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Collaboration in the time of restricted interaction
Elina Dureáult shares insights on student collaboration projects.
Photographs of everyday life during corona times
In the State of Emergency 2020 project, nearly 180 photographers capture life at home and in quiet cities during the exceptional times.
Professor Henri Schildt: 'Strategic leadership is particularly important during this global crisis'
The Coronavirus pandemic is putting great strain on companies and their employees alike. Moments like these create unique demands for inspired and bold leadership. Academic research provides insights into the organizational and strategic challenges posed by crises. Here are some central ideas that can help strategic leaders weather the storm.
Meet our newest Academy of Finland Fellows
Our researchers who have been awarded Academy of Finland Fellowships tell us about what their projects will investigate
Nine new Academy Research Fellows and 18 Postdoctoral Researchers
The research posts funded by the Academy of Finland strengthen the university's research by 8.6 million euros.
How Aalto Online Learning has widened our horizons
Sofia Sevón and Taija Votkin reflect on their Aalto Online Learning pilot journey.
Resource-smart with a human touch
The project uses collaborative development methods to create new resource-smart, low-carbon products and services.
Aalto Photonics Flagship Seed Funding Call for Collaboration Projects is Open till May 28, 2020
The call seeks proposals that introduce new scientific, technological, business and/or artistic ideas that explore photonic technologies for strong collaboration with other partners of the Academy of Finland Photonics Flagship PREIN (i.e., Tampere University, University of Eastern Finland and VTT). Researchers from all schools of Aalto are invited to propose new openings.
The demoscene accepted to the national inventory of living heritage
This decision made by the Ministry of Education and Culture is an important step towards a larger goal: to get the demoscene recognized by Unesco as intangible cultural heritage.
Climate change and coronavirus require us to apply the brakes – but we must also dare to press ahead
‘Leaving the economy stranded on the shore for a long time is unprecedentedly expensive,’ says Professor of Economics Matti Liski.
Ekosetti: A Guidebook to Sustainable Audiovisual Production in Finland now available in English
The goal of the guidebook is to promote a more environmentally friendly way of production.
Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy is being prepared - Comments welcome by 31 May
The policy defines the principles of openness and offers guidance to responsible research practices.
Cumulus GREEN 2020 competition sought for solutions on sustainability and circular economy
Amongst the honourable mentions is the Oryza Collective by Talisa Dwiyani and Alexia Venot.
Contract research pricing will be unified starting from 1.5.2020
Contract research pricing principles have been renewed. The main goal of the renewal is to simplify project planning and move the focus of negotiations from pricing to research content.
1.3 million funding to Professor Markus Linder for the development of biosynthetic materials
The funding was granted by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Call for Applications for the Wihuri Foundation Grants
The grants are applied for in the online grant service by 31 May 2020.
Twisting 2D materials uncovers their superpowers – Researchers demonstrated twisting on record-breaking scale
Researchers have developed a new method for twisting atomically-thin materials, paving the way for applications of ‘twistronics’ based on tunable 2D materials
Aiming at improving media literacy
Japanese Kiyoshi Suganuma is interested in improving media literacy amongst the public.
Jeyakumar Karthikeyan to Receive the Indian Inspire Faculty Fellowship
Jeyakumar Karthikeyan has been awarded the five year "Inspire Faculty Fellowship" by the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology.
