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Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A dear colleague Anu speaking about her work as an interpreting lecturer and researcher. ”Interpreters have a duty to convey what the speaker is actually saying, not what they think the speaker intends to say. They must actively set aside their own preconceptions.”

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Interpreters witness the richness of human life, says Anu Viljanmaa | Tampere University

Anu Viljanmaa discovered the profession of interpreting by chance, and it turned out to be the perfect fit for her. Today, she trains the next generation of interpreters, helping them to develop sk...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We are resuming our blog post series about various academic events Pluralists attend. In this week's post, Dr Heini Kallio, University Lecturer in phonetics, shares her experience of participating in the 26th meeting of phoneticians in Sweden: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/tutki...

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Multidisciplinary phonetics and ear training in Scania | Plural-blogi | Tampere Universities

In this post, Dr Heini Kallio, University Lecturer in phonetics, shares her experience of participating in the 26th meeting of phoneticians in Sweden.

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Don’t forget to submit your abstract to the #OctoConf3 conference on influence, manipulation and seduction - this time face-to-face in Tampere, Finland! Abstracts by July 1, conference 19-20 November 2026 #linguistics CFP here: events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

You are all warmly welcome to attend an informal seminar on language pedagogy by Dr. Blanka Babicka (University of Olomouc, Czechia) and Dr. Elina Vasu (Languages Unit) scheduled on Wed, June 17, at 13:15-14:45 @Pinni B2033. #languageteaching #languagepedagogy #academicevents

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In this week's conference blog post, Pluralists Sari Hokkanen, Frederike Schierl, Satu Valkiainen and Anu Viljanmaa talk about their participation in the KäTu Symposium on Translation and Interpreting Studies: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/tutki... #researcherslife #academicconferences #translationstudies

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Pluralists represent the ITC Languages Unit at the 2026 KäTu Symposium | Plural-blogi | Tampere Universities

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

On this week's blog, Pluralists Anu Viljanmaa and Kaisa Koskinen talk about the celebration of the 60th anniversary of translator and interpreter education in Tampere. Read more about the festivities and the related multilingual publication here: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/event...

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Pyynikiltä Pinniin: 60 vuotta kääntäjien ja tulkkien koulutusta Tampereella! | Plural-blogi | Tampere Universities

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Lovely meeting with the octo-crew (@coocho.bsky.social & @domini.bsky.social) today to plan "Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language" (aka #OctoConf3). Abstract submissions are due July 1! The octopus awaits you 🐙 events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Our doctoral student Boy Tri Rizky (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) will also be attending, presenting a talk on "Language Attitudes toward Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Betawi in Jakarta" 🤩

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

In our new blog post, Mary Nurminen recounts her first experience with funding applications, a growing presence in researchers’ work: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res... #researchfunding #fundingapplications #researcherslife

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Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Marja Kivilehto 1965-2026 💔 Lämmin muisto jää Marjasta. Liian aikaisin loppui elo hällä. Kiitos kollegoille kauniista muistokirjoituksesta!

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

You are cordially invited to the “Deep Spaces” symposium organised by the research group Spatial Studies and Environmental Humanities at 9:30-16:30 @PinniB 1028-29 on the city centre campus of Tampere University. All staff and students are welcome! More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The marathon reading of Edmund Spenser’s 'The Faerie Queene' starts tomorrow! If you haven’t signed up for the marathon reading itself, you are welcome to attend the introductory lectures on Friday 22 May, 9:00-11:30 am (Virta 339/EDU’s Café). More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The 29th International Symposium on Malay & Indonesian Linguistics will be held at Tampere University on 8-11.06.26. Please see further details and the programme of the symposium on our website: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

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The 29th International Symposium on Malay and Indonesian Linguistics to be held at Tampere University on 8-11 June | Plural | Tampere Universities

ISMIL29 will take place on the city centre campus of Tampere University on 8 June 2026 – 11 June 2026.

