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Fifth report by the Helsinki GSE Situation Room: The number of layoffs has continued to grow strongly
The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 14 May at 8 am.
EIT Climate-KIC Extraordinary Post COVID-19 Regeneration Call 2020
As part of EIT Climate-KIC own response to the pandemic, Climate-KIC launched our Extraordinary Post COVID-19 Regeneration Call 2020.
EIT Manufacturing Call for Proposals "Response to COVID-19 Crisis"
DL: May 31, 2020;
Funding: 300 - 500 k€;
Project duration: Jul 1 - Dec 31, 2020
Funding: 300 - 500 k€;
Project duration: Jul 1 - Dec 31, 2020
EIT Community COVID-19 pandemic response
The EIT Community’s response focuses, on the one hand, on the most vulnerable beneficiary groups affected by the crisis, i.e. students, entrepreneurs (start-ups and SMEs) and innovators.
The Financial Times placed Aalto EE again in global Top 50
The rating evaluated open-enrollment programmes as well as for programmes customised for corporate clients.
MONTA group aims at advancing diversity and inclusion at the School of Business
Katja Toropainen, the founder of Inklusiiv and graduate student of the School, also makes a call for more discussion and sharing of best practices about diversity in organizations.
Research shows that Finland's transition to remote working has gone well
A study by multidisciplinary team analyses a survey of over 5000 respondents: finds most people are coping well, but miss their colleagues
Material manufacturing from particles takes a giant step forward
Tiny fibrils extracted from plants have been getting a lot of attention for their strength.
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.
New project to create a new info centre for the design field
New project aims to strengthen the visibility of the field of design in Finland and beyond. The project will bring different institutions and actors closer to each other.
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.
Meet the new director of OtaNano
Anna Rissanen, the new director of OtaNano, tells us about her role in developing OtaNano for the future
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.
Fourth report by the Helsinki GSE Situation Room: The growth in the number of applications for unemployment benefit paid by Kela has been greatest in the Uusimaa region
The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 7 May at 8 am.
Free and Open-Source Hardware enables more bang for your buck in research funding
A study was recently made on how producing equipment for research and laboratories with Free and Open Source Hardware could save a huge amount of money in research funding. This saved money could be used elsewhere in research projects.
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.
