Nordic Centre Newsletter December 2025

Newsletter published on December 9, 2025.

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In this newsletter:

• From our PM: Busy times before and after the Anniversary

• President of Iceland, Halla Tómasdóttir, visited the Nordic Centre

• Nordic Centre 30th Anniversary

• Workshops and other events at the Nordic Centre

• Interview with our intern, Ada Ristimäki

• Learning about the Nordic Model, Chinese Society, Politics and Research: Summary of Prof. Kjell A. Eliassen‘s speech at the Nordic Centre 30th Anniversary

• Visits from Rysensteen Gymnasium and Sveaskolan 

Nordic Centre Newsletter March 2025

Newsletter originally published on March 27, 2025

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In this newsletter:

• From our PM: Plans for 30th Anniversary underway

• Anniversary Logo unveiled

• Welcome Party held on the Nordic Centre Patio

• First workshop of 2025 at the Nordic Centre

• New developments at Fudan University

• Interview with our new intern, Idman Nur

• Update on Seed Funding

Nordic Centre Newsletter November 2024

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In this newsletter:

• From the Programme Manager

• Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb visit the Nordic Centre

• Preparations launched for 30th Anniversary in October 2025

• Interview with Programme Officer Vincent Wen

• Recent and upcoming activities

Nordic Centre Newsletter June 2024

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In this newsletter:

- From the NC Programme Manager
- Spring 2024 at the Nordic Centre
- Upcoming events and activities
- Nordic Centre secretariat moves to the University of Iceland
- Interview with our Nordic intern, Caroline Borgen

Nordic Centre Newsletter February 2024

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In this newsletter:

- Happy New Year 2024!
- Apply for funding from the Nordic Centre
- Upcoming events
- Interview with visiting scholar Ole Johannes Kaland / UiB

Nordic Centre Newsletter September 2023

Newsletter originally published on September 29, 2023

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In this newsletter:

- Nordic Centre operations back to full speed
- First summer course in Shanghai since 2019
- Hello Yiyuan Dao, Nordic Studies course scholarship awardee and Teaching Assistant
- Introducing our new Office Assistants
- Upcoming activities at the Nordic Centre

Nordic Centre Newsletter January 2023

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In this newsletter:
- Happy New Year 2023
- Business and Innovation in China summer course
- Five projects awarded seed funding
- Activities by members universities
- Looking back at 2022 NC Education program

Nordic Centre Newsletter Summer 2022

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In this newsletter:
- From the Nordic Centre Programme Manager
- Summer course in Gothenburg
- Research seed funding
- Featuring Stockholm University

Nordic Centre Newsletter Winter 2021

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Content:

• From the NC Programme Manager

• Nordic Centre 25th Anniversary

• Implementing the strategy - thematic areas and seed funding

• Nordic Studies course autumn 2021

• Welcoming new member - Ocean University of China

• Covid-19 pandemic and effect on the Nordic Centre

Nordic Centre Newsletter Summer 2021

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Content

• From the chair of the Nordic Centre Board

• New NC Programme Manager Veli-Matti Palomäki

• Successful student event organized by the Nordic Centre

• Inauguration of Centre of China Studies in Oslo

• Demola Innovation Course now available online

• New member - Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University

Nordic Centre Newsletter Autumn 2020

Please read our Nordic Centre Newsletter Autumn 2020 here.

Contents:

3 A new strategy for a challenging future

4 Sino-Icelandic research

6 Finland: an active participant in the global research community

8 A history of Nordic literature

11 Sino-Finnish engineering education collaboration: The FuTuRe case

14 First online summer course of Nordic Centre

16 2020 Demola China Summer Online Internship Program

18 The last page interview

Newsletter Summer 2020: Online learning

Our summer newsletter focuses on online learning, and the experiences of students, teachers, and researchers in the past few months, which have seen it become the norm. We interviewed various faculty and students from our member universities for this purpose, aiming to identify the advantages and disadvantages of online learning, and to understand what can make it a good experience.

Read the newsletter on online learning here.

Nordic Centre newsletter spring 2020

Our spring 2020 newsletter provides updates on our plans in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak, detailing which activities are being postponed, and which ones we expect to take place as planned. You can also read about how Fudan has adapted to the new circumstances, and about measures China has taken to deal with the outbreak — in addition to other corona-related news.

Read the full newsletter here.

Internship at Nordic Centre autumn 2020

The internship’s full description with application instructions is available here. Please read closely before applying.

Email your application to applications@nordiccentre.net by 11.59 PM, April 5, 2020.

Notice for Delay Start of Spring 2020 Due to Coronavirus

The spring 2020 semester at Fudan has been postponed due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Please read the notice from Fudan’s Office of Global Partnerships here.

Newsletter, autumn 2019

Read our autumn 2019 newsletter here.

Inside

New strategy                                                                                                                      

Nordic Centre ageing conference                                                             

Entrepreneurship seminar                                                    

Conspiratorial Discourses                                                                                            

World Young Scientist Summit                                                                      

Norway-Asia Business Summit                                                                           

European Education Fair                                                                                 

New staff                                  

SLUSH           

Shanghai Pride        

Ocean of Opportunities

Fudan International Summer Session

Course updates        

HIV awareness event        

Classical concerts

Search for Nordic Centre Intern for Spring 2020

We are searching for a spring intern for Nordic Centre. The Nordic Centre promotes and supports research and educational cooperation between its member universities and Chinese partners, and also promotes Nordic culture in Shanghai. The intern is responsible for, among other things, organizing social and cultural events, helping to organize academic workshops, assisting with communication efforts with both member universities and external stakeholders.

Please click here for the full description and instructions on how to apply.

Read our summer 2019 newsletter

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Inside:

Recent activities

Research activity funding results

Become a visiting scholar

Demola course: Nordic innovation

Södertörn University joins NC

Summer course update

Jukka Aukia on China in Eastern Europe

Gender equality in Sweden: Conversation withLinus Ling

Q&A with spring intern Julia Powanda

Quiz

Search for new Nordic Centre intern

We are searching for a fall intern here at Nordic Centre. The Nordic Centre promotes and supports research and educational cooperation between its member universities and Chinese partners, and also promotes Nordic culture in Shanghai. The intern is responsible for, among other things, organizing social and cultural events, helping to organize academic workshops, assisting with communication efforts with both member universities and external stakeholders.

Please click here for the full description and instructions on how to apply.

Nordic Centre Newsletter Yuletide 2018

Read our Nordic Centre Newsletter Yuletide 2018 here.

Inside:

OsloMet & council meeting………..… 2

Belt & Road Initiative conference ... 4

Demola deal signed …………..……..…. 5

Yangpu library and presentation….. 6

Interview Harriet Lonka………..….…… 7

Two-day business course….………… 8

Q&A with Wen Liu………………..………. 9

Quiz night……………………………….…… 10

Christmas party……………………...…… 11

Activities at NC ........................…….…. 12