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Aalto University becomes a founding partner in Ioncell Oy
The new company will commercialise and develop ecological textile fibre technologies.
Coworking with their spouses helps women to improve earnings
According to new research, self-employed and co-working couples balance their individual earnings
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.
Women's networks build on many strengths, from having a clear focus to an absence of masculine energy
A professor and an entrepreneur talk about what women's networks can offer: inspiration and advice, peer support, and even help landing a new job.
Design builds transformation capacity
The book Designing Change is a quick and readable cross-section of Aalto's world-leading design research
Aalto Startup Center鈥檚 alumni companies increased their turnover in 2020 despite COVID-19
The turnover of Aalto University's alumni companies has developed in the opposite direction from that of Finnish companies on average.
Students from Argentina, USA, Canada, Scotland and Peru take part in the Digital Business course by Aalto University Summer School
Digital Business Master Class is back on Aalto University campus after two years of online-teaching.
How to lead and educate for the future?
Aalto's capacity building project experiments with methods, which may help us become more capable of implementing systemic changes
A course by AVP and Aalto University Summer School trains better leaders over the summer
Scale-Up Leadership is a master's level course that will teach you to lead people and organizational culture during fast-paced growth.
Better Business 鈥 Better Society
The motto reflects the goal of the school: to develop a better society by developing better business
Quantum computing is forcefully moving from labs to markets
Associate Professor Nina Granqvist leads an Academy of Finland research project that studies the market emergence around quantum computing in real time.
KONE and Aalto University鈥檚 teaching collaboration approaches design as a method, way of thinking and competitive advantage
A key component of the collaboration is study projects, in which student teams work to solve companies鈥 real-life challenges.
High taxes, higher rewards: How Finland ensures a high quality of life
Finland has some of the highest tax rates in the world 鈥 what do citizens get in return?
Pekka Lundmark hopes to see more international talent in Finland
Nokia's president & CEO Pekka Lundmark gave a speech at Aalto University International Talent program's kick-off event on January 24th.
Climate change is serious business
According to Senior University Lecturer Leena Lankoski, there are both compelling sustainability reasons and compelling business reasons for companies to urgently address their environmental impact.
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
Russia - not so difficult, not so different?
Seminar 鈥淐areer opportunities with Russia鈥 was held on December 9th at Aalto University鈥檚 Dipoli in Otaniemi, Espoo, as an on-line event.
Platform economy needs principles of fair play, says Timo Ali-Vehmas
鈥楾here are interesting platform companies in Europe 鈥 like Spotify from Sweden and Wolt from Finland 鈥 but in terms of platform economy market value, Europe is almost on the same level as Africa,鈥 points out Timo Ali-Vehmas, Aalto University's new Executive in Residence.
Alumnus of the Year 2021 Petteri Koponen: a never-ending interest in studying new things has served me well as a start-up entrepreneur and investor
Petteri Koponen, a venture capitalist at Lifeline Ventures, has been named the Alumnus of the Year for 2021 at the Aalto University School of Science. He has established four companies, including Jaiku and First Hop, and he is currently the Chair of the Board at Wolt and Varjo.
Towards the next generation of social innovations 鈥 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.
