English Suomi

Courses 2010

 

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.
 

 

INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIOR GENETICS
  Credits:
   1 ECTS
  Time:
   NOTICE: March 17 at 9am to 19 pm
  Place:    University of Turku: Publicum/Assistentinkatu 7 and Educarium/Assistentinkatu 5
  Language:
   English
  Responsible
teachers:
   Pekka Santtila and Christina Salmivalli
  Lecturers:    See programme
  Programme:
   Programme
  Enrolment:     by 7 March 2010. Registration closed
  Note:    The students will be given an assignment to earn 1 ECTS of this course, further information during the course.
       


PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE (YLEINEN TIETEENTEORIA)
  Credits:    Part 1: 3 ETCS
  Time:    Part 1: January 14.-16.2010  Part 2: will be informed later on
  Place:    University of Turku
  Language:    Finnish
  Lecturers:    Prof. Antti Revonsuo
  Programme:    Pls. see Psykonet's pages
  Enrolment:    by 6 January 2010 at the latest: Psykonet page
  Note:    
 
WORKSHOP ON PATHWAYS TO ADULTHOOD: DO YOUNG PEOPLE FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHWAYS ?
  Credits:    2 ECTS
  Time:    May 19.-20. 2010
  Place:    University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 24, lecturehall, 1st floor
  Language:    English
  Responsible
teacher:

   Prof. Katariina Salmela-Aro
  Lecturer:    See updated programme
  Programme:    Programme
  Enrolment:    by 5. May 2010 at the latest, registration closed.
  Note:    A doctoral student must participate the workshop and write an essay to earn 2 ects from this workshop.
Further information during the workshop.
       
  EVOLUTION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
  Credits:
   2 ECTS
  Time:    25.-26. May 2010
  Place:    University of Turku, Publicum, room 126 1st floor
  Language:
   English
  Responsible teacher:
   Christina Salmivalli
  Lecturer:
   Prof. Patricia H. Hawley, University of Kansas
  Programme:    Tentative programme
  Enrolment:
   by 12. May at the latest, registration here
  Note:    
 
SPRING SYMPOSIUM 2010
  Credits:    2 ECTS
  Time:    May 27.-28. 2010
  Place:    Varala Sports Institute, Varalankatu 36, Tampere
  Language:    English/Finnish
  Programme:    Tentative programme
  Enrolment:    by 3 May 2010 at the latest, registration closed
  Note:  

 Each student shares a double room. Pls. send me also the following information:
 food diet/allergies, evening meal drinks,  special requirements and
 a student's name with whom you could share a double room if possible.
 For student participators: title of your presentation and classification (cognitive, neuro etc.). 

 
BAYESIAN EVALUATION OF INFORMATIVE HYPOTHESES
  Credits:    2 ECTS
  Time:    May 4-5 2010
  Place:    University of Turku, Publicum, Assistentinkatu 7, room 127, first floor.
  Language:    English
  Lecturers:    Dr. Irene Klugist and Prof. dr. Herbert Hojtink, Universiteit Utrecht
  Programme:    Programme and schedule
  Enrolment:
   by April 19 2010, registration closed
  Note:  

 Preparation before the course: pls. read the programme to get more instructions.
 Students are expected to complete assigned reading before the start
 of the course.  Readings here: Chapters 1 and 2

 
 
PSYKOLOGIA KONGRESSI 2010
  Credits:    1 ECTS (poster/presentation)
  Time:    August 18.-20.8.2010
  Place:    University of Jyväskylä
  Language:    Finnish/English
  Programme:    Alumni meeting on 19.8.2010 from 4 pm to 5.30 pm in Restaurant Piato, Mattilanniemi 2, 1st floor, see programme
 

Enrolment
for alumnimeeting:

 

 GSPSY invites all GSPSY doctoral students to alumnimeeting on August 19. Enrolment by 4th August at the latest.
  Registration here.

 

Enrolment
for students:

Note:

 

 

 The Steering Group of the Graduate School has decided to
 compensate  travel expenses/participation fees for  student participant (must have an active role)
 up till 500 euro per participant (neither post-graduate position or an affiliative position). 
 Therefore, it should be noted that compensation applications should be posted
 by 15 June at the latest to the
Coordinator.  It should include the following details:
 1) Name, email-address, institution/organization of participating student and the title of the  presentation/poster
 2) The total costs and a statement how the other finance is meant to arrange
 3) The Coordinator informs the applicant about the decision.
 Applicant has to be an active role, at least a poster session. After the positive answer the
 applicant sends the bill and the original receipts (after the conference) to
 the coordinator. In this case, a student doesn't have to participate at
 least two symposiums before she/he can apply for a the congress fee.