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We are continuing our blog series about the academic conferences Pluralists participate in. In this bilingual post written in German & Finnish, Dr. Dieter Hermann Schmitz speaks about the 2026 DaF (German as a foreign language) Day: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/acade... #academicconference #researcherslife

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today at 13 EEST / 12 CEST online: Dominika Beneš Kováčová (Masaryk University) Rapport management and community building in audience reactions to rapport-challenging posts by manosphere influencers @ylvabiri.bsky.social @lulind.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social Zoom: tinyurl.com/talkosso 🐦🐦

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Olli Kuparinen @kuparinen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Pääsin tiedekunnan videosarjaan puhumaan lyhyesti tutkimuksestani ja liikkumaan hidastettuna. Ei kai sitä voi muuta toivoa! youtu.be/qPKJ3V0GDlk

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Next talk in the OSSO + DDI online talk series is on April 17, 14 - 15 EEST. Join us for Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen's lecture "My bad: the metapragmatics of accountability on social media" Join the Zoom room: tinyurl.com/talkosso 🐦🐦

My bad: the metapragmatics of accountability on social media

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This talk presents the first results from a study exploring how social media users take responsibility for their own contributions in order to manage potential conflicts and uphold civility in online interactions. While the prevalence of online conflicts and incivility has attracted significant scholarly attention, recent research has increasingly focused on the constructive and positive aspects of social media interactions (e.g., Tanskanen 2021; Canute et al. 2023; Biri & Tanskanen 2025). This investigation is part of that emerging trend. The talk specifically examines instances that can be labelled as self-condemnation, i.e. cases where users explicitly assume accountability for their contributions as potential transgressions. Users can, for instance, modify or edit their contributions or confess to having uttered an inaccuracy or untruth. These instances are particularly interesting because according to previous research, actual self-condemnation is very rare in interaction; people typically evaluate their own transgressions more leniently than those of others (Szabados 1979; Valdesolo & DeSteno 2007). From an interactional perspective, the reactions to self-condemnations are equally interesting, and, where possible, these have been analysed as well in order to shed light on the dynamics of accountability in online discourse.

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

You are warmly welcome to attend guest lectures by Dr Réka Eszenyi & Franciska van Waarden (ELTE Department of Translation & Interpreting, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) When: Wed 14 April 12:00-14:00 Where: interpreting studio Pinni B 2034 More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Kukkupuheet puntarissa aprillipäivän Sopii kysyä! -luennolla pääkirjasto Metsossa intra.tuni.fi/fi/content/n... Huhtikuun Sopii kysyä! -luento tarttuu harhaanjohtavaan kieleen ja viestintään. Alustajina ovat tutkija Anne Ketola ja pelitutkimuksen yliopistonlehtori Kati Alha.

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

You are cordially invited to participate in the "Reading The Faerie Queene – Narrative, Character, Form: Marathon Reading and Symposium" to be held at Tampere University on 22-26 May Deadline for submission of a 250-word abstract & bio: 10.04.26 More details here: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

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Hanna Risku @hrisku.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The 2nd International Conference on Field Research on Translation and Interpreting (FIRE-TI 2) will be organised by Tampere University, in Tampere, Finland, 3–5 March 2027. events.tuni.fi/fireti2027/c...

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Call for papers | Field Research on Translation and Interpreting II | Tampere Universities

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Come to a marathon reading (Friday-Sunday 22-24 May) of and symposium (Tuesday 26 May) on Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590/1596)! For more information and to register, email johannes.riquet@tuni.fi

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We congratulate Frederike Schierl on the successful defense of her PhD project “Machine Translation Potential (Un)limited – Investigating the reception of machine-translated and human-translated subtitles in educational videos” on March 13!

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Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

IPRA 2027 is inviting you to Helsinki, Finland, in the summer 2027! Call for papers is open! Deadline fo panel proposals: June 5th 2026 Deadline for presentation and poster proposals: October 15th #IPRA2027 #linguistics #pragmatics

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This week, Rachelle Vessey @rachellevessey.bsky.social will talk about "Gender ideologies in workplace surveys: The case of the Canadian military" Join us on March 13 at 16 EET (check the time zone!): tinyurl.com/talkosso @lulind.bsky.social @ylvabiri.bsky.social

