Laboratory of Hope

Events

Exhibitions

This exhibition is full of hope! People from across Aalto University share what hope means to them and how they are helping to build a more hopeful society — through, for example, inclusive fashion and entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and new quantum materials.

Text 'LABORATORY of HOPE' on a vibrant red and purple background. 'HOPE' is highlighted in yellow.

When

5.2.–27.3.2026

Where

Marsio

Otakaari 2, 02150 Espoo

Mon–Thu 8.00–21.00
Fri 8.00–20.00
Sat–Sun closed

Hope is something we deeply wish to see realized — but achieving it takes effort. From hope arises a self-reinforcing cycle of good: hope helps us take the first step, and action, in turn, generates more hope.

In the Marsio exhibition space, The Laboratory of Hope comes to life through sound, light art, video, text, and objects. People from across Aalto University share what hope means to them and how they are helping to build a more hopeful future: better healthcare through artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and fashion that belong to everyone, quantum materials, secrets of good life, and much, much more.

You are warmly invited to come and discover your own spark of hope!

Johanna Ahola-Launonen, Academy Research Fellow, School of Business
Owein Iveson, Student, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Ewald Kibler, Professor, School of Business
Jose Lado, Assistant Professor, School of Science
Sophia Lee Teatini, Student, School of Electrical Engineering
Julia Lohmann, Professor, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Enni Lähderinne, Master of Arts and Young Designer of the Year, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Frank Martela, Associate Professor, School of Science
Heikki Nieminen, Professor, School of Science
Jenni Partanen, Associate Professor, School of Engineering
Merita Petäjä, Psychologist, Aalto University
Vilma Ristikangas, Doctoral Researcher, School of Engineering
Ali Salloum, Doctoral Researcher, School of Science
Ashish Thapliyal, Doctoral Researcher, School of Science
Jiancheng Yang, Associate Professor, ELLIS Institute and School of Electrical Engineering
Monika Österberg, Professor, School of Chemical Engineering
The exhibition also features six art pieces from the Saastamoinen Foundation Art collection from EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, light and sound installations by alum Niko Tiainen, a model of an icebreaker from the Rauma Marine Constructions, historical research equipment from the Aalto University archives, and seaweed works by design students Viivi Hirvikangas, Olli Majalahti, Yudai Toyama, Lee Seoyoung, von Arx Vladimir, Carde Ariane and Jonna Rutanen.

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