Events

June 21, 2017 — FROM RESEARCH TO SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS FOR EDUCATION: FinCEAL Plus Africa Side-Event in South Africa, May 2017
In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, FinCEAL Plus Africa organized a side-event to the Ministerial visit of Sanni Grahn-Laasonen to South Africa in May.

June 9, 2017 — UniPID board holds annual Planning Days at Hyytiälä research station
UniPID Planning Days 2017 were held in connection with the second UniPID board meeting of the year, on 18-19 May in Hyytiälä research station, run by the University of Helsinki.This annual get-together is the most important board activity of the year, which aims to facilitate both the evaluation...

May 31, 2017 — FinCEAL Plus LAC Targeted Travel Grants for EU-LAC expert workshop on Sustainable Urbanization, Smart Cities and Nature-Based Solutions in Lisbon, June 29-30
FinCEAL Plus has opened a Targeted Travel Grant Call to support the participation of experts from Finnish universities or research institutions interested in attending the ALCUE NET Expert workshop on Sustainable Urbanization, Smart Cities and Nature-Based Solutions in Lisbon, Portugal on June...

April 25, 2017 — UniPID Virtual Studies nominated as a Finnish entry for the UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hands out a prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) funded by the Government of Japan, which consists of three annual awards of USD 50,000 for each recipient. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2015.

April 20, 2017 — FinCEAL+ LAC Targeted Travel Grants for European Latin American Technology Based Business Network events in Buenos Aires and Lima
FinCEAL Plus has opened a Targeted Travel Grant Call to support the participation experts from Finnish universities or research institutions interested in attending "New technological businesses between Europe and Argentina to address challenges in Industry 4.0, Energy and ICTs" event in...

April 20, 2017 — Indonesia-Finland Seminar: Opportunities and Challenges in Research Collaboration, at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki, 4th April 2017
Indonesia – Finland research seminar: Opportunities and Challenges in Research Collaboration was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki on Tuesday, April 4th 2017. The seminar was co-organized with the Embassy of Indonesia in Finland and the University of Helsinki. The...

March 27, 2017 — Indonesia-Finland Research Seminar: Opportunities and Challenges in Research Collaboration, at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki 4th April 2017
The high level event will be co-organized by UniPID-FinCEAL Plus, University of Helsinki and the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki, Finland. The seminar is targeted for principal investigators, researchers, PhD students and international staff and policy makers from Finnish...

February 24, 2017 — Info Session: LEAP-AGRI Call for Proposals & Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2
The Academy of Finland and UniPID will hold an Info Session on the LEAP-AGRI Call for Proposals on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture and Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2. The session will take place at the Academy of Finland's premises in Helsinki on...

February 20, 2017 — Master's Award ceremony at the Development Days Conference 2017
UniPID and the Finnish Society for Development Research awarded Marinka Räsänen the 2016 Master's Award in Development Studies. The winner, Marinka Räsänen, received a prize sum of 1000 euros for his environmental sciences thesis "Political economy and ecology of water control -...