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Fulbright Forum on Education, Innovation, Science, and Art provides a unique opportunity to hear about the research and projects that the current U.S. Fulbright scholars, teachers, and graduate students are doing in Finland. The sessions are held online and they are open to the public.

Feel free to “stop by” for part of the event to listen and discuss the themes that match your area of interest and that also work with your schedule! 

The times mentioned in the program are EET (Helsinki, Finland); check your local time e.g. here: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

Program for the Fulbright Forum 2024: Education, Innovation, Science, and Art

Wednesday, April 10 at 16:00-17:35 - Business, Law, and Economics
Moderator: Dr. John Broussard, 2016-17 Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics; Professor and Director of the MS Online in Finance, University of Oklahoma, Norman
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16:05-16:25Peter Matthews, Fulbright-Aalto University Distinguished  ChairUsing Information Provision Experiments To Explore The Current Political Climate
16:25-16:45Terry Esper, Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and EconomicsExploring Social Responsibility and Well-Being Perspectives of Last Mile Logistics Execution
Break
16:55-17:15Craig Crossley, Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and EconomicsReducing the Research-Practice Gap Through Collaborative Workforce Analytics 
17:15-17:35Justin Hughes, Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and EconomicsUnderstanding the Development of the Copyright Economy in Finland and Nordic Countries

Past sessions

Monday, March 4 at 16:00-17:15 - Sustainability in Engineering, Economics, and Ecology
Moderator: Dr. Erika Holt, 2009-10 U.S. Fulbright Fellow; Customer Account Lead, Nuclear Energy Sector, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
 
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16:05-16:25Skye Pham, Fulbright-Aalto University Graduate AwardCreative Sustainability: The Role of Engineering in Sustainable Futures
16:25-16:45Claudia Partridge, Fulbright-LUT University Graduate AwardDisrupting the Cycle of Environmental Abuse Through Circular Economics
Break
16:55-17:15Xenabeth Lazaro, Fulbright-University of Helsinki Graduate AwardEchoes of Resilience: Unveiling the Activity Patterns of Sub-Antarctic Bats in a Challenging Environment
Thursday, March 14 at 16:00-17:35 - Social Sciences
Moderator: Bruno Jäntti, 2020-21 ASLA-Fulbright Graduate Grant, 2024-25 ASLA-Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Fellow; Doctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki
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16:05-16:25Anezka Boyle, Fulbright-Tampere University Graduate AwardPeace and Sisu: Finland as a Peace Mediator 
16:25-16:45Mia Filardi, Fulbright-Tampere University Graduate AwardPutting Theory to Practice: Perspectives from a Conflict Mediation Simulation 
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16:55-17:15John Barton, Fulbright-University of Jyväskylä Graduate AwardTaking A Step Back: Studying Western Hemisphere Societies from Finland
17:15-17:35Chase Friel, Fulbright-University of Turku Graduate AwardThe New Welfare State: Reimagining Welfare Policies and Interventions in Finland and Beyond
Monday, March 18 at 16:00-17:55 - Education
Moderator: Elizabeth Radday, 2015-16 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Research Program; Director of School Services, EdAdvance
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16:05-16:25Jill Bue, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching ResearchOne Math Teacher's Journey into Finnish Secondary Classrooms
16:25-16:45Ashley Pankratz, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching ResearchInformal and Voluntary Professional Learning Communities of Finnish Educators
16:45-17:05Dawn Oler, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching ResearchRelationships and Motivation: Why teach? The beginning of inquiry
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17:15-17:35Teresa Butler-Doran, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching ResearchClimate Action and Global Competency Through Finnish Connections
17:35-17:55Gloriana Trujillo, Core Fulbright Scholar ProgramHow Might Finnish Peruskoulu Pedagogical Best Practices Be Adapted for College and University Teaching?
Wednesday, March 27 at 16:00-17:55 - Interdisciplinary Session
Moderator: Linda H. Bram, 1993-94 U.S. Fulbright Fellow; Lecturer on Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School
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16:05-16:25Lucia Trimbur, Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American StudiesConcussion and Sport: Some Universals
16:25-16:45Casey O'Donnell, Fulbright-Tampere University ScholarMaking Games Differently
16:45-17:05Stewart Crawford, Fulbright-Turku UAS ScholarBig Data, AI, and Virtual Reality
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17:15-17:35Kirby Deater-Deckard, Fulbright-University of Turku ScholarIndividual Differences in Child and Family Development in Turku, Finland
17:35-17:55Sydney Erlikh, U.S. Fulbright FellowRAMPA in Helsinki-Disability Culture and Artistic Process in Inclusive Dance
CV Catalog of the 2023-24 U.S. Fulbright Finland Grantees
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