 
 BUILDING AND TESTING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS 
   Credits:    2 ECTS
   Time:    August 23.-25.8.2010 from 9 am to noon and from 1pm to 4 pm
   Place:    University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 24, Seminar Room, first floor
   Language:    English
   Responsible
 teacher:
   Katariina Salmela-Aro
   Lecturers:    Prof. Amiram Vinokur, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
   Programme:    Instructions and programme
   Enrolment:    by August 9 2010, registration here
   Note:    
   
   AFFECTING DRIVER BEHAVIOUR - NOVICE AND OLDER DRIVERS IN THREE CONTINENTS
   Credits:    2 ECTS
   Time:    August 25.-26.2010
   Place:    University of Turku, Publicum (Faculty of Social Sciences building), PUB 4
 Assistentinkatu 7
																																																																																																									 
			
   Language:    English
 

 Responsible
 teacher:

   Prof. Esko Keskinen
   Lecturers:    Prof. Liisa Hakamies-Blomqvist (Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen)
 PhD Julie Hatfield (Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
 Australia)
 Prof. Hiro Ota (Tohoku Institute of Technology, Sendai, Japan)
 Prof. Kazumi Renge (Tezukayama univesrity, Nara, Japan)
 Associate prof. Anu Siren (Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen)
 Prof. (emeritus) Lars Åberg (Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)
   Programme:    Programme
   Enrolment:    by August 11 2010, registration here
   Note:  

 Note 1. To get 2 ECTS students are asked to give a presentation ot their doctorial work.
 Note 2. The course is open also for persons interested in traffic safety and driver education,
 even they are not doctorial students.

 
 MPLUS JATKOKURSSI
   Credits:    6 ECTS
   Time:    Part 1: August 26.-27.2010   Part 2. September 9.-10.2010
   Place:    Jyväskylän yliopisto
   Language:    Finnish
   Lecturers:    Prof. Esko Leskinen
 Dos., FT Asko Tolvanen
 PhD. Noona Kiuru
   Programme:    Preliminary programme
   Enrolment:    by August 11 2010, registration here
   Note:    
       
   INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE (the course is CANCELLED!)
   Credits:    5 ETCS
   Time:    Autumn 2010
   Place:    University of Helsinki
   Language:    English
   Responsible teacher:    Prof. Teija Kujala, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Helsinki
   Lecturers:
   will be informed later on
   Programme:    Tentative course description
   Enrolment:    Registration here
   Note:     Unfortunately the course is cancelled, please do not fill the registration form anymore.
       
   SCIENTIFIC WRITING 2010
   Credits:    4 ECTS
   Time:    October 4.-5.2010
   Place:  

 University of Helsinki, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Room K69 Siltavuorenpenger 1 B and Room 341
 Siltavuorenpenger 1 A, more information in programme

   Language:    Finnish/English
   Lecturers:    Prof. Heikki Hämäläinen
 Prof. Erno Lehtinen
 Prof. Jari-Erik Nurmi
 Prof. Risto Näätänen
   Programme:    Preliminary programme
   Enrolment:    by September 13 2010, Registration here
   Note:    Each participant should send one manuscript they are currently working
 on to Hanna-Leena Tikkanen at September 13 at the latest.  You may send very preliminary - even raw manuscripts as well. 
   
   WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH IN CHILDHOOD BILINGUALISM
   Credits:
   2 ECTS
   Time:    September-November 2010, will be informed later on
   Place:    University of Jyväskylä (more information later on)
   Language:    English
   Lecturers:    Prof. Erika Hoff, Florida Atlantic University
   Programme:    Preliminary programme
   Enrolment:     Enrolment here
   Note:  

 The doctoral students are asked to give a presentation of their work on any area of childhood bilinqualism.
 More information on topics in programme.
 Students with projects in any stage of planning, data collection, or analysis are invited to contact the
 instructor,(see email address in the programme)in advance to arrange for presentation and class discussion
 of their work to be included in the class schedule. 

 
 TIETEEN ETIIKKA
   Credits:    1 ECTS
   Time:    October 6 2010
   Place:    University of Turku, Publicum, Assistentinkatu 7, lecture hall PUB 4
   Language:    Finnish
   Lecturers:    Liisa Nieminen
   Programme:    Preliminary programme
   Enrolment:    by September 20 2010, registration here
   Note:    Assignment and readings: see instructions on programme.
   
 AUTUMN SYMPOSIUM
   Credits:   1-2 ECTS
   Time:   September 20-24, 2010
   Place:   Jurmala /Latvia
   Language:   English
   Lecturers:    
   Programme:   Will be informed later
   Enrolment:  

By 31st of August 2010 at the latest by email to coordinator Hanna-Leena Tikkanen (hlktik@utu.fi)

For registration, please provide the following information:

1) Name, email-address, institution/organisation/status

2) The title of the poster and classification

3) Spacial dietary requirements

4) Room preferences for students sharing a double room

Students who will present a poster at the meeting are also requested to submit an abstarct to coordinator by email. 

   Note:  

Doctoral Programme will cover the travel expenses of 10 students and supervisors in total so that the maximum recoverable costs are 500 € per person.

The coordinator will infor later the elected students and supervisor if more than 10 applicants will enrol.

For more information about the meeting do not hesitate to contact coordinator Susanna Kharroubi at Nordic-Baltic Network in Psychology (ansukh@utu.fi)

See also: http://nbnp.utu.fi 

 

A1 Media