News
November 28, 2024
Going to SANORD? Join Networking evet hosted by FAPI and SAFINET
SAFINET and FAPI networks are warmly welcoming you to join the Finnish-African Networking Event on 3 December at 18. If...
November 25, 2024
African Research and Education Day explored new horizons in Finland-Africa partnerships
The University of Turku hosted African Research and Education Day on 13 November. The event marked the final seminar of...
October 14, 2024
African Research and Education Day to be held in Turku on 13 of November
University of Turku will host African Research and Education Day on 13 November, marking the final seminar of the Finland-Africa...
October 8, 2024
The “Ethical guidelines for responsible academic partnerships with the Global South” is now available online
The ethical guidelines for responsible academic partnerships with the Global South are designed as a self-reflective journey to counterbalance inherent...
October 6, 2024
University of Eastern Finland and University of Namibia’s joint educational video on early intervention in family violence
The Department of Social Sciences at the University of Finland and the University of Namibia have released an educational video...
September 2, 2024
Special Issue ‘’From Recovery to Resilience: Sustainable Pathways for Transforming the Tourism Industry’’ has been published
This special issue focuses on recovery and resilience in tourism development. The theme is based on the conference on ‘From...
August 29, 2024
New book sheds light on the history of Finland–Namibia relations in colonial world
Although Finland never had any colonies, the encounters in the Owambo region and their descriptions had various colonial features, according...
August 27, 2024
The book ‘‘Social Justice Innovation in Africa’’ is now published
The book ‘‘Social Justice Innovation in Africa’’ has been published and is openly available now. This book is the result...
August 26, 2024
The First International Conference on Social Sciences and Digital Humanities: Cooperation, Cultures, Societies and African Processes of Digitalisation South of the Sahara
The deadline for submitting papers is coming up on 10 September 2024. The best contributions will be considered for publication...
July 1, 2024
The Call for Abstracts for the SANORD Conference 2024
The Call for Abstracts for the SANORD Conference 2024, themed “Social and Epistemic Justice: Imagining Sustainable Futures through Agency,” hosted...
April 5, 2024
Call for abstracts: High-Level Workshop on Intellectual Property Technical Assistance and Development in Africa will take place in August
The Workshop will be organised within the Framework of the Research Council of Finland project “Technical Assistance as an Enabler...
March 27, 2024
Towards new horizons 30 May
The FAPI network is one of the 9 Global Networks in the Internationalisation Programme (2021–2024) of the Ministry of Education...
March 25, 2024
FAPI–SANORD webinar gathered specialists from the north and south
Climate change, economic and population growth has brought us to the situation where the world needs to invest more to...
March 1, 2024
Remember to apply for TFK funding
The 2024 Team Finland Knowledge (TFK) programme’s official call for applications is open until 2 May 2024 (the online system...
February 29, 2024
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is joining the FAPI network!
Metropolia is the largest university of applied sciences in Finland with four education fields: Business, Culture, Health Care and Social...
February 15, 2024
Norwegian company shared experiences on digital mobile banking sector in Africa
On Tuesday the Åbo Akademi School of Business and Economics, Turku had the wonderful opportunity to have a Guest Speaker...
February 9, 2024
Application time for Coimbra Group Scholarship Programme for Young African Researchers is now open
This is a good opportunity for teachers and researchers at the University of Turku to adverstise to your African partners!...
January 30, 2024
CALL FOR SPEAKERS Sustainable Energy: opportunities for co-creation and collaboration
Organised by SANORD special interest group for SDG9 and the FAPI-network on Friday 23 February at 13–16 (CAT) Climate change,...
December 20, 2023
Season Greetings from the coordination team!
We have had a successful year collaborating with 26 Finnish higher education institutions and our African partners. We thank everyone...
December 19, 2023
Join Sanord Special interest Group for SDG 9
United Nations Sustainability Development Goal 9 aims to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation. The purpose is...
November 17, 2023
Finland-Africa Academic Celebrations: Research Day and Academic Night in focus
27 and 28 October 2023 marked a remarkable milestone in the history of academic events dedicated to Africa in Finland....
