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Panel 3 – arts
research areas seem to be quite close also to several other departments’
interests at the faculty of humanities.
The department is active in national and international collaboration. The
high number of lectures and different kinds of assignments is an evidence
of that. International collaboration could be even more active, if one is
looking at the total numbers of visits etc. However, today the official
criteria of at least three months visits abroad is not adequate, since many
fruitful research visits are much shorter nowadays.
The “third task” (or obligation) of the university is well managed and it
shows that these tasks are integrated in the research.
In terms of collaboration the department is very good.
2.5 Research activity and teaching
The department has been active in arranging national and international
conferences. The researchers have frequently been participating in
seminars and conferences.
The department is highly research oriented and thus the teaching has
been connected with in a proper way. The interaction between research
and teaching is lively, for instance there are field schools and excavations
entirely attached with the ongoing research. Undergraduate students have
been recruited to the projects and they have written their BA and MA
thesis within these projects.
The department has been successful in collecting grants from external
resources. Also the research culture within the department seems to favor
projects and large research groups.
2.6 Evaluation of future plans
The plans for the future seem to be realistic. There is a generation change
waiting and at this moment there might be some problems of planning the
future or to control the situation. However, the department has succeeded
in research and the internal co-operation is working well, so the challenges
in the future are not necessarily so drastic either. After all, the aim to become
a leading center in Archaeology and Ancient History is fully feasible.
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