TURNS Winter Letter 2025-26
In this letter, you can find more information about our upcoming events, TURNS funding call, open positions at Tampere University and read the latest posts on our Tampere Urban Research Perspectives blog.
Upcoming events
20.11. Kuka tekee kaupungista turvallisen? – Paneelikeskustelu
- Venue: Kulttuuritalo Laikku, luentosali (Keskustori 4, Tampere)
- Time: Thursday 20.11.2025 at 17:00-18:30
- Free access. No pre-registration required.
- The event is in Finnish.
- Website: Kuka tekee kaupungista turvallisen? – Paneelikeskustelu
10.12. INVESTIGATING THE (WORK)HOME: Presentation, book launch & wine reception
- Venue: The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Galleria Bertel (Väinö Linnan aukio 8, Tampere)
- Time: Wednesday, 10 December 2025 at 18.00-20.00
- Free access.The event is in English.
- Registration: Register here by 30 November.
- Website: Investigating the (work)home: Presentation, book launch & wine reception
7.-8.5.2026 Finnish Urban Studies Conference 2026 / Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivät 2026
- Finnish Urban Studies Conference 2026 / Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivät 2026 will be organized in TAMPERE!
- When: 7-8 May 2026, with pre-program on 6 May.
- Theme: Toivon kaupunki / City of Hope
- The event is in Finnish and English
- Call for Sessions / Työryhmähaku is open until 14.1.2026: Työryhmäkutsu 2026
- Website: Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivät
26.-29.6.2026 World Planning Schools Congress – PhD Workshop
- The World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC) is organized in Espoo & Helsinki on 29 June-3 July 2026: World Planning Schools Congress 2026.
- The WPSC PhD workshop is organized in Tampere prior to the congress on 26-29 June 2026: World Planning Schools Congress 2026 – PhD Workshop
- The WPSC call for abstracts, roundtable proposals and PhD workshop applications has been extended until 25 November 2025: CFP World Planning Schools Congress 2026.
TUNI Research Platforms’ funding calls
- TURNS Funding Call 2026 (seed and mobility funding) opens on 1 December 2025! The applications instructions will be added on the website in late November. Read more: TURNS Funding Call 2026 (seed and mobility funding)
- Remember the simultaneous DigiSus funding call: DigiSus funding call 2026 for early-stage research | Digital and Sustainability Transitions in Society
Open urban studies positions at Tampere University
- University lecturer / Yliopistonlehtori (Sustainable Urban Development). Apply by 8 December 2025.
- Väitöskirjatutkija/ Doctoral Researcher (URBAN PROSUMERS-hanke) Apply by 4 December 2025.
Tampere Urban Research Perspective blog (latest posts)
- Ilona Steiler: Let them use platforms? Digital promises & precarity among Dar es Salaam street vendors
- Aleksandra Zarek: Doctoral researcher’s bite of the Big Apple: insights into the EURA-UAA Conference ‘Cities on the Edge’ in New York City
- Ari Jokinen, Riikka Tapaninaho, Johanna Kujala, Anna Hannula & Hannele Mäkelä: Kaupunkiluontoa vahvistava yritystoiminta
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TURNS Research Platform will take a short break from organizing events between January-March 2026. However, our dedicated work on urban sustainability research continues behind the scenes: we are preparing events for later 2026, finalizing the TURNS strategy, allocating seed and mobility funding, editing a book on Urban Democracy and Care, and working with the Urban Prosumers project. So stay tuned for the next TURNS steps!
Best regards,
TURNS team