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Like Shadows Through Leaves Awarded FIPRESCI Prize at Oberhausen
{if your bait can sing the wild one will come}Â Like Shadows Through Leaves wins the FIPRESCI Prize at Oberhausen 2021.
Changes to exhibition bookings at Aalto University
Reservations for Otaniemi campus exhibition spaces can now be made online.
Kirsi Peltonen: It is strange to go to an abandoned house to meet students via Zoom
Senior University Lecturer Kirsi Peltonen was able to give one empowering face-to-face lecture last autumn, and now she is mainly teaching remotely from Otaniemi. She finds interactions based on remote connections to be incredibly challenging.
Can I Vote? – an online tool for spreading the word about local democracy in Finland
Students from Aalto University and TAMK have joined with YLE to create an online tool raising awareness on voting eligibility
Almost 500 participants enrolled for research data management training
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Climate change threatens one-third of global food production
New estimates show that if greenhouse gases continue growing at current rates, large regions at risk of being pushed into climate conditions in which no food is grown today.
Best practices for enhancing internationalization through virtual exchange discussed at the Unite! Staff Week
The week-long training focusing on virtual exchange was organized in February 2021 to promote internationalization between the seven universities in the Unite! network.
Let ceramics challenge you at the EMMA Museum
The newly opened exhibition reflects on our relationship to ceramics, clay and the environment.
Emil Aaltonen Foundation Grant Awarded to CEST researcher Jari Järvi
Jari Järvi receives PhD fellowship from the Emil Aaltonen Foundation
Researchers develop better way to determine safe drug doses for children
New research on organ maturation models could lead to improvements in drug development
Volunteer as a Publication Forum (JUFO) panellist!
Julkaisufoorumi (JUFO, the Publication Forum) is appointing new panels for the term 2022-2025. The panels are responsible for the ranking of publication channels, mainly journals and conference series. This ranking is used in the funding model of the Ministry of Education and Culture. It is thus important that all publication channels are correctly ranked. We are now looking for volunteers for all fields relevant É«É«À².
Physics graduate and supervisor reflect on challenges and shared success of PhD dissertation work
Physics graduate Aaro Väkeväinen tells how he successfully overcame multiple challenges during his dissertation work
Data management plan process of the Academy of Finland has changed
Beneficiaries of the Academy of Finland need to submit a data management plan for Aalto Research Services for review. Research Services support writing the plan by providing a DMP review service.
Alumnus Jukka Kajan: Even good things have to be marketed, otherwise they won't fly
Our marketing alumnus Jukka Kajan founded Joukon Voima, a crowdfunding platform for sustainable projects, and now works with plant-based food and plant proteins at Verso Food. ‘In my career, I have always been involved in the transition of various industries.’
Focusing on the liveability of small shrinking cities
The uneven spatial development increases the number of deprived localities everywhere and turns it into a global challenge.
Call for Papers: Animals, Plants, Bryophytes, Lichen and Fungi in Contemporary Art and Research
Research in Arts and Education journal welcomes manuscripts for the February 2022 Issue.
The special issue of Research in Arts and Education focuses on exploring research with species other than humans. Diverse approaches to research and art are welcomed, including artistic research, theoretical and philosophical texts, art historical, postqualitative research, research working with art & science, educational and arts-based research.
The special issue of Research in Arts and Education focuses on exploring research with species other than humans. Diverse approaches to research and art are welcomed, including artistic research, theoretical and philosophical texts, art historical, postqualitative research, research working with art & science, educational and arts-based research.
Three Aalto researchers were elected members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
The Academy invites distinguished academics and scientists to become members.
Professor Mauri Kostiainen, Professor Matti Liski and Adjunct Professor Sabrina Maniscalco from Aalto were elected this year.
Professor Mauri Kostiainen, Professor Matti Liski and Adjunct Professor Sabrina Maniscalco from Aalto were elected this year.
Everyday choices: Kaie Kubjas, why does mathematics feel safe?
For a professor of mathematics, logical thinking is as important as the provability of results.
Friendly bacteria at centre stage
Bacteria that eat nitrogen and organic matter are part of processes that can be developed for treating wastewater with less energy and emissions.
Researchers developing safe and affordable way to produce antibodies with aim of global access to treatment
New method uses yeast to grow antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.
