The Donner Institute
The Donner Institute for Research into Religion and Culture is a private research institute connected to the Åbo Akademi University Foundation. We gather researchers, students and cultural agents and provide a meeting point for research on religion and culture in Finland and in the Nordic countries. We work to strengthen the visibility of research and create spaces where new knowledge can be born.
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The Study of Religion and Open Access-books
Today, more and more research literature, in the form of monographs and edited volumes, is published open access. This article presents an overview of where you can find open access books and particularly books dealing with the study of religion. Some of the challenges with publishing books open access are also discussed. The work focusing on making research output available to everyone is continuously progressing. The focus has long been on research articles, but the work with making monographs and edited volumes too available is also going forward. Particularly in the humanities and theology books are still a very central...
Our donors Olly and Uno Donner were forerunners of their time.
The endowment made by Olly and Uno Donner in 1956 was one of the largest donations received by Åbo Akademi University to date. In addition to supporting research on religion and culture, the couple shared an interest in languages and anthroposophy.