Welcome to the Tampere Urban Research Network for Sustainability TURNS kick-off!  

Tampere Urban Research Network for Sustainability TURNS starts its activities as a new research platform with a get-together on Tuesday, 5 March, in Tampere G Livelab. Sign up by 25 February (below).

Join us to hear about TURNS’s upcoming events and opportunities it has to offer; share your own ideas and give feedback about the planned actions; listen to the intriguing talks from urban researchers at Tampere University; and enjoy some music and refreshments in good company!

The kick-off event is free-of-charge, but we kindly ask to sign up here by 25 February, so that we can plan the program and snacks in advance.

PROGRAM

  • Time: Tuesday, 5 March 2024, at 15-18
  • Venue: G Livelab Tampere (Puutarhakatu 1, Tampere, next to Keskustori)
  • The program is in English.

15:00-15.30 Coffee & networking

15.30-15.50 Welcome

  • TURNS ambitions and activities, Panu Lehtovuori & Riina Lundman
  • Discussion and ideation

15.50-16.30 Minilectures on TURNS topics

  • Päivi Kymäläinen (Professor, Social Policy)
  • Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori (University Lecturer, Education)
  • Jonathon Taylor (Associate Professor, Urban Physics)
  • Olli Laitinen (Researcher, Biosciences)
  • Jouko Makkonen (Doctoral Researcher, Computing Sciences)
  • Discussion

16.30-17.00 Keynote speech

  • Sofie Pelsmakers (Professor, Architecture)

17.00-18.00 Party & networking!

  • Music, mingling & refreshments. DJ Jon Thureson!
  • Ideation II

TURNS is Tampere University’s multidisciplinary research platform with an aim to catalyze innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research in the field of urban sustainability.

More information about the event and the platform: Project Manager Riina Lundman, riina.lundman@tuni.fi.

Welcome!