Yearly archives: 2019

Something new, something old, something blue and something borrowed” – these were the words we used at the closing ceremony of Physics Days 2019 to invite attendees to Physics Days 2020 to be organized in Kuopio. Now we are happy to open the curtain a bit as registration and abstract […]

writer: Kimmo Tuominen We are facing big changes in the ways how higher education should be organised.  No, I am not thinking about the increasing administrative burden of developing formal aspects of curricula or increased challenges in accommodating more students in the study programmes and planning how they could pass […]

Writer: Jan Åström Physics is no longer what it once was – the search for the basic principles of nature. It is still this, to some extent – of course, but it has become increasingly more about applications. A quick glance at physics research in Finland today reveals subjects like […]

 Writer: Kaarle Hämeri The government in Finland has published the negotiation results and the new government programme. The programme indicates clear change in direction of our nation. The universities see potential to start developing new expertise after several years of negative trends. We are hopeful for the new direction and […]

Writer: Eija Tuominen In September 2018, the mere existence of a Code of Conduct proved to be beneficial for the physics community. Then, CERN was proud to host the first ever workshop of high-energy theory and gender. Unfortunately, one of the invited speakers took the opportunity to give a highly […]