Innovation ecosystem news
Money for student wellbeing: how would you spend 14 000 euros?
Submit your proposal for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus by 21st September 2025. The winner of the feasible ideas will be voted on during 2025.
Alum Maija Itkonen shapes food and businesses: ‘I want to do things that I can direct my passion towards’
Maija Itkonen, CEO of Onego Bio, is known for popularising the meat alternative Pulled Oats and now also for egg protein made without chickens. She believes business can change the world for the better.
New machine learning method offers better predictions of future disease risk
Predictions for developing common diseases were more accurate than before.
Advancing EDI competences across Europe
CKIR contributed to a European project advancing EDI competences. It created learning materials, organized courses and supported students’ internships.
Experimental contemporary art exhibition in Imatra
Välillä väärässä (Sometimes wrong) is an exhibition collaboration between Aalto's Department of Art and Media and the City of Imatra.
Eloseminaari themes were creativity, meaningfulness, and visions for the future
The annual get-together event brought together the Aalto ARTS community and provided inspiration for the start of the academic year.
Keys to growth: Internationalisation brings talent, innovation and economic growth to Finland
Talent is fuel for the future — and Finland also needs it from abroad. Aalto and VTT have been internationalising rapidly, but the nation still has room for improvement in supporting international experts to put down roots.
Unite!Energy Conference – Shaping the Future of Sustainable Energy
The annual Unite!Energy Conference 2025 will take place in Espoo, Finland, bringing together researchers, industry experts, and academics to explore energy storage, hydrogen technologies, and the future of clean energy.
Unite! Seed Fund 2025 – Aalto involved in 15 projects
From the 2025 Seed Fund call, 30 proposals were selected for funding. Aalto is involved in 15 of these projects and coordinates one.
UniSport Autumn 2025 – Energy and Well-being
UniSport offers versatile opportunities for exercise and recovery at sports centers, on campuses, and online.
ELLIS Institute Finland welcomes 9 new professors as principal investigators and PS Fellows
Institute's first recruitment brings nine leading researchers to Finland
Funding for impact assessment research concerning the Helsinki Capital region
In the 2025 call for proposals, the Urban Impact project will allocate funding for two thematic areas: Urban development research and Employment research. Research call is open until 12 September 2025.
TexirC project meeting held at Valmet’s Fiber Technology Center
The results meeting of the TexirC project took place at Valmet’s Fiber Technology Center.
Annual meeting of textile chemistry group held
The Textile Chemistry Group convened its Annual Meeting on Friday, August 8.
Aalto University endowment provides EUR 42 million for education and research this year
The endowment investments returned 1.7% during first half of 2025
Floorball and futsal for Aalto BIZ staff at the Otahalli sports hall – Welcome
If you are interested in getting some exercise in good company, you are warmly welcome to join!
Creating room for connection, dialogue, and collective planning is more important than ever
Two workshops were organised to build bridges and foster meaningful action on EDI at the Aalto School of Business.
Half of highly educated immigrants find employment through Espoo and Aalto’s collaboration
The exceptional employment outcomes are the result of collaboration, in which service design research has played a key role.
Five things: Origami unfolds in many ways
The word ori means ‘folded’ and kami means ‘paper’ in Japanese. Origami refers to both the traditional Japanese art of paper folding and to the object it produces. At Aalto University, this centuries-old technique finds applications across a variety of disciplines. Here are five examples:
Teacher – here’s how you can add movement to teaching!
Interrupting long sedentary periods has positive effects on health and learning, so it would be beneficial to incorporate movement into teaching.
