The societal impact of the University of Vaasa’s research is strong according to the Final Report of the Research Evaluation, which was published today.
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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.
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
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
The Foundation for Economic Education has awarded grants to at least 20 researchers from the University of Vaasa. The sum in total was 129 500 euros.
Karita Luokkanen-Rabetino’s thesis deals with firms’ long term success and survival in furniture manufacturing. She aims to build an understanding of how SMEs adapt their product market strategy through exploitation and exploration in a changing business environment in the long term.
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.
– 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.
Mike Mekkanen's dissertation analyzes and evaluates the performance of the IEC 61850 standard within modern electrical systems. IEC 61850 is a relatively new international standard of communications for substations and smart grid.
October’s Research News of the University of Vaasa has been published. It is a newsletter presenting the research at the University of Vaasa.
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.
– Common research, exchange students and exchange professors and maybe assisting to set up some institutions, he says.
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.
- I’m very impressed by the facilities, the talent and the ambition, said Charles C. Adams today at the press conference.