Kone Foundation grants for the Arctic Centre

12.12.2014 16:09
Two Arcit Centre researchers and one project have received grants from Kone Foundation.

PhD Hannah Strauss-Mazzullo was awarded 31,200 euro for her post-doc research "Hidden in plain view: the growing importance of consultancies in environmental policy and management – implications for democratic society".

MA, PhD candidate Adrian Braun were granted by 27,600 euro to support the continuation of his doctoral dissertation "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Barents Region: A situational analysis of forestry and mining".

PhD Leena Heinämäki and her project group got 79,000 euro for document project “Saisiko olla ympäristökonfliktikeittoa?”

A total of 20.2 million € in funding was awarded at the 2014 fall meeting of the board of Kone Foundation. Of the 5,861 applications received, grants were awarded to 572 applicants, i.e. 9.7% of the applicants received funding. In 2014, Kone Foundation has awarded a total of 21.3 million € in grants and awards for research, arts and culture.

More information about the grants: http://www.koneensaatio.fi/en/grants/decisions/2014/

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