The Åbo Akademi University Collegiate Body has, on November 13, 2024, appointed Marianne Stenius as the new Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University. 

FM John Björkman’s doctoral thesis in Nordic Folkloristics will be put forth for public defence at The Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Healing Springs and Haunted Woods. Sacred sites of folk belief and spatial order in Southwest Finnish village societies”.

The Åbo Akademi University Collegiate Body has appointed a new board for the period 2025–2027.

M.Sc. (Tech.) Mehmet Yağcı’s doctoral thesis in Process and Energy Technology (Process and Systems Engineering will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Control Performance Analysis with Industrial Scale Applications”.

M.Sc. (Tech) Ida Mattsson’s doctoral thesis in chemical engineering (organic chemistry) will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Smart Materials from Sweet Molecules – Exploration of Monosaccharide-Derived Polyols in Material Applications”.

M.A. Aleksandra Ianchenko’s doctoral thesis in English Language and Literature will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Estranging Trams: Atmospheres of Trams in Art”.

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M.Sc. Patrik Hettula’s doctoral thesis in General History will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Contesting the Empire – Fighting the Inevitable: Eurafrican Spaces on the British Gold Coast”.

M.Soc.Sc. Isla Varpula’s doctoral thesis in Developmental Psychology will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Peer Aggression and Sexual Harassment among Adolescents in Turkey and Finland; Perceived Ethnic Discrimination and School Connectedness in Relation to Immigrant Status”.

M.A. (Psych) Jenny Skrifvars’ doctoral thesis in Psychology will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Investigating and Improving the Quality of Asylum Interviewing and Decision-Making Practices in Finland”.

M.Sc. (Tech.) Polina Sinitsyna’s doctoral thesis in inorganic chemistry will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “In Vitro Dissolution of Bioactive Glasses with the Focus on S53P4-Derived Products”.

M.A. (Educ.) Nina Dahl-Tallgren’s doctoral thesis in education will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “Towards a performative pedagogy: An educational design study of three Theatre-In-Education programmes”.

M.Sc. Christian Ahläng’s doctoral thesis in physics will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “The Potential Landscape and Voltage Losses in Thin-Film Solar Cells”.

M.Sc. Taru Knuutinen’s doctoral thesis in cell biology will be put forth for public defence at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Åbo Akademi University. The thesis is entitled “The importance of calcium channels in thyroid cancer”.

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