The University of Vaasa participated in the exercises on Wednesday 9 March. The exercise was a part of The Vaasa 22 exercise led by the Pori Brigade. The exercise is one of the six local defence exercises of the army.
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The University of Vaasa expresses support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian university students and staff. We join the Republic of Finland and Finnish universities UNIFI condemning Russia’s military action in Ukraine.
The midlife transition occurring from age 50 to 55 pushes individuals to make big changes in their lives. According to Varpu Sankelo’s doctoral research at the University of Vaasa, this midlife transition can also activate people to become entrepreneurs.
Dr Denis Davydov, a university lecturer and researcher in Finance at the University of Vaasa, has studied how the sanctions imposed on or by Russia are affecting European companies. He warns that while companies have been able to adapt to the earlier wave of sanctions, the new tensions and potentially stricter sanctions against Russia could further stress businesses and cause additional pressure in some European countries.
Anni Ronkainen, Chief Digital Officer at Kesko Corporation, is very happy that as a member of the advisory board of the University of Vaasa's Digital Economy research platform she can provide her expertise and experience from the corporate world for the benefit of her alma mater.
VEO Oy is donating 15,000 euros to the University of Vaasa. The donation will be allocated to the School of Technology and Innovations.
Good public service requires not only the self-knowledge and self-management of the public servant, but also the rule- and value-based tools from the organisation, reveals Pia Viklund's doctoral dissertation.
The University of Vaasa is well placed to achieve its ambitious goals in internationalisation. The university is moving in the right direction, but there is still a lot of work to be done, says the new Chair of the Board of the University of Vaasa Mari Kiviniemi.
Following our ranking success in the THE World University Rankings and Subject rankings last autumn, the University of Vaasa has now been confirmed 70th in the Times Higher Education Young Universities Rankings.
Employers emphasise the strategic role of the controllers in their branding, but in reality, the controllers remain prisoners of their operational role. The masculinity associated with the role threatens the social responsibility and diversity that companies seek. According to a doctoral thesis by M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus.Adm.) Virpi Ala-Heikkilä, this slows businesses down in reaching their productivity goals.