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A super year for Aalto ARTS at the Venice Biennale

Finnish expertise will be widely showcased at the upcoming Biennale Architettura in Venice, and Aalto ARTS researchers and alumni are play a major role in the programme.
Research & Art
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Front of a historical building with a pink banner reading 'La Biennale di Venezia'. Gothic-style windows are visible.

Aalto Creatives launches Art & Tech Open Call '25 development grant for creative industry projects

The Art & Tech Open Call seeks applications from artists and creatives who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology.
Campus, Cooperation, Research & Art
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Person dancing on stage and wearing a motion capture suit.

Study: World’s critical food crops at imminent risk from rising temperatures

Warming will severely decrease the amount of global cropland available for staple crops of rice, maize, potato and soybean.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Workers are planting rice seedlings in a flooded field with palm trees and greenery in the background.

Call for proposals: Internal seed funding from Aalto Networking Platform available

Aalto's internal seed funding is targeted for the preparation of major interdisciplinary consortia proposals seeking funding from external funding agencies or industry. Deadline for proposals is 1st of April 2025.
For Aalto community
Research & Art, Studies
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Scientists in white lab coats work with complex equipment viewed through a blue-framed window.

Studies in chemical engineering led Nenne Nordström to emission monitoring: "I have learned that attitude is everything”

Studies in chemical engineering led Nenne Nordström to emission monitoring: "I have learned that attitude is everything”
Research & Art, Studies
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Person sitting cross-legged on a stage next to a large 'A' and quotation mark sign, under stage lighting.

Autoethnography of Techno-Spiritual Practices at CHI 2025

Doctoral Researcher Xiaran (Sarah) Song’s paper titled “Walking in My Shoes: An Autoethnography of Techno-Spiritual Practices” has been accepted at the prestigious CHI Conference
Research & Art
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Woman sitting on a concrete ledge in a modern church, with a crucifix on the wall and wooden doors behind her.

Design solutions for the maritime industry - the revolutionary transition to remote shipping

Aalto University and Kongsberg Maritime are jointly developing the future of maritime operations, where work shifts from ship bridges to remote control centers.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Excerpts of workflow storyboards: weather and vessel size as sustainable considerations in voyage planning.

Pop-up café transforms into a mini-office: a circular economy demo house invites to experiment

The Department of Architecture and VTT have designed a building that will be built and dismantled at least twice. The aim of the experiment is to investigate building materials and products in real disassembly and reassembly situations.
Research & Art
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The Circular Drifter demohouse interior with large windows, red and white walls, and a person making coffee behind the counter.

Apply now: Unite! Visiting Professorship Program at TU Darmstadt

TuDa is looking for experienced postdocs as visiting professors for the winter semester 2025/2026.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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New Urban Policy Council chairperson Kalland: Our education system is not as equal as we think – family has larger impact than grades

The new Urban Policy Council is an autonomous and independent research panel that produces a critical report of a chosen urban policy theme every year. Its first report, published today, is about education and learning, with a particular focus on the segregation of learning and well-being in early childhood.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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How Nokia changed the world

Much has been said about the fall of Nokia, but what can we learn from its successes?
Research & Art
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A collection of various old mobile phones laid out on a wooden surface.

“Left outside in the rain”: The story behind the stories of the Nokia Design Archive

In a strange twist of fate, a team of Aalto University researchers found themselves responsible for two decades of Nokia’s best kept design secrets.
Research & Art
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Two mobile phones in plastic bags on bubble wrap and a torn cardboard box, notepad, pencil, and ruler on a purple surface.

Apply for Unite! seed funding to foster collaborative teaching and research

Financial boost for collaborative ideas from teachers and researchers across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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Jar full of coins representing Unite! Seed Fund.

Aalto University secures funding for critical green transition research

Granted by the Research Council of Finland, the funding will accelerate research in energy systems, microelectronics and sustainable cities
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Aerial view of modern urban buildings with green rooftops and solar panels in a dense cityscape by the water.

A Flexible Biorefinery using Machine Learning

Biorefineries convert biomass, such as wood, annual plants or agricultural into products and energy. Research teams in Finland and Germany aim to maximize such product output for a more holistic valorization of our natural resources. The development of these new processes is often slow because they require optimization of many factors. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) can help us accelerate such a development drastically.
Research & Art
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A hand in a blue glove holding a spherical glass flask with a cork, containing a brown, grainy substance.

Aalto in 2024: Love pictured in the brain, wooden crystals that make fashion shine, recovering minerals from wastewater and more

This year has been another feast of science and art at Aalto University
Research & Art
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A group of people posing on large stone steps in an amphitheatre. The building behind has large windows and a green roof.

Major grant from the Kone Foundation for modern architecture research - Laura Berger's project equates building loss with biodiversity loss

Aalto University postdoctoral researcher Laura Berger and her team have been awarded a 541 400 euro grant from the Kone Foundation to study the effects of building loss on society and the environment.
Research & Art
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14 projects selected for seed funding to boost collaboration between Aalto, KU Leuven, and University of Helsinki

The funded projects lay the groundwork for future joint research endeavors, reinforcing the strategic partnership’s goal to fostering impactful and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Research & Art
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Three happy students. Photo: Unto Rautio

Business is sustainability and sustainability is business

The year 2024 can be called the year of sustainability, as the School of Business continued to strongly promote sustainability in its research, teaching and other activities, which was also recognised with awards
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art, Studies
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A bee in a flower

From France to Finland: Sujie Yu’s interdisciplinary study of sound insulation materials

A doctoral student from PSL University explores cellulose-based aerogels as sustainable and efficient materials for acoustic properties during her research visit at Aalto University.
Research & Art
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Anechoic Chambers at Acoustics Labs. Photo by Mikko Raskinen