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New Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business And Economics The Fulbright Center and Hanken School of Economics have signed an agreement establishing the Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics. “For Hanken this agreement means yet another way of strengthening our international profile, especially among researchers and universitites in the Unites States. Our networks will be broadened in the U.S., opening up the possibility for development ideas”, says Hanken’s Rector Eva Liljeblom. The agreement provides prominent American scholars the opportunity to
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lecture and conduct research at Hanken. During their stay, the scholars will also contribute to sharing Hanken’s research
The first application round for the
and knowledge within the business
academic year 2016–2017 is open until
community and society at large.
August 2015. The award is intended for
“The agreement with Hanken also strengthens Finland’s profile internationally. The Fulbright program oper-
conducting research and lecturing at Hanken School of Economics.
Eva Liljeblom (left), Matti Kokkala, and Fulbright Executive Director Terhi Mölsä signed the agreement establishing the Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics.
Read more about Hanken on page 14.
ates in over 150 countries. Yet, there are only 40 Fulbright Distinguished Chairs, and as many as four of them are in
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Finland”, says Matti Kokkala, Chair of the Fulbright Center Board of Directors
Fulbright Center
Hanken School of Economics
and Senior Advisor at Smart Cities
Program Coordinator
Scholarship Liaison Officer
at VTT. In addition to the Fulbright-
Ms. Sonja Kuosmanen
Ms. Lotte Granberg-Haakana
Hanken Distinguished Chair, three
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lotte.granberg-haakana@hanken.fi
other Fulbright Distinguished Chairs are
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funded in cooperation with the Nokia
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Foundation, Aalto University, and the
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University of Helsinki.
Two U.S. Fulbright Students to Finland Receive the Roth-Thompson Award U.S. Fulbright Students Michael Brown
participate in international seminars
and Taylor Tyger have received this
including the Calotte Academy meeting
year’s Roth Thompson Award. The
in Russia.
award will enable the two recipients
to
forge
new
and
Taylor Tyger, who has been research-
valuable
ing the environmental health benefits
connections in their field in Finland
of urban aquatic environments at Aalto
and internationally.
University and University of Helsinki, will participate and present at two inter-
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With the assistance of the award,
national conferences in Belgium and
Michael Brown, who spent the academic
Denmark.
year 2014-2015 at the Arctic Center at the
The Lois Roth Endowment supports
University of Lapland researching gover-
exchanges across national and cultural
nance strategies in the Arctic, will travel
boundaries to enhance international
to Helsinki to interview Parliament rep-
communication and understanding. The
resentatives and Specialists working for
Fulbright Center has cooperated with the
the Finnish Innovation Fund SITRA, and
Lois Roth Endowment for many years.