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Kone Foundation supports a new foundation that advances environmental issues in Finnish courts 

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Metsän puolella funding for 15 new projects: raising forest awareness requires multidisciplinary understanding 

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What does childbearing do to the body and the economy? The winners of the Vuoden Tiedekynä Academic Writing Award delve into postpartum ailments, the cost of which no one has calculated 

Metsän puolella funding for 15 new projects: raising forest awareness requires multidisciplinary understanding 

Kone Foundation supports a new foundation that advances environmental issues in Finnish courts 

The Great Forest Dialogue Day gathered nearly 100 discussions on the significance of forests – hundreds of participants searched for common scenarios for the future of forest use

Saari Fellows spring 2025

Kone Foundation’s support for BIOS continues: industrial policy for the sustainability transition will be a priority in the next funding period

Stories

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The forest speaks – are we listening? 

KAAMOS | Poetry amidst darkness with Daniel Malpikka

“Let’s forget about understanding and focus on responsibility instead” – Susanna Hast is seeking an alternative to the therapy generation’s mother relationship

What is the role of the responsible person in projects funded by Kone Foundation? 

Open Response to the Open Letter entitled “Against the Weaponization of Anti-semitism in Finnish Academia: An Open Letter to Åbo Akademi, University of Helsinki, and The Kone Foundation”

SLOW | Clearing Space for the As Yet Unseen with Lola Olufemi

Events

Communications sparring sessions 20 May 2025

Tuesday 20.05. 13:00 – 15:15

Zoom

Grantees’ Afterwork in Tampere

Wednesday 21.05. 17:00 – 20:00

G Livelab Tampere

Advice sessions for grant applicants in the general grant call

Wednesday 28.05. 10:00 – 14:00

Telephone or Zoom

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