The 18 new professors of the University of Helsinki will outline the main challenges of their fields in general terms at 14-16 on Wednesday, 27 May.
The lectures will last 20 minutes and are given in eight different lecture halls in the Main Building of the university, at Aleksanterinkatu 5. There will be a short pause between each lecture so that members of the audience can change lecture halls. At 16 o’clock, after the lectures, there will be a reception in the banqueting hall, where the chancellor will present the new professors with their appointment certificates.
The ceremonial lecture is a popular rendering of the main issues of the professor's own field, aimed at the university community and society at large.
Please see www.helsinki.fi/juhlaluennot and https://university.helsinki.fi/fi/professorien-esittely for more details on the programme and the professors (in Finnish).
The new professors and their topics:
Lectures in Finnish:
Professor in regional planning and politics, Sami Moisio: Aluesuunnittelun ja aluepolitiikan maantieteellinen tutkimus
Professor in computer science, Valtteri Niemi: Teknologian rooli yksityisyyden suojaamisessa
Professor in political history, Kimmo Rentola: Syvä valtio?
Professor in occupational health, Kari Reijula: Työterveyshuolto - preventiota vaiko sairauksien tutkimista ja hoitoa?
Professor in Rheumatology, Kari Eklund: Reumasairauksien kehittyvä hoito
Professor in vascular surgery, Maarit Venermo: Aneurysman korjauksen historiaa ja nykyaikaa: hevosenjouhista Einsteinin kautta PEVARiin
Professor in religious philosophy, Sami Pihlström: Kuinka kriittinen uskontokeskustelu on mahdollista?
Professor in general history, Heikki Mikkeli: Mikä tekee yleisestä historiasta yleistä?
Professor in non-fiction and writing, Pirjo Hiidenmaa: Tietokirjallisuus: lajit, lukijat ja kirjoittajat
Professor in English philology, Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen: Digiajan englantia
Professor in English language, Minna Palander-Collin: Yli tuhat vuotta muuttuvaa englantia
Professor in ecology and evolutionary biology, Jouni Laakso: Mikrobiyhteisöt ja taudinaiheuttamiskyvyn evoluutio
Lectures in Swedish:
Professor in Nordic justice, Johan Bärlund Nordisk rätt - vad, varför och för vem?
Professor in sociology, Elina Oinas: Frihet, solidaritet och sammanhang
Professor in Scandinavian studies, Peter Stadius: Norden som idé
Lectures in English:
Inaugural lecture: Professor of Development Studies Barry Gills: Global Development in the Anthropocene
Professor of Theoretical Physics Mark Hindmarsh: The first few picoseconds
Professor of Agricultural Policy Antonios Rezitis: Price Relations along the Food Supply Chain