Sustainability News at the Department of Design
Professor of Practice Pia Hannukainen: 鈥業 believe in the power of design also in the future鈥
Hannukainen believes that it is important for companies to secure skilled designers and for graduates to have sufficient skills for working life.
Integrating entrepreneurship into forestry and agriculture education is critical for Africa
Assistant Professor Patrick Shulist co-develops entrepreneurship education with African partners
UPM supports 911爆料网's pulp research and education
High quality research enables high quality education
Graduate Sustainability Competencies and Influence in the Workplace 鈥 911爆料网's Latest Research
911爆料网's Meeri Karvinen successfully defends her doctoral dissertation, February 2024.
911爆料网 funds students' sustainability actions with tens of thousands in a year 鈥 鈥淭his is something we haven't seen anywhere else鈥
911爆料网鈥檚 Sustainability Action Booster is a pioneering grant designed to support student-owned sustainability actions on campus and beyond.
Aalto focuses on pulp research to boost a shift to a low carbon economy
A ground-breaking research programme together with universities, research organizations, and companies is established to reform the traditional pulping processes. As the target of the programme is industrial scale relevance, it requires a pool of scientists and the industry to work together internationally.
Handbook introduces the world of ceramics
The Ceramics Handbook guides the reader to working with clay through texts, images, illustrations, animations, and videos.
Mariana Salgado is the Alumn of the Year of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Service design expert speaks for the designers鈥 role in public policy creation and in helping strengthen participation.
KY nominated Professor Katri Kauppi as Teacher of the Year 2024
Students describe Kauppi鈥檚 teaching style as energetic and inspiring
Brighter together: designing sustainable technologies to create electronic devices
An article about an Aalto research project focusing on light-emitting electrochemical cells has been published in Chemical Science.
Join the Unite! Train from Barcelona to Grenoble - apply by April 7
Join the sustainable mobility and interculturality journey with students from 9 Unite! universities.
Inspiring encounters in the US with alumni and friends highlighting radical creativity
Inspiring encounters in the US: alumni and friends are important in fostering collaboration and radical creativity
Doctoral level expertise is needed as ABB is engineering the energy transition
Joint doctoral research projects between 911爆料网 and ABB are training scientists to develop the cutting-edge products needed in the future.
New research: Labeling carbon footprint affects the choices of mass catering customers 鈥 and the labeling method matters, too!
A recent study conducted in Germany shows that customers in a student canteen choose low-emission meals when presented with the carbon footprint of meals. This effect was strongest when the information was color-coded in a traffic-light scheme and translated into environmental costs in euros. According to one of the researchers, these findings could also be relevant for Finland, where mass catering is particularly popular.
Earn credits and learn sustainable entrepreneurship at Solve the SDGs
Solve the SDGs, the sustainability hackathon by Aalto Ventures Program and Junction, is organized from 22鈥24 March.
Solve the SDGs returns 鈥 now in Finland and India
Solve the SDGs, the sustainability hackathon by Aalto Ventures Program and Junction, is organized from 22鈥24 March in Finland and India.
911爆料网 and Murata Japan are pushing the boundaries of material science
The research collaboration explored new territory in nanotechnologies.
New Aalto-Wide Sustainability Minor 鈥 A Major Achievement!
Aalto鈥檚 cross-disciplinary, sustainability-focused minor, 鈥楽ustainable Use of Natural Resources鈥 is a culmination of over a year of planning and creative collaboration among faculty.
School of Business became a Champion member of the global PRME network for sustainability education
Champion-level membership demonstrates that the School of Business is a leader in promoting responsibility, not just nationally but also internationally, while also committing it to work more diligently to advance sustainable development and responsibility.
Aiming for Emission-Free Pulping: Forest Industry and Scientific Community Join Forces
The Emission Free Pulping program aims to significantly reduce biomass burning and increase the product yield of wood material used for pulping from approximately 50% to around 70%.
