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Call a Researcher! discussions brought new perspectives
The Digital Disruption of Industry consortium offered again its researchers’ expertise to citizens, politicians, companies and organisations through one hour free Skype discussions. The Call a Researcher! week held in February 2020 was implemented for the third time.

Juha Siivola encourages researchers to innovate and think of ways to commercialise their work
'In addition to having a long-term academic goal, it would be good to think about possible short-term results,' says Siivola, who works as an innovation advisor.

EIT Manufacturing Info session 2020 - Call results and Business Plan 2020
A status update on EIT Manufacturing activities e.g. Project call results, Match Making Events, EIT Manufacturing MSc School and Upcoming call)

Record number of MSc graduates at the School of Science
The number of Technology MSc degrees greatly exceeds our ambitious target

Matti Kaivola: Top research requires a communality that stretches across the generations
Top research is enabled by good infrastructure that can be utilised by as many researchers as possible. This helps towards obtaining international and competitive funding.

Borrow a researcher for an hour – top digital experts offer free Skype conversations and coaching 10-14 February
Are you interested in artificial intelligence, platforms, circular economy or digital ethics? During the Call a Researcher week on 10-14 February, anyone has the opportunity to chat with researchers. Book your time now!

Ambiguous problems require new types of leadership
In the future, automation will handle routine tasks, so even newcomers to the workforce will be required to work on complex problems. What should be considered when leading multidisciplinary teams that solve these kinds of challenging problems?

Dissertation award for bridging the gap between theory and practice through Design Science
D.Sc. Mikael Öhman’s doctoral dissertation receives award from the Finnish Production Planning and Control Society

Toward a team that is able to achieve its potential
We believe in the promise of teamwork and collaboration. This post provides tips and introduces tools for teachers to utilise in supporting teamwork in project-based courses.

How to achieve digital equality in smart cities
Who we design digital devices and apps for can unintentionally exclude some users, a process referred to as ‘digital inequality’

Self-managing workers also have their limits – support needed especially for work organisation and workload management
Award-winning Master's thesis shows that experts' working methods do not support work recovery.

Diversity & equality conversations in the School of Science
Discussions about opinions and experiences in our community help inform next year’s equality action plan

Aalto University launches free-for-all online entrepreneurship course 'to make sure no great idea goes unpursued'
Starting Up is co-created by students and the European startup community and is a new contribution to open education by the country that brought Elements of AI to the world

An 'info student' can teach crowdfunding to entrepreneurs in slums and coding to secondary pupils
In her diploma work, Niina Arvila studied how awareness of crowdfunding and the skills it requires could be spread among entrepreneurs of small communities in poor countries. Alongside her studies, Arvila arranged a coding club to adolescents and worked as a UX Designer at technology event Slush.

Quantum computing and augmented reality – Aalto brings six world changing startups to Slush
The companies were based in Aalto University's research. Each of these companies strives to solve major, global problems.

What if you didn’t have to own anything?
Rentle is leading the charge on a new sustainable consumption model based on renting, and their approach is to make it much easier for businesses to run a rental business model with a simplified, modernised and powerful platform.

Shaking up Tech brings hundreds of female students together to explore technology
Showcasing technologies ranging from spider silk stretching to VR trips through space and talks from inspiring speakers, the event made it clear that technology is for everyone.

Upper secondary school students become professors on Day of the Girl
An initiative between Aalto University and Otaniemi Upper Secondary School gives students the possibility to draw attention to technology- and society-related topics that they see as important.

Work is changing faster than before
At the seminar of Aalto’s Future of Work network, you could hear about research results and share your own experiences.
