FARIA Mobility Consortium Workshop
Thu, Nov 17
|Online Workshop
During this workshop we will jointly refine the FARIA Mobility Consortium Concept. Main focus will be on concepting an SDG-focused anchor workshop and finetuning the individual mobilities.
Time & Location
Nov 17, 2022, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Online Workshop
Guests
About the event
Project idea: FARIA Mobility Consortium for Transformative SDG Innovation
The state governments of Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota and Washington have signed Memoranda of Understanding with Finland to increase collaboration in various areas of mutual interest. Research and Innovation collaboration is highlighted and encouraged in all of them. The Finnish-American Research & Innovation Accelerator is active in the MoU signatory states and parts of California
Idea in a nutshell:.
FARIA seeks to establish a mobility consortium consisting of Finnish higher education institutions and key universities in FARIA focus states to support these new frameworks with a concrete mechanism that contributes to the envisioned deepening of relationships. Focus will be on predominantly short-term mobility (1-3 weeks) of academics, university staff, selected company representatives and doctoral students under the umbrella theme of “Transformative SDG Innovation”.
We propose to organize a one-week training/teaching period in Finland for U.S.-colleagues once per year, which serves as…