Activities

TURNS allocates seed funding for promising and impactful research initiatives as well as supports international  researcher mobility. In 2024, seed funding is granted for the purposes of applying significant external funding; for formation and establishment of multidisciplinary partnerships or consortia; or for other ambitious and high-quality scientific initiatives. The mobility funding is primarily meant for the short-term visits to foreign universities and research institutes.

TURNS organizes annual international PhD workshops and summer schools with key speakers from the fields of urban studies, planning, and transitions research. In addition, TURNS holds free summer writing camps meant for Tampere University’s PhD researchers whose dissertations are related to urban sustainability.

TURNS Thursdays are local activities and events organized together with the research community and various stakeholders. Events include TURNS urban walks and talks, TURNS research afternoons, TURNS get-togethers, and much more.

TURNS visits other cities, towns and intriguing places to learn and discuss the topic of urban sustainability in different contexts. TURNS also supports researcher mobility and publishes travelogues from interesting field trips.

TURNS will be part of organizing international research conferences and congresses such as Re-City, INURA, and WPSC, as well as national and local seminars and research days.