Flavoria's Partner Faculties

Flavoria is funded by the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences and the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku, and the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Helsinki.

Benefits for the Partner Faculties

Researchers representing Flavoria’s partner faculties receive:

  • support from Flavoria’s coordinator and scientific board for planning and preparing research (contracts, guidance on using facilities and equipment, etc.)
  • free access to Flavoria’s research environments
  • assistance with recruiting research participants.

Researchers outside the partner faculties can utilize Flavoria for a fee. Don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Contact Flavoria's Coordinator

Each Partner Faculty Represented in Flavoria's Scientific Board

Flavoria’s Scientific Board consists of representatives from the partner faculties (2–3 people per faculty) and meets several times a year. The board’s goal is to support and develop Flavoria’s operations and to serve as a link between the faculties and Flavoria.

Members of the Scientific Board are:

  • Kirsi Laitinen, Professor and Flavoria’s Director (Nutrition and Food Research Center, Institute of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine), kirsi.laitinen@utu.fi
  • Hanna Lagström, Senior Advisor and Chairwoman of Flavoria’s Scientific Board (Public Health, Department of Clinical Medicine, and Nutrition and Food Research Center, Faculty of Medicine), hanna.lagstrom@utu.fi
  • Anu Hopia, Research Professor (Nutrition and Food Research Center, Faculty of Medicine), anu.hopia@utu.fi
  • Tuomas Mäkilä, Associate Professor (Nutrition and Food Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, and Department of Computing, Faculty of Technology), tuomas.makila@utu.fi
  • Baoru Yang, Professor (Food Sciences Unit, Faculty of Technology), baoru.yang@utu.fi
  • Oskar Laaksonen, University Lecturer (Food Sciences Unit, Faculty of Technology), oskar.laaksonen@utu.fi

 

 

  • Tuomo Häikiö, University Lecturer (Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, Faculty of Social Sciences), tuomo.haikio@utu.fi
  • Helena Siipi, University Lecturer (Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences), helena.siipi@utu.fi
  • Aki Koponen, Research Director (Centre for Collaborative Research, Turku School of Economics), aki.koponen@utu.fi
  • Riikka Saarimaa, Research Coordinator (Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics), riikka.saarimaa@utu.fi
  • Mari Sandell, Professor (Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Forestry and Agriculture, University of Helsinki), mari.sandell@helsinki.fi
  • Annukka Vainio, Professor (Department of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Agriculture, University of Helsinki), annukka.vainio@helsinki.fi

If you are interested in doing research in Flavoria, you can contact the representatives of your own faculty or Flavoria’s coordinator at flavoria@utu.fi.

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