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Visiting Faculty Barbara Edwards: âCultural diversity enriches everyoneâs academic experience.â
Barbara Edwards (MAcc, CPA, CA, EdD), retired Senior Lecturer from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC Canada, has a long and successful teaching career. In her home university, Edwards received a TD-Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award, which is awarded based on colleague and student nominations, and a placement on the SFU Beedie School of Business Teaching Honour Roll. Before she started to teach at SFU in 1993, Edwards worked as a Senior Tax Manager at KPMG.
Meet the data expert: Maria Rehbinder
Senior legal counsel Maria Rehbinder advises on the legal issues related to use of research data containing personal data. Article series Meet the data expert introduces service personnel specialized in research data management support.
How should governments offer subsidies for clean-energy heating?
New study from Finland shows heat pump benefits donât necessarily go to those who benefit most
Toward better speech recognition: Lahjoita puhetta campaign wins prize as best mobile service
'Thanks to the successful campaign, Finland has the possibility to be a pioneer in speech recognition for small languages,' says Professor Mikko Kurimo
Eight top-ranked universities and business schools join forces to create a European network of online credited elective courses for undergraduates
The ECOL initiative underscores the importance of building a common European online curriculum that can be expanded and developed over time, following the EU principles of innovation, digitalisation, sustainability and inclusion.
Helsinki GSE Situation Room report: People with good income are doing better and better
The number of people earning at least EUR 6,000 per month, has increased by as much as 20% in the first half of the year, compared with 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic.
Summer School Alum story: "Aalto University has been a fantastic start to my career in Finland"
Aalto University Summer School and Information Technology Program alum Seowon Jung moved from Seoul to Finland to study marketing at Aalto University
Regional and adaptive targeting of vaccinations can be advantageous â Researchers examine effective vaccination strategies for coronavirus pandemic
New study models the age structure of those being vaccinated and contact between Finnish regions during the pandemic
Students studied the motivation behind the purchase of affordable food products
âThe students could set up a two-person consultancy firm right away.â
New research: Companies with LGBT-friendly policies perform better
LGBTâfriendly corporate policies enhance firm performance, according to new research from the School of Business and the University of Vaasa.
Warm ice may fracture differently than cold ice
New study suggests old rules on how ice breaks may not always hold up
Acoustic solutions made from natural fibres can reduce buildingsâ carbon footprints
Aalto University researchers discovered that wood-based pulp fibres are also well-suited for making acoustic materials.
âEhdokaskarttaâ challenges traditional voting advice applications just before the elections
The strength of this open source voting advice application lies in its transparency.
FAIRsFAIR Roadshow Finland 2 June
FAIRsFAIR will present some outputs and showcase practical tools for raising FAIR awareness and assessing the FAIRness of research datasets. We will also discuss the role of FAIR for researchers in managing their work in a digital environment.
Free Future of Work Certificate for Aalto University Summer School students
All Aalto University Summer School students who apply before June 15th 2021 are entitled to a free Future of Work Certificate (worth 90âŹ) after completing the Future of Work course.
Visiting professor David Derichs: âInternational student body creates a diverse and creative atmosphere in classâ
David Derichs, Assistant Professor from Aalto University School of Business, took his BSc at Maastricht School of Business and Economics and MSc at the London School of Economics. He received his PhD in Accounting at Aalto University School of Business. Derichs has seven years of Strategy Consultancy experience at Roland Berger.
Capstone course gives opportunity to put masterâs studies into practice
The participating companies praised the course concept and the talented students.
Meet the data expert: Ilari LÀhteenmÀki
As IT solution owner, Ilari LÀhteenmÀki is responsible for that Aalto has good IT systems available to manage research data. Article series Meet the data expert introduces service personnel specialized in research data management support.
A new form of carbon
Not graphene: researchers in Germany and Finland discover new type of atomically thin carbon material
How can researchers make use of cloud services?
Microsoft Azure, which is in use at Aalto University, provides IT services for researchers that can be selected according to personal needs and resources.