The military has been identified as a gendered space where hypermasculinity seems to be a potential predictor of sexual violence and impropriety (Bonnes, 2024; Duval Lantoine, 2022; Eichler, 2019; Pershing, 2003; Stachowitsch, 2013). In Canada, while the Canadian Armed Forces institutionally espouses gender equality, in practice problems relating to gender-based harm seem “intractable” (Rubenfeld and Lucas, 2025, p. 2). The persistence of these problems could be, in part, the result of discursive practices that reinstantiate a gender-based divide in banal and mundane ways. Using a discursive approach to sexual violence and impropriety (Ehrlich, 2001; Kitzinger & Thomas, 1995), this paper identifies gender ideologies, i.e., normalized beliefs and values about gender that are shared throughout Canadian servicemembers’ language use. These gender ideologies tend to underpin arguments about sexual violence and impropriety in the Canadian military. Using a 1.6-million-word corpus of short answer responses to military surveys, corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) is used to examine gendered representations, comparing and contrasting these across subsets of data produced by male and female servicemembers. Findings reveal both explicit representations via overuse of gendered labels and more subtle mechanisms of representations via metaphor and personal pronouns. The paper concludes by highlighting the role of gendered ideologies in attempts to discredit accounts of sexual violence and impropriety.

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Tampere Institute for Advanced Study is advertising paid postdoc and senior fellow positions (Society). You can be affiliated with Plural Research Centre if you work on a relevant topic - check out our website to find the research groups and projects! ⏱️2.03. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Society), 3 positions (Tampere Institute for Advanced Study, Tampere IAS) / Tutkijatohtori (Yhteiskunta), 3 tehtävää (Tampereen yliopiston tutkijakollegium)

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

In our new post about Plural's conference participation, Pluralist Mary Nurminen shares her impressions of presenting an academic paper at the 2025 Nordic Translation & Interpretation Forum. See here for more details: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

You are welcome to join the webinar of the Nordic Speech Research Forum on Feb 10th, 11:00-12:00 (Helsinki Time) Join via the Forum's website www.jyu.fi/nsrf This week’s talk: Tensions around the teaching and testing of oral proficiency in English as a lingua franca By Sheryl Cooke (British Council)

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Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

"Professori Sanna Turoman mukaan Venäjä-tuntemus on keskeistä suomalaisen yhteiskunnan resilienssin ja turvallisuuden näkökulmasta. Samalla hän muistuttaa ukrainan kieleen ja Ukrainaan liittyvistä opinnoista, joita hän on pyrkinyt edistämään Tampereen yliopistossa."

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Kirjat sytyttivät kiinnostuksen – Sanna Turoma tutkii venäläisiä aatteita

Venäjän hyökkäyssota on muuttanut professori ja tutkija Sanna Turoman työtä monin tavoin. Hänen mukaansa Venäjä-tuntemus on tärkeää yhteiskunnan resilienssin ja turvallisuuden kannalta.

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Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Don't let the octopus swim (crawl?) by, submit an abstract for our persuasion conference #OctoConf CFP ends July 1, conference 19-20 November events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Join us in reading some of the funniest and wittiest plays ever written! TIME: 17:00 PLACE: Pinni B 1028-29 You can sign up for the events by sending an e-mail to Kevin McGinley (kevin.mcginley@tuni.fi) or Johnny Riquet (johannes.riquet@tuni.fi).

PROGRAMME FOR SPRING 2026
● George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, The Rehearsal (1671) – Thursday, 5 February
● Michael Frayn, Noises Off (1982) – Monday, 16 February
● Clara Harriet Sherwood, The Early Bird (1891) – Thursday, 5 March
● Joseph Kesselring, Arsenic and Old Lace (1939) – Monday, 23 March
● Frances Koncan, Woman of the Fur Trade (2020) – Thursday, 9 April
● William Wycherley, The Country Wife (1675) – Thursday, 23 April

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Nordic Speech Research Form webinars continue in 2026. Organisers: Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University) You are warmly invited to join the webinar via the website www.jyu.fi/nsrf

Public lectures, seminars and round tables
10.2.2026 - 10.2.2026
Nordic Speech Research Forum: PhD Sheryl Cooke, British Council
Tensions around the teaching and testing of oral proficiency in English as a lingua franca
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
26.3.2026 - 26.3.2026
Nordic Speech Research Forum: PhD student Federica Raschellà, Senior Lecturer Frida Splendido, Associate Professor Gilbert Ambrazaitis (Linnaeus and Lund Universities)
Swedish Embodied Pronunciation Training. Results from a lab study on the second language acquisition of quantity
Public lectures, seminars and round tables
17.4.2026 - 17.4.2026
Nordic Speech Research Forum: Associate Professor Míša Hejná, Aarhus University, Denmark
The phonetic construction of good and evil from a whole-larynx perspective

