University of Helsinki

Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Helsinki is Finland’s most diverse faculty in terms of the organisation and ...
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TALK BY JULIAN HONKASALO ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ANTI-GENDER MOBILIZATION AND ANTI-TRANS MEDICAL EXPERTISE

Julian Honkasalo held a talk on the connection between anti-gender mobilization and anti-trans medical expertise in a seminar organized by the Green party (Vihreät) at Pikku Parlamentti on Wednesday, ...
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Christmas and New Year opening hours at the Natural History Museum

The museum will be operating on a special holiday schedule over the Christmas and New Year period. The Christmas and New Year holidays bring changes to the museum’s opening hours. Please check the ...
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Putting pen to paper – the process of writing a thesis in linguistics

Alisa Oesch, who has lived both in Scotland and in Finland, understands the struggles of finding work in a country where language can be an obstacle. We sat down with Alisa and discussed the writing ...
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Frank Hindriks lectured on the open society in the age of identity

Frank Hindriks from University of Groningen visited Helsinki in December. On 11 December 2025, Professor Frank Hindriks from University of Groningen delivered a lecture titled The Open Society in the ...
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Helsinki–South Africa collaboration advances methodological discussion on African scholarship

HSSH researchers Jouni Tuominen and Matti Pohjonen recently visited South Africa as part of the ongoing research collaboration between the University of Helsinki’s Helsinki Institute for Social ...
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Seminars and Workshops

P.O. Box 3 (Fabianinkatu 33) 00014 University of Helsinki Switchboard: +358 (0) 2941 911 (mobile call charge / local network charge) ...
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Exploring resilience and well-being in built environments: field work in Taipei and Helsinki

Resilience and well-being in built environments are more important than ever. Our project, "Understanding the Resilience in Built Environment (ResitBe)", focuses on how these concepts intersect, ...
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RADIA to organise trainings on evaluation and planning of P/CVE work in February

The practice-oriented training focuses on project planning and evaluation in preventing and countering violent radicalisation and extremism (P/CVE). RADIA trainings II and III: Program design and ...
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HSSH Slow Science Day brought the university community together to reflect on unhurried scholarship

The fully booked HSSH Slow Science Day invited the university community to pause, reflect and rethink the fast rhythms of academic life. The HSSH Slow Science Day: Multimodal dialogues on unhurried ...
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New Book Explores Gender, Power and Policy Under the First von der Leyen Commission

Johanna Kantola, Professor of European Politics at the Centre for European Studies, has co-edited the newly published volume "The European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen: Gender, Leadership, ...
Helsinki

HSSH Project Planner Juho Pääkkönen defended his dissertation on credibility-building in social science big data

Juho Pääkkönen’s dissertation explores how social scientists build credibility for the use of digital big data and what this reveals about the evolving conditions of research. HSSH Project Planner ...