Sotera Team
Sotera Leadership

laura.arpiainen@aalto.fi
Laura is the Professor of Health and Wellbeing Architecture at Aalto University and director of SOTERA. Her interests lie in diversity, wellbeing, integrated and human-centered care, and the effects of the built environment on health.

ira.verma@aalto.fi
Ira is a researcher (D.Sc. in Architecture) in SOTERA. Her research focus is on the housing and living environments for older people, and inclusive user-centered design. The topic of her doctoral dissertation was 鈥淗ousing Design for All 鈥 The challenges of ageing in urban planning and housing design鈥.
Collaborating Researchers
Collaborating Professors

pirjo.sanaksenaho@aalto.fi
Pirjo is the Professor of Building Design at Aalto University, the Department Head of the School of Architecture and former director of SOTERA. Pirjo鈥檚 2017 dissertation was titled 鈥楳oderni Koti鈥.
Collaborating Research Assistants
Master's students at the department of Architecture
Yulan Li, research assistant
Jenna Koivisto, research assistant