News from Aalto University
From research to business: doctoral student Philipp Back and team initiate forestry startup formation
How can forest owners reconcile timber revenues, carbon sinks, and biodiversity? A multi-disciplinary research team combines economics, ecology, and machine learning to find the most productive way to manage forests sustainably. Now the team wants to bring their novel method to the market
Bioinnovation Center kicked off
Aalto University Bioinnovation Center has kicked off its operations and celebrated its opening in a launching event on June 1, 2022.
For Planet. For People. For Peace.
Estoril Conferences 2022: An International platform for a global dialogue towards a more inclusive and sustainable world
The participatory budgeting project culminated in a happy planting workshop
One Euro for Every Student project culminated in a planting workshop in mid-May on the new garden benches
Your invitation to Life 1.5
Save the date/planet: Welcome to our fourth Designs for a Cooler Planet festival, 7.9–12.10.2022 in Otaniemi, Espoo.
Growth and responsibility in business discussed at the Prodeko seminar
Can business growth be responsible? How did corona change the operations of a software company? Responsibility and growth were discussed at the 2022 Prodeko seminar on 6 May.
The science satellite Foresail-1 was successfully launched into space 25 May
The Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space's nanosatellite was successfully launched into space from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Centre.
How to accelerate innovations, ensure food sequrity and make cities green? Sustainability Science Days seeks answers to the huge sustainability challenges of our time
Sustainability Science Days 2022 focuses on global system-level solutions for food systems, cities, governance and more. Sustainability Science Days is Finland's largest two-day science conference on sustainable development, organized by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki.
Aalto University becomes a founding partner in Ioncell Oy
The new company will commercialise and develop ecological textile fibre technologies.
How do you move on campus now and in the future? Let us know and have an impact!
Aalto University is improving sustainable mobility on Otaniemi campus. The survey is an effective way to influence mobility and the flow of traffic on campus. You can also register for a sustainable mobility workshop and participate in a summer-themed draw at the end of the survey.
Researchers lay out a path to saving the Mekong Delta
Without swift, determined action, the homes of the millions living in the delta will be underwater by the end of the century
Wooden buildings are a sustainable alternative in the face of global steel shortages
Building with wood instead of steel and concrete would make construction more sustainable and supply chains more resilient
Sustainability report: multidisciplinary approach to solving sustainability challenges is Aalto’s strength
Science, technology and arts play an important role in solving global sustainability problems. Aalto University’s strength is its strong multidisciplinary approach to humanity’s greatest challenges, such as environmental crises. Aalto’s new sustainability report highlights some of the key sustainability actions taken by Aalto University in 2021.
How do we make the circular economy a platform?
Innovation and sustainability are inseparable. Their relationship grows stronger through collaboration between universities and companies.
How does an oil company make a green leap? Can the procurement community help Ukraine out of trouble? Welcome to the Prodeko seminar on responsible business on 6 May!
The theme of this year's Prodeko seminar is Navigating Responsibility and Growth, and speakers include Kaisa Hietala, Exxon Mobil's Board of Directors, and Sammeli Sammalkorpi, CEO of Sievo Oy.
Aalto ranks 54th for responsible consumption and production in THE Impact Ranking
The Impact Rankings 2022 by the Times Higher Education assesses universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Oops: What a job posting that was!
Jussi Impiö started work as Head of Sustainable Solutions at Aalto University in summer 2021. In 2009, however, he had a labour market issue in Africa to resolve.
Alumna Annastina Saari: I want to be involved in solving the climate crisis
‘I had always dreamed of a career dealing with environmental questions’, says our alumna Annastina Saari, who studied international business as well as information and service management, and who now works as a consultant for D-mat, a company that is specialized in sustainable lifestyles.
Estoril Conferences: Together for a future of hope
Estoril Conferences join forces with CEMS and McKinsey & Company to amplify the intergenerational dialogue on global challenges and engage with the Purpose Generation worldwide
Aalto University boosts bold and new transdisciplinary research projectsÂ
13 interdisciplinary teams got internal seed funding for research that boldly pushes existing boundaries and contributes to creating a radically new kind of future
