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Aalto Networking Platform
The Aalto Networking Platform initiative promotes cross-disciplinary actions in Aalto University’s seven key research areas. We bring together experts in science, technology, arts and business, across departments, supporting collaboration both inside and outside of Aalto.
Highlights
Featured stories, events, and other content by the Aalto Networking Platform.
Designs for a Cooler Planet
Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition presents cross-disciplinary experiments. Come explore students’ and researchers’ acts of change.
Aalto Networking Platform Task Force
Key research areas
Learn more about activities in the seven key research areas of Aalto University.
Key Research Area: Energy solutions
The main focus in energy research and teaching are energy sciences, multidisciplinary energy technologies, and sustainable energy solutions.
Key Research Area: Arts and design
Art and creativity enable looking at the grand challenges of our time from a new perspective. Look past the imaginable and join us in changing the world in arts and design.
Key Research Area: Digitalisation and AI
Digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and communications are cut through the whole society, from education to medicine and economics.
Key Research Area: Business and economics
Research related to business and economics include the areas of business, economics, industrial engineering and management.
Key Research Area: Health and well-being
Aalto University’s expertise in health and well-being is broad-based, with strong clusters of research groups such as in medical devices, health AI, neuroscience, and care-facility architecture.
Key Research Area: Living environments
We are developing interdisciplinary research to enhance planning and engineering, architecture and design for better living environments.
Key Research Area: Materials and natural resources
Materials research ranges from physics, nanotechnology, mechanics, performance and design to biomaterials and sustainable resource use.
Related events
All upcoming events related to the Aalto Networking Platform.
Built Environments for a Cooler Planet: Sustainable Urbanization Pathways for the World of 2075
This event brings together experts from IIASA and Finnish academic, governmental, and business actors to identify innovative solutions, competence needs and opportunities for climate-sensitive urban growth.
Driving renewal – Live podcast
The Uudistajat (Driving Renewal) podcast shares stories and insights from leaders and experts on how organizations drive, adapt and create sustainable change.
Quantum Strategy: The path to making quantum technology Finland’s next success story
Finland's new quantum strategy paves the way to global impact—this event highlights key steps toward quantum supremacy.
Event archive
Related news
All news related to the Aalto Networking Platform.
Rising sea could erase a significant portion of coastal habitats in Finland
More than a fifth of coastal meadows and sandy beaches may disappear by the turn of the century.
Applications for the WiT Programme are open till June 15th!
The Aalto WiT Programme is a 3.5-month, 24 ECTS post-master’s programme, focusing on the resilience of human settlements in the Global Majority context. The application period for this Autumn is extended till June 15th. Apply now!
Grants from Matti Lehti fund for the year 2025 awarded
The Matti Lehti fund has been donated to develop and encourage research, teaching and studies on digital information society in the School of Business