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Learn new skills for appreciative encounters in the Aaltogether Ateliers
Welcome to open meetups in March-May to develop togetherness through means of embodied practices and social arts

鈥淪ignificant proportion鈥 of world鈥檚 rural population missing from global estimates, says study
Global population datasets, crucial for decision-making by governments and institutions, may underestimate rural populations by as much as 53% to 84%, reveals an Aalto University study.

The Annual Review provided an overview of Aalto ARTS鈥 year 2024
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture's Annual Review on 12 March 2025 reflected on the results of the previous year and celebrated ARTS activities.

Julia Lohmann鈥檚 seaweed installation and the ALUSTA pavilion to be exhibited in The Design Museum London
This summer, the Design Museum in London will stage a landmark exhibition on more-than-human design.

Metaverse revolutionises architecture - turning physical spaces into digital experiences
Aalto University and Henning Larsen, part of the Ramboll Group, are creating a new world where augmented reality brings new content and meanings to spaces.

A super year for Aalto ARTS at the Venice Biennale
Finnish expertise will be widely showcased at the upcoming Biennale Architettura in Venice, and Aalto ARTS researchers and alumni are play a major role in the programme.

Aalto Creatives launches Art & Tech Open Call '25 development grant for creative industry projects
The Art & Tech Open Call seeks applications from artists and creatives who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology.

Study: World鈥檚 critical food crops at imminent risk from rising temperatures
Warming will severely decrease the amount of global cropland available for staple crops of rice, maize, potato and soybean.

Call for proposals: Internal seed funding from Aalto Networking Platform available
Aalto's internal seed funding is targeted for the preparation of major interdisciplinary consortia proposals seeking funding from external funding agencies or industry. Deadline for proposals is 1st of April 2025.

Studies in chemical engineering led Nenne Nordstr枚m to emission monitoring: "I have learned that attitude is everything鈥
Studies in chemical engineering led Nenne Nordstr枚m to emission monitoring: "I have learned that attitude is everything鈥

Autoethnography of Techno-Spiritual Practices at CHI 2025
Doctoral Researcher Xiaran (Sarah) Song鈥檚 paper titled 鈥淲alking in My Shoes: An Autoethnography of Techno-Spiritual Practices鈥 has been accepted at the prestigious CHI Conference

Design solutions for the maritime industry - the revolutionary transition to remote shipping
Aalto University and Kongsberg Maritime are jointly developing the future of maritime operations, where work shifts from ship bridges to remote control centers.

Pop-up caf茅 transforms into a mini-office: a circular economy demo house invites to experiment
The Department of Architecture and VTT have designed a building that will be built and dismantled at least twice. The aim of the experiment is to investigate building materials and products in real disassembly and reassembly situations.

Apply now: Unite! Visiting Professorship Program at TU Darmstadt
TuDa is looking for experienced postdocs as visiting professors for the winter semester 2025/2026.

New Urban Policy Council chairperson Kalland: Our education system is not as equal as we think 鈥 family has larger impact than grades
The new Urban Policy Council is an autonomous and independent research panel that produces a critical report of a chosen urban policy theme every year. Its first report, published today, is about education and learning, with a particular focus on the segregation of learning and well-being in early childhood.

How Nokia changed the world
Much has been said about the fall of Nokia, but what can we learn from its successes?

鈥淟eft outside in the rain鈥: The story behind the stories of the Nokia Design Archive
In a strange twist of fate, a team of Aalto University researchers found themselves responsible for two decades of Nokia鈥檚 best kept design secrets.

Apply for Unite! seed funding to foster collaborative teaching and research
Financial boost for collaborative ideas from teachers and researchers across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!

Aalto University secures funding for critical green transition research
Granted by the Research Council of Finland, the funding will accelerate research in energy systems, microelectronics and sustainable cities

A Flexible Biorefinery using Machine Learning
Biorefineries convert biomass, such as wood, annual plants or agricultural into products and energy. Research teams in Finland and Germany aim to maximize such product output for a more holistic valorization of our natural resources. The development of these new processes is often slow because they require optimization of many factors. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) can help us accelerate such a development drastically.