News from Aalto University
Professor Seppo Ikäheimo is the Espoo Ambassador 2019
According to professor, voluntary compensation becomes a way of contributing to sustainable development in conferences.
The Millennium Youth Prize finals in autumn 2020
A competition for young people to solve challenges connected to sustainability
Tomorrow's Sustainable Lifestyles Showcased in Otaniemi
One of Helsinki Design Week's main events, Designs for a Cooler Planet, will showcase Aalto University's cross-cutting future prototypes, such as a nanocellulose bicycle, microbial headphones and Ioncell clothes
From clean energy to personalized medicine – a book about the power of the university
The Aalto Effect is a tribute to the ambitious and uncompromising work of dozens of researchers.
Breaking the chain of vulnerability
How empathy, close listening and design thinking enable Claudia Garduño and the AaltoLAB Mexico to find the most urgent problems in an indigenous community.
New biomaterials and their market potential are at the centre of interest in the United States
How can bio-based materials be adopted as an alternative to synthetic plastics on an industrial scale? Is it possible for environmentally friendly textile production to be profitable?
'The way we spend our time makes a big difference'
Director of the Creative Sustainability programme at Aalto University, Mikko Jalas talks about self-sufficiency and sustainability.
SUB researchers lead new sustainable textiles consortium
Researchers from the Sustainability in Business (SUB) research group are leading one of Aalto’s three consortia funded in the latest round of grants from the Academy of Finland’s Strategic Research Council.
Aalto to coordinate three new SRC consortia
Aalto University received EUR 9.2 million or 18 percent of the funding allocated.
Aalto's alumni developed a solution for reducing consumers’ carbon footprint
Colour coding the packaging material of daily consumer goods would facilitate recycling but a cleaner and homogeneous recycling fraction would also enhance the opportunity for waste reuse.
Emma-Riikka Myllymäki: High quality reporting improves decision-making
The Assistant Professor of accounting encourages companies to develop their sustainability reporting.
Estimating the wear and tear of ice on physical structures over coming decades or even centuries
To face the challenges of a warming climate, a new technique determines the long-term effects of moving Arctic ice on bridges or wind turbines
Aalto University participates in a major event involving 2 000 circular economy influencers
The World Circular Economy Forum will take place between 3 and 5 June.
Pilot for recycling plastic packaging waste to start at Aalto
Aalto CRE will start a pilot for collecting and recycling plastic packaging waste in three of Aalto University’s properties.
Lessons from Mars and blue algae ― Come explore the future of the circular economy on 5 June
Organised by Aalto University, speakers include NASA Researcher Jonathan Trent, founder of Origin by Ocean Mari Granström, and circular fashion expert Kirsi Niinimäki
A village chief calls for responsible innovation, and an urban economics expert for tight-knit urban development
Aalto Vision Forum explored opportunities for growth in a rapidly changing operating environment.
Many Shades of Cocreation: Research Designs for Collaboration
When academics and practitioners work together on research, there’s no standard template to follow. Aalto researchers provide a model.
What can you do for the climate?
Within the next ten years, Finns need to cut down more than 75% of our carbon footprint. The change is enormous, and will be based on new lifestyles, says Michael Lettenmeier.
How can we use rivers sustainably?
Humans have long altered the natural state of rivers. Now nature’s own methods can help us to manage rivers more sustainably.
