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Professor Peter Hans Matthews works as a Fulbright-Aalto Distinguished Chair scholarship holder at the Department of Economics
Fulbright programmes and scholarships are highly appreciated in the United States

Join us for the first Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!

Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be hosted by Aalto University
Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be held at Aalto University’s Otaniemi campus and in Zoom 3.–4.6.2024. Please register by May 3.

Aalto Open Science Award Honorary Mention 2023 – Professor Riikka Puurunen leads by example to foster sustainable open science
We interviewed professor Riikka Puurunen, head of Catalysis research group at the School of Chemical Engineering, who received an honorary mention in the first Aalto Open Science Award.

Aalto Open Science Award Third Place Awardee 2023 – Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project
We interviewed the Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project, 3rd place awardees of the first Aalto Open Science Award.

Read the Qual+ Newsletter
We are excited to welcome you to the second Qual+ Newsletter and continue bringing you new ways of looking at methods within management studies.

Economist: A natural resource tax on hydropower would generate revenue and improve the state of the environment
A natural resource tax would be a way to distribute the costs of environmental protection so that they would not fall solely on electricity consumers

Alum Maija Keskinen: I enjoy learning new things and trying out different roles
Our alum, Maija Keskinen, knew from the start that she wanted to study economics. "Meaningful work to me means being able to serve society and do my part to ensure that decisions made in public administration are based on the highest quality information possible," Keskinen explains.

Aalto Open Science Award Winner 2023 – Aalto Materials Digitalization Platform (AMAD)
We interviewed the AMAD team, winners of the first Aalto Open Science Award.

Professors of the School of Business influence the editorial boards of academic journals
Being invited to the editorial board of a journal demonstrates appreciation for a professor’s work

Unite! visiting professorship program offers 13 guest professor positions at TU Darmstadt
TuDa is looking for experienced postdocs as visiting professors.

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.
Economists' report: Emission restrictions would accelerate the electrification of Helsinki's car fleet
Achieving Helsinki's carbon neutrality goal requires new impactful measures. According to the recent study by Aalto University's economics working group, areas with CO2 emission-free transportation would be an efficient way to reduce emissions in Helsinki's transportation sector. A sufficient transition period would be a prerequisite for success.

International student's journey of securing jobs in Finland
International Master's student Yijuan Wei shares her story of landing exciting jobs in Finland. With the help of Career Services and persistence in job seeking, she secured an internship in marketing and a summer job in service design.

Students helped Finland’s Central Securities Depository to research and combine fund industry information
The team learned a lot about the fund industry and the role of the central securities depository

Education for the future
The new EDUCA Flagship brings together data and education researchers in an unprecedented way and significantly deepens the research-based nature of education policy

Wihuri Foundation awards major funding for multidisciplinary research of future energy systems
The project will receive a total of €750,000 over four years, and the foundation will also support other Aaltonian endeavours, such as synthetic biology research and encouraging early-stage entrepreneurs.

The ninth Economic Defence Course analysed the Government Programme
A welfare society cannot survive without innovations and successful business activities. This is why the objectives and measures to improve the operating conditions of companies that were outlined in the Government Programme must be successful.

Register for training in research data management and open science
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2023 are open.
