We have invited distinguished speakers from Petrozavodsk and St. Petersburg to the panel on Finnish-Russian relations in the present and future that will take place on Friday. The following speakers have confirmed their participation: Natalia Eremina, Oksana Grigorieva; Natalia Lavrushina, Consultant for International Relations, Petrozavodsk City Administration; Dr. Valeri Shlyamin, Adviser for the Rector at PetrSU, former Trade Representative of Russia in Finland.

On Thursday we will have an excursion during which we will learn about the history of Petrozavodsk, in particular in connection with international relations. We will be guided by professor Ilya Solomeshch.

You will find information about the pre- and post-requirements for the courses here and in the Moodle.

POMCBIR2: Please see the Moodle for the reading list for the course (please study the journal articles by the Spring School). The essay should be submitted by 18 June in the Moodle.

POMCBIR4: Students have been/will be informed of the requirements for this course by e-mail by prof. Lanko.

POMCBIR5: Please prepare a 5-10-page research proposal, in which you write what you plan to study in your Master’s thesis, how you plan to study it and why you study it. It means that you should be able to formulate the reasons why this particular topic should be of interest (e.g. whether there is a lack of studies on this particular topic, whether it is relevant from the policy point of view), to which discussions you plan to contribute/which framework you employ, which research questions you have, and how you plan to answer to your research questions (what primary data and method of gathering and analysing your data you plan to use). Please have references to previous studies on your topic, and mark all the references properly (embedded notes or footnotes + list of references in an alphabetical order; remember the instructions from the Tampere autumn school).

Please upload your research proposal in the Moodle no later than Monday 14 May at 12 o’clock. If you do not upload your research proposal by the deadline, it will not be discussed in the Master’s thesis seminar and thus you cannot continue your CBIR studies.

We also expect you to study the research proposals of other CBIR students of your seminar group and prepare comments on them. Please check more detailed instructions in the Moodle.