23.12.2020
Impact in Research Funding Workshop was held in December 2020
Two of the profiling areas in the University of Turku, Cultural Memory and Social Change and Digital Futures, joined forces and organized together a workshop focusing on impact in research. The Impact in Research Funding Workshop was organized on 15 December. The workshop offered both researchers...
27.11.2020
Responding to Covid-19: inbetween law and technology
13:00-14:00, 16.12.2020, on Zoom Webinar In December 2020, Digital Futures organized an online seminar to discuss the impact of Covid-19 pandemic to society, people and technology. The event was open to researchers, students and staff members interested on the topic. The topic of the seminar was...
7.12.2020
Q&A session with Security guru Bruce Schneier
17:00-18:00, 10.12.2020, Zoom UTU Faculty of law / International law & tech specialising course presents a special Q&A session with Bruce Schneier about criticism of Ethereum, smart contracts and blockchain technology. Is it time to bury the hype of cryptocurrencies and only keep the parts that...
29.9.2020
Research Funding for AIGA Consortium Led by the University of Turku
The AIGA programme studies and develops governance mechanisms for artificial intelligence to reinforce the trustworthiness, transparency, and explainability of algorithmic decision-making. In collaboration with industry partners, governance models and mechanisms are developed to commercialise AI governance and audit international AI markets. The AIGA consortium is led...
29.9.2020
Funding for Geospatial Education Development Project Coordinated by the University of Turku
The GeoICT4e project coordinated by the University of Turku is one of the project receiving a HEI ICI funding to support the co-operation between higher education institutions in Finland and the developing world. The GeoICT4e project coordinated by the Department of Geography and Geology at the...
16.6.2020
Conference on Technology Ethics
21.10.2020, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku For the fourth time in the row, The Future Ethics research group of University of Turku is inviting researchers and professionals interested in technology ethics to discuss and mingle. Tethics 2020 – Conference on Technology Ethics is organised...
7.2.2020
Call for Papers: Conference on Technology Ethics
21.-22.10.2020, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku Call for Papers for Conference on Technology Ethichs – Tethics 2020 is now open. The conference is organised by the Future Ethics research group of the University of Turku on 21.-22.10.2020 at Turku School of Economics. Tethics 2020...
29.1.2020
World Bank’s Disaster Risk Management Team’s visit to the University of Turku
The World Bank’s Disaster Risk Management team was visiting the University of Turku in January 2020. In relation to the visit, the University of Turku and the Resilience Academy organized training on Geonode, seminar on innovative risk management solutions and executive meetings. The visit was related...
19.12.2019
Kone Foundation granted the University of Turku over 2.5 million
Kone Foundation granted the University of Turku altogether over 2.5 million euros for research. One of the funded projects is Co-Creativity in the Era of Artificial Intelligence (LuotAI), which is led by Adjunct Professor Johanna Hautala from the Department of Geography and Geology. The multidisciplinary research...
16.10.2019
Towards Sustainable ICT
13.00-15.20, 10.12.2019, ICT City (Beta) The energy consumption of the constantly expanding ICT sector is anticipated to markedly increase in the future. What kind of actions should be carried out for software and hardware to promote energy savings and sustainability in general? Does Finland have specific...
3.12.2019
Seminar on how to publish review articles
11 December at 10-12, Turku School of Economics (LS09) Professor Justin Paul from Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Puerto Rico and Distinguished Scholar at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, will be visiting TSE and holding a Digital Futures Seminar on how to publish review...
22.10.2019
Third Annual Seminar on Technology Ethics
23.-24.10.2019, Turku School of Economics University of Turku hosts a seminar on technology ethics at Turku School of Economics on 23-24 October. The seminar is organized by Future Ethics, one of the research groups in the Turku School of Economics, in collaboration with Digital Futures. On...
25.9.2019
Digital Futures Workshop: Research Data Management for Qualitative Studies
13:00-15:30, 10.10.2019, Turku School of Economics, Yhdistys Annika Valaranta from the Finnish Social Science Data Archive helds a workshop on Research Data Management for Qualitative Studies as part of Digital Futures Seminar on 10 October. Workshop introduces different archiving options for qualitative research data. During the...
1.10.2019
Digital Futures Workshop: Sustainability in the Algorithm Economy
14:00-16:00, 10.10.2019, Turku School of Economics, LS13 How can algorithm economy be sustainable? What is the role of politics in the algorithmic knowledge production? How does remote work change in future? How is platform economy regulated? PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME 14:00-14:10 Opening remarks 14:10-14:30 Power of algorithms in...
2.7.2019