INTERNATIONAL TALENT AT TURKU SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
On becoming a doctoral student in Turku, Finland The number of international doctoral students at Turku School of Economics has increased steadily for the last 10 years. We met with two of them and talked about why they came to Turku and are they going to stay? Teksti Elina Järvinen Henkilökuva Isabel Galvis, Elina Järvinen
Coming to Turku
Isabel Galvis Cardenas is a doctoral candidate in international business. She first came to Turku ten years ago from Ecuador to do a master’s degree in the Global Innovation Management program at Turku School of Economics (TSE). When considering studies abroad, she heard about Finland from a friend in Ecuador who was doing a master’s degree in Finland. He suggested that Finland could be a good option for her as the education is high quality and free for everyone (from 2017 onwards there has been a tuition fee in Finland for students outside EU). Isabel returned to Ecuador after completing her master’s degree. However, in 2017, after few years of working as a consultant, she decided to return to Turku to do her PhD. “I found my passion, social entrepreneurship at TSE during my master’s studies and wanted to continue working further with that concept in my doctoral studies,” says Isabel. Now she is researching community building practices of an INGO (International Non-Governmental Organization) in a new local context.
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