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Uutisen oletuskuva
News 14.12.2015
Sylvi Elsner's doctoral dissertation deals with language use in the political context of migration and is highly topical in view of the current influx of refugees in Europe. The main focus of the study is on the word Zuwanderer (a broad term to cover all kinds of immigrant) which came into general political use in Germany at the beginning of the new millennium.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 04.12.2015
The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS) has given 368 000 euros funding for the research project about Swedish immersion.

The research project is called “Samverkan mellan språklig praxis, flerspråkig identitet och språkideologi” and it is led by professor Siv Björklund from the department of Scandinavian Languages. Other members of the research project are research manager Karita Mård-Miettinen and doctoral students Pia Hirvonen, Annika Peltoniemi and Sanna Pakarinen
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 23.10.2015
Juho Ylimäki’s thesis in Management studies designing and management of dyadic R&D collaborations.
– Collaboration between Finnish companies is in principle based on trust and there has been much talk about partnerships. However, the practices for R&D collaboration vary considerably. The companies’ perceptions of collaboration are sometimes astoundingly different, which leads too often to disappointments, says Ylimäki.
Ylimäki proposes a model for managing and designing dyadic R&D collaboration.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 15.10.2015
October’s Research News of the University of Vaasa has been published. It is a newsletter presenting the research at the University of Vaasa.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 07.10.2015
The ambassador of Namibia to Finland Bonny Haufiku was visiting the University of Vaasa on Wednesday. He suggests, that the University of Vaasa and the University of Namibia could have co-operation in research and education.
– Common research, exchange students and exchange professors and maybe assisting to set up some institutions, he says.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 06.10.2015
The new United States Ambassador to Finland Charles C. Adams visited today Vaasa and the University of Vaasa. He met the rectors of the University of Vaasa and the University of Applied Sciences in Vaasa (VAMK) and made a tour around campus area with the students.

- I’m very impressed by the facilities, the talent and the ambition, said Charles C. Adams today at the press conference.