News from the research group
This is where we’ll share news of what’s going on with Dr. Koi & the group.
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Polaris gives a talk in the Night of Science
The Night of Science is a block party for science and research, celebrated annually in Helsinki. Polaris Koi gave a talk on situational factors in preference and choice at a paricipating event, “Päätämmekö itse mistä pidämme?” (Do we decide what we like?) hosted by the Finnish Academy for Sciences and Letters. The venue was packed, with some eventgoers listening from the hallway.
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Polaris wins Fulbright fellowship
Polaris Koi has been selected by the Fulbright Finland Foundation as one of the 2025–2026 ASLA-Fulbright Junior Scholars. He will use the fellowship to spend the spring 2026 semester at the University of Pennsylvania, working on the relationship of disadvantage, agency, and option generation.
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Kone Foundation grants 400k€ to research on agency
Grand news! Polaris Koi (PI) and postdocs Joonas Martikainen & Anssi Bwalya receive four years of research funding, totalling just over 400,000€, to our “Agency as experience and capacity” research project. The generous support comes from the Kone foundation, which supports research and the arts in Finland.
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