Aalto Media Lab
Aalto Media Lab
The Media Lab was founded in 1994 and is now a part of the Department of Art and Media at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture of the Aalto University.
The mission of the Media Lab is to explore, discover and comprehend the new digital technology and its impact in society; to find and exploit the possibilities it opens to communication, interaction and expression and to evaluate, understand and deal with the challenges it poses to design and creative production.
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Training available in AI use, research data management, open science + more – register now!
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2026 are open.
Funding for impact assessment research concerning the Helsinki Capital region available
Funding call of the Urban Impact project (Kaupunkivaikutus) is open until 11. October 2026.
Training available in AI, research data management, research ethics + more – register now!
New topics included! Registrations for spring 2026 are open.
Lecturer Marja Rastas: “As a teacher, you never finish learning”
During her career, the lecturer in art education has witnessed changes in both the field of art education and in education itself.Events
GN! Event Week 2026 (external link)
Games Now! is an open learning community run by Aalto University. GN! Event Week 2026 features game expert talks, workshops, activities, exhibition, and a game jam!
Doing qualitative research in conversation with AI, Nov 10, 2026
How to responsibly do qualitative research with AI tools? With Dr. Emrecan Gulay
Research data management for ARTS researchers, Nov 11, 2026
Learn about research data management (RDM) in visual arts.Art of Research 2026 (external link)
The IX Art of Research Conference advances the development of artistic research.Latest Theses
The theses from the Media Lab are on public display at the Aalto University library as well as some of the latest ones also online. First recorded theses are from 1995 up to this date.
Media Lab Demo Day
Already in the late 1990s we adopted the slogan, ‘hands on with minds on’ to explain our work. We also adopted the ‘demo or die’ attitude of other Media Labs and formalised this into bi-annual Demo...
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Media Lab at the Department of Art anf Media offers interdisciplinary studies in design and production of new media, games and sound. Also various areas and amounts of design, arts, computer science,...
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The departments of Art and Media at Aalto University School of Arts, Design & Architecture have merged as of 1st January 2022. Professor Harri Laakso has been appointed as Head of the new Department...
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