Last Anniversary & Alumni Event of the Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR), postponed to 18 November 2020

Photo: Jonne Renvall/Tampereen yliopisto
Photo: Jonne Renvall/Tampereen yliopisto

Last Anniversary & Alumni Event of the Institute for Advanced Social Research

Updated 7 September 2020

Time: Postponed to 18 November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
(subject to change, if necessary)

Place: Tampere University, Auditorium Pinni B1100, Kanslerinrinne 1

Programme

12:30-13:00 Opening and Annual Report
Professor Risto Heiskala, Director, Institute for Advanced Social Research

13:00-14:30 “On Academic Freedom”, Panel of the Fellows of Fall 2020 and Directors of the other Finnish advanced study centers
Chair: Permanent Fellow Pirjo Nikander

The panelists:

  • Mahmut Mutman, Senior Research Fellow, Joint Scholars at Risk (SAR) Programme with Kone Foundation
  • Mervi Kaukko, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Jorma Sipilä, Permanent Fellow
  • Meyda Yeğenoğlu, Senior Research Fellow, Joint Scholars at Risk (SAR) Programme with Kone Foundation
  • Pia Vuolanto, Senior Research Fellow, Kone Foundation
  • Johanna Vuorelma, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Martin Cloonan, Director, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and Chair of SAR Finland
  • Tuomas Forsberg, Director, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies

14:30-15:00 Coffee break  

15:00-16:00 “Outline of the Plan of the New Research Collegium for Tampere University” followed by a Q&A, Vice-President of Research Juha Teperi
Chair: Permanent Fellow Pertti Alasuutari

16:15-19:30 Alumni get-together in the IASR premises (Atalpa 208, 2nd floor): food, drinks, celebration and plenty of informal discussion …

For invited guests only