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INVITATION
WELCOME TO
The XXII European Congress for Rural Sociology
in VAASA, FINLAND, in 2009
Hosts:University of Vaasa and Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa
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HOST COUNTRY FINLAND
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• Vaasa is situated on the Finnish west coast
• Vaasa is the regional capital and has 57.000 inhabitants
• Good connections– Weekdays 14 non-stop flights from two
capital cities; Helsinki and Stockholm.– 15 minute drive from the airport to the city
centre– Weekdays 8 trains arrives from Helsinki to
city centre.– In Vaasa everything is within walking
distance!
THE CITY OF VAASA
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• Three university units providing higher education and two universities of applied sciences.
• 29% of the population in Vaasa have a university degree
• Vaasa is a bilingual city and centre of the province of Ostrobothnia– 72% has Finnish as native language– 25% has Swedish as native language
THE CITY OF VAASA
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THE UNIVERSITY OF VAASA
- four faculties
- offering degrees at all academic levels from Bachelor's to Doctor's
- 5 000 students
- The Department of Regional Studies, for example, has broad competence in questions related to rural policy and regional features of entrepreneurship
HOSTS
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HOSTS
ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY IN VASA
- offers degrees at all academic levels
- 2 faculties
- 1 800 students
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PROPOSAL FOR CONFERENCE THEME AND PROGRAM
Social Dimensions of Rural Transformation in Europe
- focus on different social dimensions of ongoing rural transformations in Europe.
- the diversity of migration patterns, discussion on different social, political and economic outcomes of the ongoing transformation
- the excursion program to be an exiting learning experience of the today society of the Ostrobothnan region
- Proposed dates: 17th-21th August 2009
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CONFERENCE SITES
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ACCOMMODATION and SOCIAL PROGRAM• Accommodation in the
city centre or by the sea - in private independent hotels or in international hotel chains
• The seven hotels in Vaasa offers a total of 800 high-class hotel rooms
• Hostel accommodation close to the meeting site and to the city centre
• A wide variety of outstanding social programs
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