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Uutisen oletuskuva
News 27.01.2016
University of Vaasa granted the Research Act and Teaching Act awards of last year in the anniversary ceremony on Monday 27th of January. Research Act of the Year 2015 award was granted to Professor Seppo Niemi from the Faculty of Technology. University Lecturer Ari Huuhka from the Faculty of Business Studies received Teaching Act of the Year 2015 award.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 16.12.2015
December’s Research News of the University of Vaasa has been published. It is a publication presenting the research at the University of Vaasa. In it you can find information on our latest research.
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.