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Department of Marketing
Department of Marketing
The Department of Marketing is a thriving and dynamic community of faculty, researchers, staff, and students. The department has earned international acclaim for its ambitious and rigorous research output. We are at the bleeding edge of marketing.
Research
Markets and consumer culture evolve at break-neck pace. The Department of Marketing is the Nordic leader in developing new tools, theories, and insights for marketing management and research practices pertaining to this tumultuous landscape.
The Department of Marketing has four primary research areas: strategic marketing, services marketing, retail and sales, and consumer behavior. Our research output regularly features on the pages of leading journals within these fields.
Strategic Marketing
Competitive dynamics
Marketing performance and metrics
Technology and innovation management
B2B and networks
Services Marketing
Service management
Value co-creation
Collaborative consumption
Self-service technologies
Retail and Sales
Retail business models and retail marketing
Retail entrepreneurship
Fashion marketing
Sales management and pricing
Consumer Behavior
Consumer Culture Theory (CCT)
Novel research methods (videography and netnography)
Consumer experiments
Digital consumption
Studies
Marketing, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
Modern marketers are creative, strategic thinkers who navigate the digital landscape with effortless agility and intuition.
People
Johanna Frösén
Associate Professor, Head of the Department
Kushagra Bhatnagar
Assistant professor, Vice Head of the Department
Jaakko Aspara
Professor
Tomas Falk
Professor
Arto Lindblom
Professor
Henrikki Tikkanen
Professor
Sanna-Katriina Asikainen
Associate Professor
Henri Weijo
Associate Professor
Kristina Wittkowski
Associate Professor
Anastasia Nanni
Assistant Professor
Ceren Şahin
Assistant Professor
Mikko Laukkanen
Professor of Practice
Antti Vassinen
Professor of Practice
Eric Arnould
Professor Emeritus
Kristian Möller
Professor Emeritus
Taavi Heikkilä
Executive in Residence
Siggi Gudergan
Visiting Distinguished Professor
Jochen Wirtz
Visiting Distinguished Professor
Julien Cayla
Visiting Distinguished Professor
University Lecturers
Alexei Gloukhovtsev
Senior University Lecturer
Sami Kajalo
Senior University Lecturer
Ilona Mikkonen
Senior University Lecturer
Hedon Blakaj
University Lecturer
Postdoctoral Researchers
Oscar Ahlberg
Postdoctoral Researcher
Juho-Petteri Huhtala
Postdoctoral Researcher
Daria Kautto
Postdoctoral Researcher
Xiaoshi Kinnunen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Laura Rosenberg
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tatsiana Padhaiskaya
Postdoctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researchers
Nora Bäckman
Doctoral Researcher
Miriam Etz
Doctoral Researcher
Pelin Geyik
Doctoral Researcher
Annasofia Grönholm
Doctoral Researcher
Hardikkumar Ladva
Doctoral Researcher
Kseniia Lashkova
Doctoral Researcher
Simo Lehtovirta
Doctoral Researcher
Jiancai Liao
Doctoral Researcher
Arash Naghdi
Doctoral Researcher
Petra Paasonen
Doctoral Researcher
Ossi Pettilä
Doctoral Researcher
Victor Rubanovitsch
Doctoral Researcher
Elizaveta Sakhnovskaia
Doctoral Researcher
Jussi Tornberg
Doctoral Researcher
Onni Tulensalo
Doctoral Researcher
Anna-Riikka Valo
Doctoral Researcher
Nayoung Yoon
Doctoral Researcher
Aslı Özdal
Doctoral Researcher
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News
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Training available in AI, research data management, research ethics + more – register now!
New topics included! Registrations for spring 2026 are open.
“Listening and meeting people matters”
Having built a long career in the retail sector, Sampo Päällysaho decided to update his skills through Open University, as retail management increasingly requires understanding of different topics.
Suomen Messusäätiö donates EUR 3.1 million to Aalto University for a Professorship in Experience and Event Business
The professorship will be established at the Department of Marketing in the Aalto University School of BusinessEvents
The Togetherness Lab – Workshop (external link)
Laboratory of Hope workshop: The Togetherness Lab – Exploring Hope
Public defence in Logistics, Lauri Kuula, MSc.
Title of the thesis: ”Managing resources in the Finnish social and health care sector through procurement and international recruitment - Essays on tendering, contracts and ethics”
Public defence in finance, M.Sc. Jukka Johansson
Essays on Retail Investors’ Mutual Fund Flows
Demystifying research software publishing, Mar 12, 2026 (external link)
Learn about research software publishing with Luca Ferranti and the RSEs.Contact information
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Ekonominaukio 1
02150 Espoo
Finland
Postal Address
Department of Marketing
Aalto University School of Business
P.O. Box 21210
FI-00076 Aalto
Finland
School of Business
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