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Åbo Akademi University takes part in two

national Centres of Excellence appointed by

the Academy of Finland:


The Centre of Excellence for The Centre of Excellence project History
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease of Society: Re-thinking Finland
(2014–2019) is a joint research project of 1400–2000 aims to show how Finland
Åbo Akademi University, the University has become what it is today, to expose the
of Turku, the Central University Hospital relevant driving forces and to sketch out
of Turku and the University of Eastern possible alternative events. The project
Finland. has funding for the years 2012–2017
and is being conducted in partnership
with the Universities of Tampere and
Jyväskylä.



Åbo Akademi University has four internal
Centres of Excellence that are funded by the

Åbo Akademi University Endowment:


Brain Training: taking the next step Future Refining of Forest Biomass is
is led by Professor of Psychology, Matti led by Professor of Chemical Reaction
Laine. Technique, Tapio Salmi.
YARG – Young adults and religion in Functional Materials at Biological
a global perspective: A cross‐cultural, Interfaces is led by Professor of
comparative and mixed‐method study Physics, Ronald Österbacka.
of religious subjectivities and values
in their context is led by Professor of
Comparative Religion, Peter Nynäs.



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