In Dialogue
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Floating eco cities combine green building with Finnish shipbuilding expertise28.2.2012 The Finnish shipbuilding industry may become a future expert in building ecological cities. "The Floating EcoCity concept offers an alternative to land reclamation islands made by suction dredging," says Aaro Söderlund, architect and lecturer of environmental history at Aalto University. |
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The risks of business internal to companies in China and Russia16.1.2012 In China, a contract is a framework to be shaped with time. In order to avoid breaches of contract, it is worthwhile to hire a good lawyer and invest in the making of the contract. Even though the situation has improved, the old saying from the Brezhnev era should still be borne in mind: "Trust is good, control is better." |
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Otaniemi we have, the new school we will build!2.12.2011 As all unions loaded with expectations, the brand new Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture will need a bit of history, heaps of good practices old and new as well as many, many dreams in order to succeed. |
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What are creative civil engineers made of?11.11.2011 Encouraging teaching, cloud-embracing challenges, demanding and skilled teachers, a creative environment... If you ask engineer, PhD Mike Cook from London-based Buro Happold, civil engineers can and must be creative. According to Cook, engineers will only become creative partners for architects by cooperating with them. |
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Finland - from car dependency to oil dependency?3.10.2011 "Finland has a car-dependent urban structure," stated Professor Raine Mäntysalo at the fifth Sino-Finnish Innovation Forum held at Dipoli in late September. "But does that necessarily have to translate into a dependency on oil?" he immediately adds. |
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Design Factory conquers new continents16.8.2011 Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, is establishing the country’s first 'Living Lab' on product development – a teaching unit on product development actively connected with the daily activities of companies. What makes this interesting to us is that the new unit is inspired by Aalto University Design Factory and will be created as a partnership between the two universities. |
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Improved transport connections generate sustainable growth14.6.2011 The kick-off conference of the Rail Baltica Growth Corridor project was held in Helsinki on 9 June. The aim of the project is to improve accessibility and competitiveness of the eastern part of the Baltic Sea region by developing multimodal transport connections. |
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Mathematics helps peace negotiators18.5.2011 ‒ Decision analysis and optimising can be applied to support peace negotiations, says researcher and Doctor of Science in Technology Ville Brummer who completed his doctoral dissertation in the field of systems analysis in 2010. |
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The many faces of wood13.4.2011 Research projects in wood research and teaching were presented in mid-March in a seminar organized by the university’s wood construction (PRA) cluster. |
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Ecological footprint a university challenge21.2.2011 One of the main challenges facing sustainable development and teacher-researchers is training academic professionals to understand the principles. |
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Focus on Crisis Communication - New Insights14.2.2011 Crisis communication as a complex and dynamic configuration of communication processes. |
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Research gives predictive economic information on international markets28.1.2011 CEMAT publishes predictive economic reviews online. |
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Study of money traffic in Fairtrade coffee business attracted attention18.1.2011 Fair Trade coffee requires fair play. |
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Final projects for the innovation course presented at Design Factory17.12.2010 The objectives of the course were to find new questions as well as to provide abilities to dream and build new meanings. |
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Presidents' Circle8.12.2010 Aalto University's first Presidents' Circle is one of the new forums through which the University engages in dialogue with its stakeholders. |
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Solar energy and dye solar cells19.11.2010 A cost-efficient way to utilize solar energy under investigation at Aalto University. |
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Baltic Sea region on the rise9.11.2010 Rail Baltica Growth Corridor develops rail traffic, and BaltMet Promo builds the common identity and visibility of the Baltic Sea countries. |
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Sustainable use of the world’s natural resources25.10.2010 A lecture series on sustainable use of natural resources will provide information “straight from the horse’s mouth”. |
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Cutting-edge campus design14.10.2010 Efficient. Effective. Expressive. That is what a future learning environment should be. Aalto University makes the decision about the campus structure in the end of year 2010. |
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Research in water recources
28.09.2010 Researchers from Aalto University and VU University Amsterdam have studied globally the evolvement of available water resources for human kind over the last two millennia. The research team attempts to forecast the evolvement up to the year 2100. |
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Supporters have faith in Aalto07.09.2010 Hundreds of private individuals and nearly 60 businesses and organisations had donated to Aalto University’s basic capital. Donations play a central role in ensuring that the new university can reach its objectives of being one of the world’s top-ranking universities. |
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Campus discussion11.06.2010 During 2010, Aalto University will make decisions related to its campuses. We will begin preparing for the decision-making with an online discussion. Share your views as to what is most important in the future operating environment. |
