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If you want to foster peace, study business!

Doctoral researcher Tilman Bauer studies peace at the School of Business. According to him, the purpose of business in society is to promote peace.
Research & Art
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The picture shows Tilman Bauer near the stairs in the School of Business building.

An unobtrusive bio-based acoustic coating eliminates echoes and absorbs carbon

The cellulose-based material, which provides an alternative to traditional acoustic panels, was successfully tested in a protected building owned by Aalto University.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Aalto-yliopisto Töölö -rakennuksen lukusalin kaikuisuutta vähennettiin kesällä puun selluloosasta tehtävän ruiskutettavan kuitumassa avulla. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Anna Berg

Welcome to the research seminar of Organization and Management

The lectures are open to all and free of charge.
Research & Art
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Aalto lecture hall during the lecture.

5G Mokki network can have a huge impact on global businesses

As part of Aalto University’s 5G Summer School, the experts from the U.S, Africa and Europe discussed the business opportunities that the latest communications and network technology, remote learning, work and entrepreneurship from Africa can bring to U.S. companies
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Professor Leonard Wantchekon, Mr Boris Ngala, Mr Lars Ling (moderator) and Professor Marko Nieminen

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
Research & Art
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The picture shows doctoral student Philipp Back standing in a forest. The photo was taken by Roope Kiviranta.

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.
University
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Kaisa Hietala is the keynote speaker at Prodeko Seminar 2022.

Aalto University becomes a founding partner in Ioncell Oy

The new company will commercialise and develop ecological textile fibre technologies.
Cooperation
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A scarf made of Ioncell.

Coworking with their spouses helps women to improve earnings

According to new research, self-employed and co-working couples balance their individual earnings
Research & Art
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BIZ main building

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.
Research & Art
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Prodeko seminar Navigating Responsibility and Growth takes place on 6 May, 2022.

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.

Aalto Magazine
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Marjo-Riitta Diehl ja Miisa Mink seisovat vaaleassa portaikossa rappusilla. Diehl on heittänyt ilmaan paperilennokin, joka leijailee Minkin kasvojen yläpuolella. Molemmat hymyilevät.

Design builds transformation capacity

The book Designing Change is a quick and readable cross-section of Aalto's world-leading design research
Research & Art
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Designing Change book covers. Visual design: Cleo Bade

Aalto Startup Center’s 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.
Cooperation
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SLUSH 2019

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.
Studies
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Program Manager Laura Kitinoja and Program Coordinator Aarne Nykänen are excited to welcome Summer School students on campus aigan.

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
University
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Otto Scharmer, Senior Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management and Tuomas Auvinen, Champion of Radical Creativity at Aalto University.

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.
Studies
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Three students laughing together while listening to a lecture

Better Business – Better Society

The motto reflects the goal of the school: to develop a better society by developing better business
Cooperation
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Information and Service Mgmt students and Prof. Katri Kauppi

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.
Research & Art
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Associate Professor Nina Granqvist. Photo: Aalto University / Jaakko Kahilaniemi

KONE and Aalto University’s 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’ real-life challenges.
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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KONE IDBM team

High taxes, higher rewards: How Finland ensures a high quality of life

Finland has some of the highest tax rates in the world — what do citizens get in return?
Research & Art
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Students studying with books

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.
Cooperation
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Pekka Lundmark