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Courses 2009

 

Every year, the Graduate School of Psychology arranges courses funded by the Academy of Finland. No tuition fee
is charged from post-graduates of the Graduate School of Psychology.

After the course/event the Graduate School recommends postgraduate student's department for the credits. Finally, they will decide on credits.  

Please note that students are obliged to give course feedback. At latest, the feedback form should be handed in when applying for travel support.
 

 

 MUSIC, EMOTION AND THE BRAIN PLASTICITY - WORKSHOP 
  Credits:          
 1 ECTS 
  Time:        February 5.-6.2009
  Place:        University of Helsinki:  Main building, "Pieni juhlasali," 4th floor
  Language:        English
  Responsible
teacher:
       Dos. Mari Tervaniemi
  Lecturers:        Prof. Penhune (Montreal, Canada), Prof. Samson (Lille, France), Prof. Zentner (Geneve,   Switzerland)
  Programme:        See further details http://www.braintuning.fi/workshop
  Enrolment:        by January 15th to Pia Carpelan 
           There is no registration fee. However, because of the limited number of the seats in the  auditorium, registration in mandatory.
  Note:        Instructions
 
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (YLEINEN TIETEENTEORIA)
  Credits:        Part 1: 3 ETCS
  Time:        Part 1: 18.-20. March 2009
  Place:        University of Turku
  Language:        Finnish
  Lecturers:        Prof. Antti Revonsuo
  Programme:        Pls. see Psykonet's pages
  Enrolment:        by 27.2.2009 pls. enroll here
  Note:        
 
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
  Credits:        2 ECTS 
  Time:        18.-19. March 2009: 18. March at 12 am-5 pm and 19. March at 10am-3pm
  Place:        University of Turku, Educarium (Assistentinkatu 5): EDU 2, 2nd floor
  Language:        English
  Responsible
teacher:

       Prof. Christina Salmivalli
  Lecturer:        Prof. Patricia H. Hawley, University of Kansas
  Programme:        See:  course description and further instructions here
  Enrolment:        by 4th March to Pia Carpelan
 
SPRING SYMPOSIUM 2009
  Credits:        1 ECTS
  Time:        7.-8. May 2009
  Place:        Hostel Tuorla, http://www .tuorlanmajatalo.fi/english/index.php
  Language:        English/Finnish
  Programme:        Programme 2009
  Enrolment:        by 15th April to Pia Carpelan
  Note:      

 

Each student shares a double room in Tuorla. Pls. send me also the following information:
food diet/allergies, sauna drinks,  special requirements and a student's name with whom
you could share a double room if possible. For student participators: title of your manuscript and
classification: cognitive, neuro etc. 
Student participants are asked to submit  manuscripts they are currently working on
to the coordinator (by email) by
15th April 2009 at the latest. The content of the
manuscripts can vary from research plans to empirical studies/reviews.
The language of the sessions is english. Pls. note that students may send very preliminary
manuscripts as well. If you have no manuscripts available at the moment, you can
still participate in the group supervision.

 

 
 MPLUS BASIC COURSE
  Credits:        6 ECTS
  Time:        Part 1: 27.-28. August 2009
 Part 2: 10.-11. September 2009
  Place:        University of Jyväskylä
  Language:        Finnish
  Lecturers:        Prof. Esko Leskinen
 Dos., FT Asko Tolvanen
  Programme:        Programme 2009, (updated 13 August)
  Enrolment:
       by 14th August 2009 to Pia Carpelan
  Note:      

 

 
SCIENTIFIC WRITING 2009
  Credits:
       4 ECTS
  Time:        October 26.-27.2009
  Place:        University of Helsinki, Department of Psychology, room 340, address: Siltavuorenpenger 20 D
 (also room  270 Siltavuorenpenger 20 C) 
  Language:        English/Finnish
 

Lecturers:

       Prof. Heikki Hämäläinen
 Prof. Erno Lehtinen
 Prof. Jari-Erik Nurmi
 Prof. Risto Näätänen
  Programme:        Preliminary programme
  Enrolment:        by 2 October 2009 at the latest to Pia Carpelan
  Note:
       Each participant should send one manuscript they are currently working
 on by 2 October at the latest to Pia Carpelan.  You may send very preliminary - even raw - manuscripts as well. 
 
