Urban Research Programme

Turku Urban Research Programme seeks to support academic urban research, promote tools for urban governance, and develop knowledge exchange between the universities and the City of Turku. The joint research programme is a pioneering knowledge-brokering model internationally.

The City of Turku’s interest in developing research co-operation is to support knowledge-base of decision making, while the universities aim to strengthen multi-disciplinal urban research as well as regional engagement.

Research topics range from economic development to social policy, and from sustainability to good governance.

• Turku Urban Research Programme (pdf, 1 Mt)
  • Publications: Research Briefings (Tutkimuskatsauksia – some in English)
  • Publications: Research Reports (Tutkimusraportteja – some in English
• Cities Today (Issue 15, 2014): Turku brings city administrators and academics together (pdf)
• McGuinness D (2012) Knowledge brokerage in action in European Cities. Key insights from five successful knowledge brokerage initiatives. Freiburg: Informed Cities. (pdf)
• Turku Urban Research Programme in Facebook