Visa Kurki
@visakurki.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki. Animal law, legal philosophy, rights, legal personhood etc. Director, Helsinki Animal Law Centre
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animalrightslaw.bsky.social
We also enjoyed the first keynote address of our Conference, presented by Dr @visakurki.bsky.social (Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki).

⭐️ Dr Kurki closed the first day of the Conference with his keynote address "Why Animals Already Hold Rights" (2/2)

#EARLCon2025
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animalrightslaw.bsky.social
⭐️ Dr @visakurki.bsky.social Kurki and Dr Saskia Stucki delivered outstanding keynote addresses at this year's Conference.

🎤 Ruud Tombrock, Richard Ryder, and David Bilchitz spoke during our "Past lessons and future prospects" panel on the final day of the Conference. (3/5)
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animalrightslaw.bsky.social
This event will also feature two dynamic keynote addresses delivered by @visakurki.bsky.social (Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki) and Dr Saskia Stucki (ZHAW School of Management and Law). (2/3)
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legacy-hu.bsky.social
LEGACY project member publication alert ✨⬇️
dianamocanum.bsky.social
New paper just published part of a cross-disciplinary collection on "AI in Society", with Oxford University Press. Special thanks to David Gunkel and Samantha-Kaye Johnston, the section editors for the Personhood thematic unit of which my paper is part!
Here it is: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Degrees of AI Personhood | Oxford Intersections: AI in Society | Oxford Academic
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laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
How will Trump’s trade war affect global CO2 emissions and energy? Initial thoughts.
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tuomivaara.bsky.social
Ensi viikon tiistaina Turussa! Millainen on eläinten asema modernissa kulutusyhteiskunnassa? Miten vallitsevat valtarakenteet muovaavat suhdettamme toisiin lajeihin? Tervetuloa kuulemaan ja keskustelemaan! blogit.utu.fi/kultva/event... @benjaminpitkanen.bsky.social @visakurki.bsky.social
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My US-based colleagues, FYI:

Finnish Research Council is about to announce a special call to fund researchers abroad to relocate to Finland.

By all means this is not intended to lure you into moving to Finland, it just happens to be planned right now by pure chance.
visakurki.bsky.social
Ahh that's very helpful, thanks. So there are different kinds of roles. Based on what the candidate told me, this would be more like a primary role (which is somewhat strange to me - I would think that the main supervisors should be from the same university).
visakurki.bsky.social
For background, "dissertation committee" in Helsinki means sort of an oversight role, where you meet the candidate once a year to discuss how it's going with their supervisors etc.
visakurki.bsky.social
I've been asked to serve on the dissertation committee of someone doing a PhD at a US university.

I'm a little confused. It seems almost like the role of a supervisor in Finland (or the UK). Yet it's unpaid(?).

Anyone care to explain how this works?
visakurki.bsky.social
We still have to make some changes, so it's not publicly available anywhere yet!
visakurki.bsky.social
In this world, rejoicing about paper acceptance seems a little... not-sure-what...

But: our paper, "Toward an Agency Turn in Animal Law", co-authored with Paulina Siemieniec, was just accepted by the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies!

Very pleased!
visakurki.bsky.social
Esim. apteekkia kaipaisin itse. Samoin kahvilat nimenomaan alueen pohjoispuolelle kelpaisivat. :)
visakurki.bsky.social
Ihan kivan näköistä kuitenkin, näin melkein naapurina. Toivottavasti on myös kaavoitettu riittävästi palveluja.
visakurki.bsky.social
Just a couple more days to submit an abstract for our conference on agency in August!
legacy-hu.bsky.social
Friendly Reminder: Conference: Redefining Agency - Legal and Philosophical Perspectives
Call for Abstracts is open and deadline for submission is rapidly approaching! Deadline for submission is Friday, February 28.
Learn More: shorturl.at/xmZsu
Submit Now!
visakurki.bsky.social
Joo siis tarkoitin lähinnä jos joku sana poistetaan ainoastaan hakuilmoituksesta mutta muuten kaikki pysyy ennallaan (hakemukset voi kirjoittaa kuten ennenkin jne.). Ehkä tämä on epärealistinen skenaario...
visakurki.bsky.social
Hieno aloite mutta en ole varma miten paljon on paukkuja (perhevapaalla).

Minusta kysymyksessä on jossain määrin nyansseja. Esim. jos ilmastonmuutos-sana pitää poistaa hakuilmoituksesta, mutta käytännössä saa tutkia ilmastonmuutosta, niin onkohan se vielä syy lopettaa koko ohjelma. 🤔
visakurki.bsky.social
It was reported by a reputable Finnish newspaper...
visakurki.bsky.social
US authorities now demanding Helsinki University to remove words like "climate change" and "equal society" from a Fulbright scholarship call. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
anulah.bsky.social
"Amerikanska myndigheter har kontaktat universitetet och krävt att en del termer tas bort ur beskrivningar i stipendieannonser.
– Det handlar om ord som ”klimatförändringen”, ”jämlikt samhälle”, ”ett inkluderande samhälle” och ”kvinnor i samhället”, säger kansler Kaarle Hämeri."
visakurki.bsky.social
10+ permanent positions open in Finland, related to AI:
-Machine Learning,
-AI Business Applications
-Law & AI
-Digital Art
Etc.

www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit
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seppala.bsky.social
En ymmärrä mitä media odottaa.

Monet asiantuntijat puhuvat jo Yhdysvalloissa meneillään olevasta vakavasti otettavasta vallankaappausyrityksestä.

Sen kai pitäisi olla yksi vuosisatamme suurimmista uutisista.

Missä ovat lehtien erikoisnumerot ja etusivun kokoiset otsikot?