November 13, 2023
African Research Day highlighted the importance of impactful collaborations
The Collaboration in Research and Education seminar, which took place at the University of Turku at the end of October,...
October 31, 2023
From Recovery to Resilience: Sustainable Pathways for Transforming Tourism
Photo by Aapo Lunden Finland-Africa Platform for Innovation (FAPI) supported the organizing of a Doctoral School Workshop and Conference on “Recovery...
October 9, 2023
Last chance to sign up for the African Research Day
The sign up has ended. You can enquire free spots from fapi-coordinator@utu.fi We are happy to welcome you to African Research...
October 9, 2023
Join the thematic meetings to discuss the cooperation in your interest areas
FAPI aims to create sustainable partnerships in research, education, as well as in co-creative innovation projects between Finnish and African...
October 9, 2023
FAPI General Meeting will follow with more thematic meetings
The Finland-Africa Platform for Innovation (SDG9) network had its General Meeting online on 28 September. 20 attendees from various member...
September 28, 2023
Science Forum South Africa is held from 6 to 8 December 2023
The Science Forum South Africa will be held from 6 to 8 December 2023 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria,...
September 11, 2023
African Research Day in October: the sign up has started
We are happy to welcome you to African Research Day Live Event taking place in Turku on 27 October. The event...
August 31, 2023
Collaboration in Research and Education seminar will take place in October
We are happy to welcome you to the African Research Day on 27 October 2023! Collaboration in Research and Education...
June 30, 2023
Please save the dates for the following FAPI events in autumn term
Dear members of FAPI, Please save the dates for the following FAPI events in autumn term: FAPI – Finland-Africa Platform...
May 29, 2023
Join SANORD Webinar – Trends in Internationalisation: A critical perspective from the South
Internationalisation remains an important element of higher education collaboration. It is motivated by a variety of political, economic, sociocultural, and...
May 12, 2023
Africa Day 2023
The JYU Africa Networks is hosting the Africa Day celebration event at JYU. For participants UTU it is possible to...
April 6, 2023
SAVE the DATES – African Research Day and African Academic Night will be held on 27–28 October
Finland Africa Platform for Innovation (SDG9) organises the African Research Day event together with other Africa-themed global networks on October...
March 17, 2023
SANORD Conference will take place in September – deadline for abstract submissions 15 April
2023 SANORD Conference will be organized on 20-22 September 2023 INN University, Hamar campus. The deadline for abstract submission is...
January 27, 2023
Multidisciplinary Collaboration with African Partners on Sustainability
The University of Turku’s seed-funded projects support long-term research, education and innovation collaborations between Finnish and African partners on issues...
December 28, 2022
Collaboration on Education and Teaching in the Global South
Two seed-funded projects focusing on education and teaching facilitate cooperation with partners in Africa and India. Research on learning and...
November 28, 2022
Seed-Funded Projects Strengthen Health Technology and Training Collaboration with Africa
New seed-funded projects promote joint activities between Finnish and African partners in health research, education and innovation. Creating and maintaining...
September 21, 2022
Sustainability Engineering for students of UniPID member universities
The Sustainability Engineering module by the University of Turku (UTU) gives a theoretically sound, competence-oriented and ethical foundation that engineers...
April 12, 2022
Achieving social justice through social innovation and entrepreneurship: Call for chapter contributions and mobility
The Åbo Akademi University and the University of Jyväskylä networks of the Finland-Africa Platform for Innovation (SDG 9) jointly call...
March 30, 2022
Training for Responsible Global Academic Partnerships
The Finnish University Partnership for International Development – UniPID and the Finnish higher education institutions’ Global networks are hosting a...
November 4, 2021
A Successful Webinar on Funding Opportunities for Collaboration with Africa
A Zoom webinar on funding opportunities was organized to share information and facilitate collaborations between academics and other actors in...
October 29, 2021
SANORD-FAPI Webinar on Innovations for Sustainable Development
On the 24th of August, FAPI and the Southern African-Nordic Centre SANORD organized a joint webinar around the theme of...