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Learning for the future: systemic solutions require new ways of learning and collaborating

Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
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Social Presencing Theater UN Cambodia

World-leading research on bio-based materials continues in Finland

The Academy of Finland continues to support the FinnCERES materials bioeconomy Flagship with a significant funding of up to 10.7 M€ for 2022-2026. Over 6 M€ of the funding has been officially confirmed and the final grant will be announced early 2025.
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FinnCERES logo

MMD Colloquium 2021

Series of online lectures by international guests at the Multifunctional Materials Design research group meetings
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MMD Colloquium Fall 2021 main image / Image: Aalto University, Giulnara Chinakaeva

Harnessing psychological theory for better video games

Psychological theories on motivation hold great promise for video game development and for understanding how games impact people, but only little is known about how these theories actually are used in the games industry.
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Elisa Mekler

Radical Creativity fostering re-thinking

Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn. But as the world is changing at a pace like never before, the most crucial skill may be the ability to think again and unlearn.
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Aalto innovations present at Flow Festival, photo by Samuli Pentti

Sustainability in Teaching page for Aalto teachers open

Sustainability in Teaching is a page where you can find tips, tools and good practices for integrating sustainability into your teaching.
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A board with post its on it.

School of Business alumna Oona Anttila: Internship was an important experience for my career

Our alumna Oona Anttila became interested in the themes of sustainable development already at the beginning of her studies, and later she applied for the multidisciplinary Creative Sustainability master’s programme. Currently, she works at the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Kauppakorkeakoulun alumni Oona Anttila

The Chemical Industry Innovation Award application is open until 18 February

The Chemical Industry Federation of Finland rewards industry participants with the biennial Innovation Award. For the Spring 2022 Innovation Award, the award money has been increased to €30 000 from the previous €20 000.
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A person with a lab coat and protective gloves carrying test tubes and a black-and-white notebook. Their face is not pictured.

Using magnets to toggle nanolasers leads to better photonics

Controlling nanolasers with magnets lays the groundwork for more robust optical signalling


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Nanolaser kytkettynä päälle (ylhäällä) ja pois päältä (alhaalla) ulkoisen magneettikentän avulla.

Tuning a magnetic fluid with an electric field creates controllable dissipative patterns

An electric field transforms an iron oxide nanoparticle suspension into a model for the emergence of complex dissipative structures
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Electroferrofluids

Exhibition concentrating on data is rare, even internationally

The new Data Vitality exhibition lets you sense and feel data like never before
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Detail from 3D printed object from Data Vitality exhibition, photo by Mikko Raskinen

Neste donates 750 000 euros ºÚÁÏÍø University

The donation is targeted to the field of technology within the Finnish state's matching funding campaign for universities. Aalto has decided to use the donation for research and education in chemical engineering.
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Ioncell facilities

Teuvo Kohonen in memoriam

Academician of Science, Professor Teuvo Kohonen (1934–2021) has passed away. Kohonen was a pioneer of research and education in information technology. His work on neural networks received global acknowledgement.
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A fascination with light and its possibilities drives Professor Zhipei Sun’s research

Aalto University's Professor Zhipei Sun is on the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list for the third time – congratulations!
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Professor Zhipei Sun, photo: Niina Norjamäki/Aalto University

School of Business participates in the 2022 Positive Impact Rating (PIR)

Positive Impact Rating (PIR) is an international business school rating, in which students evaluate the societal impact of their school.
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Students outside and Positive Impact Rating logo

Towards the next generation of social innovations – Northern Dimension Future Forum 2021

The annual Northern Dimension Future Forum took place at Aalto University, Finland, and online on December 1, 2021. In the Future Forum, experts and stakeholders discussed the sustainability of social innovations and policy measures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of Northern Dimension thematic partnerships. From the Aalto University, Professor Riitta Kosonen, Director of CEMAT and Lead coordinator of the Northern Dimension Institute, Professor Otto Toivanen, Aalto School of Economics, and Milja Leinonen, Chair of the Board, Aalto University Student Union, participated in the event.
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Northern Dimension Future Forum expert panel

Factory of the Future deploys indoor 5G and WiFi6 to support manufacturing research

Students and researchers can use the new facility to explore the applications of cutting-edge communications technologies in Industry 4.0.
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Aalto Factory of the Future

Aalto researchers awarded Physics World Breakthrough of the Year for macroscopic quantum entanglement

Aalto University Professor Mika A. Sillanpää, his team and collaborators at the University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia, have won the Physics World 2021 Breakthrough of the Year. The prize was awarded for establishing quantum entanglement between a pair of macroscopic drumheads – two mechanical resonators that were tiny but still much larger than the subatomic particles that are usually entangled. The award has previously been given for the first direct observation of a black hole and for the detection of gravitational waves, which also received a Nobel Prize.
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The drumheads exhibit a collective quantum motion. Picture: Juha Juvonen.

Changes in incentive scholarships for doctoral students

A decision has been made regarding the incentive scholarships which will be awarded according to the set criteria for doctoral students who have met the conditions for receiving a scholarship during 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2025.
Research & Art, Studies
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Dipoli artwork on the wall by Inni Pärnänen / phoºÚÁÏÍø Unviersity, Mikko Raskinen

Michael McCrea receives Best Paper Award on NordicSMC conference

The results of the study will be beneficial in sound environments at virtual and augmented reality.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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 Äänen viivettä on tutkittu Suomen hiljaisimmassa huoneessa Otaniemessä sijaitsevassa kaiuttomassa huoneessa.  Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Mikko Raskinen