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The Finnish Union of University Professors states that the IPR strategy cannot be considered apart from the general objectives related to RDI investments, productivity increases and basic research. The Union emphasises the important role of professors and other researchers in universities and research institutes within the innovation system in Finland and Europe as a whole….
The Finland Futures Research Centre of the University of Turku has examined the phenomena and factors of change that affect the basic tasks of universities; namely research, higher education and interaction with society at large. The name of the report (Into the Future with Knowledge) refers succinctly to the fact that researched knowledge will hold…
In the first part of their report, Jussi Kivistö, Elias Pekkola and Emmi Kujala review the internal funding models in place at Finnish universities. In the second part of the report, they examine professors’ perceptions regarding the impact of these models on their work.
The report gives an overall picture of how professors were recruited in Finnish universities and research institutes in 2019. The report was written by Elias Pekkola, Taru Siekkinen, Emmi-Niina Kujala and Jari-Pekka Kanniainen.
