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New Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy was published
The guiding principle of Aalto University Open Science and Research policy is 鈥榓s open as possible, as closed as necessary鈥. This means that research outputs should be open if there is no valid reason to restrict access to them. Aalto University Research Services provides help in research data management and opening publications, data, protocols and code.
Aalto ARTS Books participates in the Helsinki and Frankfurt Book Fairs
Both the Helsinki Book Fair and the world's largest book fair, the Frankfurt Book Fair, will take place online this year due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Aalto ENG Teaching Forum 鈥淪DGs in my teaching- Why and how to do it?鈥 2.11.2020
In the following Teaching Forum the theme will be 鈥淪ustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in my teaching 鈥 why and how to do it?鈥. The vice dean will open the event.
Circular Design Challenge Competition teams selected
The Circular Design Challenge Competition launched by Aalto University, Geological Survey of Finland GTK, Natural Resources Institute Luke, Finnish Environment Institute SYKE and VTT in May collected altogether 26 cross-organizational ideas. Nine teams received funding to develop their idea into a concept or proposal.
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation granted Aalto University EUR 10.5 million to establish a bioinnovation centre
The centre will accelerate the transition to a circular economy and bioeconomy, and create opportunities for sustainable economic growth in Finland.
How mobile apps grab our attention
First empirical study on how users pay visual attention to mobile app designs shows larger and brighter elements don鈥檛 catch our eyes after all.
7 Experiences Summit giving birth to multidisciplinary experience research as a field
The conference brought together experience researchers from different fields for the first time worldwide.
This time round, Professor Henrikki Tikkanen defended a doctoral dissertation in economic history
Tikkanen's doctoral studies at the University of Jyv盲skyl盲 focused on organisational and naval history.
Meet the data agent: Ivika J盲ger
Ivika J盲ger invites Aalto researchers to have an open discussion about RDM. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
School of Business ranked second in B2B marketing in prestigious international journal鈥檚 evaluation
Fruitful co-operation between Finnish universities and excellent university-business collaboration essential
New simulation code to eliminate need for super computers in modelling indoor aerosols
Focused on public indoor environments, the code will be openly available for researchers and other professionals
'Beyond Matter 鈥 Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality' aims to develop novel solutions for the accessible documentation and presentation of exhibitions
Beyond Matter is an international, interdisciplinary project on the revival of past landmark exhibitions, the documentation of current exhibitions and the dissemination of documentation along with actual artworks 鈥
both materially and immaterially present 鈥 in innovative ways.
both materially and immaterially present 鈥 in innovative ways.
SPICE promotes social cohesion by citizen curation of cultural heritage
An EU-H2020 funded SPICE aims to promote social cohesion by researching and developing tools and methods to support citizen curation with groups at risk of exclusion to actively interact and participate in a shared culture.
How has the coronavirus affected company strategies? - Survey produces information to support decision-making
The information produced in the Aalto University project will help companies make strategy and investment decisions.
Are you interested in the new EU research and innovation framework programme, Horizon Europe?
As a member of Nordic5Tech alliance Aalto researchers and staff have an opportunity to follow a week of interactive sessions and information seminars on selected parts of EU Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Programme due to open in 2021.
New publication series: NDI Background Papers
Northern Dimension Institute has launched a new publication series, the NDI Background Papers.
Meet the data agent: Clemens Icheln
Clemens Icheln has positive experience with opening data and encourages his colleagues to publish their data as well. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
The German Society of Material Science awards Professor Mady Elbahri the DGM prize of 2020
The Deutsche Gesellschaft f眉r Materialkunde e.V. (DGM) has recognized Professor Mady Elbahri at the School of Chemical Engineering, for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of Nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Occupying Zoom
Students from the Department of Media took their creative freedom to the limits and showed an example in occupying the space online.
Meet the data agent: Anish Philip
Anish Philip wants to help researchers make their data more precise and accessible for everyone. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
