UniPID News
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 24, 2017 — Master's Award in Development Studies 2017
The Finnish University Partnership for International Development – UniPID and the Finnish Society for Development Research (FSDR) jointly seek exceptional Master’s level theses from UniPID universities to be awarded. The Master’s Award in Development Studies 2017 will be presented 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...
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 13, 2017 — Virtual Studies Programme Evaluation Published
A new evaluation report of the Sustainability in Development Virtual Studies Programme has been published. The data for the evaluation was gathered from course feedback, and two evaluation questionnaires that were sent out in 2014 and 2015.
March 28, 2017 — Future-oriented education and societally relevant skills for sustainable energy in Lesotho
Joni Karjalainen from the Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku received a FinCEAL Plus Target Travel Grant to visit Lesotho for a Stakeholder Meeting on Research and Capacity Building Cooperation between selected Southern African and European Institutions.
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...
March 15, 2017 — FinCEAL+ Targeted Grants for Various Events in Education, Renewable Energy and Earth Observation
FinCEAL Plus Africa has opened 3 travel grants to attend various events related to Education, Energy and Earth Observation in line with the project's themes on ICT, Renewable Energy and Space.
March 9, 2017 — LEAP-Agri Call Announcement
The ERA-NET Cofund LEAP-Agri announces a joint call for research on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture.