UniPID News
September 19, 2022 — “Arctic attitude” meets Global South scholars
The University of Oulu representatives take over the Anniversary blog this month, to highlight its efforts in advancing cooperation with the Global South, and recognizing that UniPID continues to be a vehicle for participating in the wider development discussions for successful university...
September 15, 2022 — Join the Sustainability Engineering module and work on real project challenges in Namibia!
Are you interested in sustainability and engineering? This opportunity might be for you! Take a look at this possibility provided by the University of Turku and join their module to learn more on how to build sustainable engineering in the Global South.
September 14, 2022 — Strengthening global responsibility skills in academic partnerships
Early this year UniPID and the Finnish higher education institutions’ global networks coordinated a Training on responsible global academic partnerships which was a hands-on opportunity to provide tools, empower participants with knowledge, and nurture global development skills.
August 11, 2022 — Entangled global inequalities and responsibilities
In this month’s Anniversary blog, Seppälä discusses the concept of global responsibility and its entanglement with global inequalities, highlighting the role of academia in cultivating new visions and practices of solidarity.
July 18, 2022 — UniPID - A new era?
In this month's Anniversary blog, Markus Laitinen, Head of Development of the University of Helsinki, looks back at what UniPID was and how the Network has transformed to what it is now, having one question in mind: What might lie ahead for UniPID, will it be able to keep the momentum and...
June 14, 2022 — Story behind the research: Meet Pham Nguyen Anh Thu!
We took up on Thu's wise words: "News and updates come from people, so the more connected you are, the more updates you get", and hope to share a connection while telling her story, sources of inspiration, research interests, and lifestyle.
June 6, 2022 — UniPID - your friendly neighbourhood voice at the bridge
In this month's Anniversary blog, Avento brings to our attention universities' third role on contributing to society, and invites us to examine our actions critically to ensure that partnerships are responsible, equitable, and inclusive!
June 1, 2022 — Teachers' workshop: Reflections and opportunities for the upcoming academic year
Last week UniPID had the chance to meet some of the teachers behind UniPID courses, listen to their experiences, and discuss opportunities to further develop the Virtual Studies Programme.