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Elina Vuola toivoisi uskonnoista käytävään julkiseen keskusteluun enemmän ääntä syrjityille, vaiennetuille ja toiseutetuille.

18.9.2018

Society & economy

Professor Elina Vuola: “The significance of religion should not be over- or underestimated”

The selectivity related to discourse on religion should be exposed in public, says Elina Vuola, professor of global Christianity and dialogue of...

Acidipropionibacterium virtanenii photo: Paulina Deptula

30.8.2018

Life science news

A novel bacterial species named after the Finnish Nobelist A.I. Virtanen

Artturi Ilmari Virtanen narrowly missed out on species naming for his original work in the 1920s. Now he has got Acidipropionibacterium...

Procession at the University of Helsinki Opening Ceremony 2018

3.9.2018

Higher education & science policy

Rector Jari Niemelä: We should foster science, education and learning regardless of economic cycles

In his opening address marking the beginning of the academic year, Jari Niemelä, who recently became the rector of the University of Helsinki,...

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Society & economy

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