How widespread are the impacts of STI policy in the society? are there groups that are not covered by the current policy measures? The first policy brief of the University of Vaasa's ELVIS project discusses about the concept of inclusive innovation policy and presents findings from the new comparative analysis. It also makes recommendations for developing inclusive innovation policy in Finland.
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The Ministry of Education and Culture recommends that Finnish higher education institutions refrain from all cooperation with Russian and Belarusian partner organisations in higher education and science. Following the policies, the University of Vaasa will not initiate new projects and suspends existing cooperation between organisations for the time being.
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.
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.