The annual Northern Dimension Future Forum took place at Aalto University, Finland, and online on December 1, 2021. In the Future Forum, experts and stakeholders discussed the sustainability of social innovations and policy measures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of Northern Dimension thematic partnerships.
The ITMO University is the leading university of Russia in the field of the information and photon technologies, and has the status of the national research institute. Since 2013, the University is the participant of the program 5 in 100 – the program to increase the competitiveness of Russian universities among the leading world research-educational centres. Besides the photon and …
The scientific complex of the Komi Republic is one of the most developed among the regions of Russia. Numerous scientific expeditions studying the natural resources of the Pechora and the possibilities of their use worked on the territory of the republic at the beginning of the 20th century. Pechora science and history station established in Ust-Tsilma in 1906 was the …
VGTU comprises 10 faculties and 60 departments. Research is carried out in 2 research centres, 14 research institutes, 33 research laboratories. It runs 11 000 students and 996 Academic staff (2014). The Faculty of Creative Industries (FCI) has 4 departments (Philosophy and Communication (DPC), Creative Entrepreneurship and Communication(DCEC), Lithuanian Language, Foreign Language) and Creative Industries research Laboratory. FCI has 500 …
Ranked among the TOP 800 universities in the world (QS World University Rankings) and following in the tradition of its 92-year-old progenitor University of Lithuania, Vytautas Magnus University is the only higher education institution in the country and one of the few in the region where a wide liberal arts education is imparted. That means the students can change and …
Kaunas Faculty of Humanities (est. 1964) is the only academic unit of Vilnius University, one of the oldest universities in Central and Easter Europe that is located in a different city. It is a small faculty with almost 1000 students and 110 faculty and administrative staff. The faculty conduct interdisciplinary research in economics, management, information technologies, languages and culture and …
The academic history of Turku reaches all the way to the 13th century, when citizens of Turku went to study in the universities of Central Europe. In 1640, Finland’s first university, the Royal Academy of Turku, was founded by Queen Christina of Sweden. The University of Turku was established in 1920 with the help of a fund-raising campaign. The University …
The University of Tampere participates in the Northern Dimension Institute through its Jean Monnet Centre based in the School of Management. The University has strengths in the area of Northern Dimension policy, EU-Russian relations, energy and environment, political economy, foreign policy, Russian language, culture and education and the Baltic Sea region as well as EU neighbourhood policy. Contact person(s): Hanna Ojanen, …
The University of Oulu is an international science university which creates innovation for the future, well-being, and knowledge through multidisciplinary research and education. The University of Oulu researches people and culture in a changing living environment, as well as opportunities that new technology provides for improving the well-being of people and the environment. The University is a multidisciplinary expert in …
The University of Latvia with its 15,000 students, 13 faculties and more than 20 research institutes is one of the largest comprehensive and leading research universities in the Baltic States. The University offers more than 130 state-accredited academic and professional study programmes. At University of Latvia, research is conducted in over 50 research fields which represent four main areas of …