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Come to Tampere 19-20 November for the 3d iteration of the international conference on persuasive language! We hope to be in a snow wonderland by then ❄️ Call for Papers open until July 1 Organisers: @coocho.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social @sofiaruediger.bsky.social events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We continue our series of blog posts about academic events in which Plural members participate. In the latest blog post titled "Dwarf Greetings from Breslau", Dr Dieter Hermann Schmitz tells about a German studies conference in Poland. Click here for the full post: blogs.tuni.fi/plural/a-res...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We are delighted to announce that Plural's and DPLA's virtual writing group resumes its sessions as of Friday 6th February, 9:00-10:30. More information on our website: FIN: research.tuni.fi/plural/uutin... ENG: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ne... #academicwriting #writinggroup #research

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Studia Generalia "Sopii kysyä!", joint event with TARU Research Centre, opens tomorrow! What: "On the Threshold of Consensus" by Leena Mikkola and Taina Pitkänen Where: Lehmus-hall, Metso library When: 14.1.26 5-6:30pm Events are free & open for everyone! More info: research.tuni.fi/plural-en/ev...

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Join the Empty Spaces symposium this Friday

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Lääkärissä käyminen, verkkokeskusteluun osallistuminen, generatiivisen tekoälyn kanssa asioiminen, sopimustekstit ja lemmikille lepertely – kieli ja viestintä liittyvät kaikkeen. Muun muassa näistä aiheista puhutaan Sopii kysyä! -luentosarjassa pääkirjasto Metsossa. www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohta...

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Kieli- ja viestintätieteiden Sopii kysyä! -luentosarja alkaa tammikuussa | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö

Lääkärissä käyminen, verkkokeskusteluun osallistuminen, generatiivisen tekoälyn kanssa asioiminen, mainokset, sopimustekstit ja lemmikille lepertely – kieli ja viestintä liittyvät kaikkeen. Muun mu...

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LAGB @lagbling.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Today is Linguistics Day! CLiE, LAGB, BAAL & CUP are launching the “Why Linguistics” video competition. UG, PG, and ECR linguists can submit a 1-minute video on what linguistics is and why it matters by 1 Feb 2026 for a chance to win cash prizes and a CUP book voucher.

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Railway Poetry evening will take place today from 6:00-7:30 pm in Pinni B 1028-29. You are cordially welcome to join us this evening! Glögi will be served in the break. 😊

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Have you been to the Plural Blog recently? We have a series of blog posts about Plural's researchers travelling to conferences this year! blogs.tuni.fi/plural/

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Plural-blogi | Tampere Universities

Tutkimuskeskus Pluralin blogi

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Tervetuloa kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan omaishoitosopimuksen kehittämisestä! Webinaariin ovat tervetulleita kaikki omaishoidon parissa työskentelevät ja siitä kiinnostuneet. sites.utu.fi/soho/tapahtu... Päivittyvä ohjelma ja ilmoittautumislinkki löytyy SoHo-hankkeen verkkosivuilta.

ALUSTAVA OHJELMA
9.00–9.45: Uudenlainen omaishoitosopimus: Hankkeen tulokset
9.45–10.15: Mitä mieltä sinä olet? Keskustelua omaishoidon sopimuksesta ja sopimisesta
10.15–10.20: Tauko
10.20–10.50: Keskusteluiden yhteenveto
10.50–11.50: Paneelikeskustelu: Osallistujina mm. Maija Voutilainen (THL), Anu Lehtinen (Pirha ja PIRKKO-hanke), Nina Toivonen (Helsingin yliopisto), Petra Raudaskoski (Napapiirin Omaishoitajat ry), Pia Järnstedt (Omaishoitajaliitto) ja Ulla Tiililä (Kotus).
11.50–12.00: Mitä seuraavaksi?

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Plural Research Centre @pluraltampere.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

In 2026, together with the TARU Research Centre, we are participating in the Studia Generalia public lecture series "Sopii kysyä!". The lectures are free and open for everyone! Venue: Lehmus-hall, Metso library, Tampere Time: 5-6:30pm See here for the full programme: research.tuni.fi/plural/tapah...

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Sopii kysyä! Kieli- ja viestintätieteiden illat pääkirjasto Metsossa | Plural | Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö

Miten voisimme ymmärtää toisiamme paremmin? Kuinka puhumme eläimistä ja miten katsomme niitä? Miten ympäristökeskusteluja käydään? Onko koneesta kollegaksi? Miksi hölynpölyjä ei ole pyyhitty? Sopii ky...

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