Following the above lectures, Professor of Media and Communications Mats Bergman will give his inaugural lecture at an inauguration ceremony starting at 17.00 in the University’s Great Hall. After the ceremony, the audience is welcome to attend a reception held in the Main Building foyers. A cloakroom is located at Aleksanterinkatu 5.
Further information and livestream links to the lecture rooms: www.helsinki.fi/juhlaluennot. Each inaugural lecture will be held in the language of its title indicated in the programme. The lectures will not be recorded.
The new professors and their lecture topics
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
- Lassi Ahlvik, professor of Environmental Economics: lmastopolitiikka ja tulonjako
- Hanna Tuomisto, professor of Sustainability Science (Sustainable Food Systems): What will we eat in 2050?
Faculty of Arts
- Terhi Ainiala, professor of Finnish Language: Nimen voimat
- Mulki Al-Sharmani, professor of Islamic Studies: Islamic Ethics and Law: What Can Feminist Hermeneutics Bring to the Table?
- Tuomo Hiippala, professor of English Language and Digital Humanities: Miten eri ilmaisukeinot toimivat yhdessä?
- Lari Kotilainen, professor of Finnish Language: Voiko suomea oppia työelämässä?
- Kaius Sinnemäki, professor of Quantitative and Comparative Linguistics: Mitä kieli meistä kertoo?
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
- Jussi Eronen, professor of Socio-ecological Systems: Sosio-ekologiset järjestelmät ja monikriisien maailma
- Francisco Rivera Gómez-Barris, professor of Integrative Neurobiology: Rescuing Myelin Repair in Multiple Sclerosis: Vasculature – Friend or Foe?
- Marjo Saastamoinen, professor of Evolutionary Ecology: Pitkäaikaisseurantojen merkitys evoluutioekologiassa
- Jarno Vanhatalo, professor of Statistics: Tilastotiede ekologian tutkimuksessa
- Katariina Öörni, professor of Integrative Physiology: Käynnistääkö kolesterolihiukkasten paakkuuntuminen valtimotaudin?
Faculty of Educational Sciences
- Benjamin Ultan Cowley, professor of Learning in Humans and Machines: Mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics of learning to perform a skill
Faculty of Medicine
- Johanna Arola, professor of Molecular Pathology: Voidaanko syöpä löytää ennen kuin se on syntynyt?
- Kaisa Hartikainen, professor of Neurology: Aivoterveyden neuraaliset jalanjäljet – Fokuksessa otsalohkoverkostot
- Liisa Kauppi, professor of Cancer Molecular Biology: DNA damage and repair – double-edged swords for human health
- Taija Mäkinen, professor of Translational Medicine: Imusuonisto – kehon näkymätön vaikuttaja
- Tiina Ojala, professor of Pediatric Cardiology: Pieni sydän, suuria mahdollisuuksia – Teknologia, tekoäly ja lastenkardiologian tulevaisuus
- Teppo Särkämö, professor of Neuropsyhcology: Musiikkia ikääntyville ja kuntoutuville aivoille
Faculty of Pharmacy
- Dario Greco, professor of Pharmaceutical Bioinformatics: Next generation chemicals and drugs: towards effective, safe, and sustainable products
Faculty of Science
- Peter Hästö, Professor of Mathematics (Swedish-language professorship): Flexibilitet och matematiskt kunnande
- Tom Jilbert, professor of Environmental Geochemistry: Community matters in environmental research
- Konstantinos Sarakinos, professor of Experimental Materials Physics: Turning randomness into order: atom-by-atom creation of materials
- Indrė Žliobaitė, professor of Life Science Informatics: Analysing change
Faculty of Social Sciences
- Antti Latvala, professor of Criminology: Biopsykososiaalista kriminologiaa: Yksilötason tekijät rikoskäyttäytymisen selittämisessä ja ennaltaehkäisyssä
- Johanna Rainio-Niemi, professor of Political History: Poliittinen historia ja Suomen malli
Swedish School of Social Science
- Mats Bergman, professor of Media and Communications: Propaganda ‒ ett nödvändigt ont?