AUTUMN SYMPOSIUM 2009
  Credits:        2 ECTS to doctoral students presenting a poster
 1 ECTS to those who only take part in the meeting
  Time:        24.-26. August 2009
  Place:        University of Helsinki, Fourth Meeting of the Nordic-Baltic Doctoral Network in Psychology
  Language:        English
  Programme:        Tentative programme
  Enrolment:      

 Students in Graduate School of Psychology in Finland:
 registration by 4th August  2009 at the latest to Pia Carpelan
 The network will cover the travel expences of 2 supervisors and 5 students and
 Graduate school of psychology will cover  the travel expences of
 5  supervisors and 15 students.
 Pls. enroll soon to make sure that you will have your travel costs (incl. hotel) covered.

  Note:      

 For registration, pls provide the following information:
 1) Name, email-address, institution/organization of participating students
     Name, title, email-address, institution/organization of  of participating academics
 2) The title of the poster - classification (cognitive, developmentaf, neuro etc)
 3) Special dietary requirements
 4) For students: Room preferences for students sharing a double (or triple) room

 Practical information for registration: read more here
 Those students who will present a poster at the meeting are also requested to
 submit an abstract to coordinator by email.

                         
INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE
  Credits:        5 ETCS
  Time:        Preliminary dates: September 16, 17, 22, 29, 30 and October 1, 6, 7, 8
  Place:        University of Helsinki: Department of Psychology (Room K69)
  Language:        English
  Responsible
teachers:

       Teija Kujala, Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience and Its Applications, University of Helsinki
 Yoshio Okada, Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences, University of New Mexico
  Programme:        Programme2009, updated 13 August
  Enrolment:        11 th September at the latest. See the programme 2009.
  Note:       The course will be also available to all interested eligible graduate and post graduate
students in psychology in Finland via Psykonet.
           
  SEMINAR ON WORK TRANSITIONS AND WELL-BEING
  Credits:        2 ECTS (poster presentation)
  Time:        October 8.-9.2009
  Place:        Tieteiden talo, Kirkkokatu 6, 00170 HELSINKI
  Language:        English
  Lecturer:        See programme
  Responsible
teacher:

       Prof. Katariina Salmela- Aro
  Programme:        Programme
  Enrolment:        by August 21, 2009 at the latest to Pia Carpelan
  Note:        Abstract/poster submission, read further details in programme
 

SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSES FOR LONGITUDINAL DATA: ESTIMATING NETWORK DYNAMICS AND INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORAL TRAJECTORIES

  Credits:
      2 ECTS
  Time:
      October 21.-23.2009
  Place:
      University of Jyväskylä, Agora (Mattilanniemi 2)
  Language:
      English
  Lecturer:
      Assistant professor William Burk, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen
  Programme:
      Programme
  Enrolment:
     

to Pia Carpelan 
by 30.9.2009 at the latest

  Note:       Students are expected to complete assigned reading before the start
of the course. More information about the required reading in programme.
           
 

CHILDREN'S PEER RELATIONSHIPS - UNDERLYING MECHANISMS OF
DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE

  Credits:
       
  Time:        October 29.-30.2009: Oct 29 from 12pm to 4:30 pm,  Oct 30 from 9am to 2pm
  Place:        University of Turku, Publicum (Assistentinkatu 7): PUB3
  Language:        English
  Lecturers:         Phil Rodkin from the University of Illinois
 René Veenstra from the University of Groningen
  Programme:        Preliminary programme
  Enrolment:         to Pia Carpelan at October 20 at the latest
  Note:        Students are expected to complete assigned reading before the start
 of the course. More information about the required reading in programme.
   
 
IMPROVING QUALITY OF PRESENTATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT CONFERENCES
 
   Credits:
       4 ECTS
   Time:        10.-11. November 2009
   Place:        University of Turku, Faculty of Social Sciences/Publicum, Assistentinkatu 7, room 127  1st floor
   Language:        English
   Lecturer:        Prof. Ernest Hodges
   Programme        Preliminary programme
   Enrolment:        by 28st October at the latest to Pia Carpelan
   Note:
     

Students should register and submit a minimum 8 and maximum of 9 pages
of written text (double spaced) in English along with their Powerpoint
slides to Pia Carpelan at utu.fi by October 28st. See more instructions from programme.

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