A New Narrative on Human Rights in Africa?   The latest report published in the Working paper series of the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University provides a discussion on the …

Åbo Akademi University Library is as of 15 Aug 2019 a member of Open Book Publishers. OBP is a not-for-profit Social Enterprise run by scholars who are committed to making high-quality research freely available to readers …

Social Science Premium Collection A large collection from Proquest, comprising both journals and books, is available until 15th October 2019. Items are included in Alma, but you can access them through https://login.ezproxy.vasa.abo.fi/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/socialsciencepremium?accountid=8166 Information about Social Science …

A recent study from Åbo Akademi University in Finland shows that eye-witnesses cannot reliably identify persons they have seen from a distance of 100 meters. Already at a distance of 40 meters, accurate eye-witness identifications are unlikely.

The Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University organizes the Advanced Course on Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in cooperation with the Socio-Economic Rights and Administrative Justice Project, University of Stellenbosch Law Faculty, …

Promoting the Social Inclusion of Youth and Access to Labour Markets: Experiences in Finland, Sweden, and Russia   The report emanates from a Nordic-Russian cooperation project, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Dr Mariya Riekkinen, …

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has published its annual report on the protection of fundamental rights in the EU Member States. The Fundamental Rights Report 2019 explores the main developments of 2018 in the following …

Biomedical scientists studying cellular filament-related diseases get together in Turku The 11th European Meeting on Intermediate Filaments, EUROIF2019, organized by scientist and medical doctors at Åbo Akademi University and the University of Turku, brings together over …