Research
The Department of Economics fosters a research culture that is collaborative, international, and thematically diverse, sustained by a vibrant seminar series that attract leading scholars from around the world.
Department of Economics
The Department of Economics is committed to outstanding research and research-based education at all levels. We are particularly strong in microeconomic theory and empirical microeconomics with a focus on labor and personnel economics, urban and transport economics, energy and environmental economics, as well as competition and innovation economics.
We offer Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees in Economics. The study programmes are structured to ensure internationally recognized qualifications and a lifelong human capital.
We are part of Helsinki Graduate School of Economics. Helsinki GSE is a unit for economic research and graduate education that was established in 2018 together with Hanken School of Economics and the University of Helsinki.
Get to know our work
We strive for outstanding economic research, teaching and societal impact.
People at the Department of Economics
Meet our professors, researchers, doctoral students and staff.
Studies
Economics can be studied as a major in the Bachelor's Programme, in the Master’s Programme and in the PhD Programme, or as a minor in any of the school's Bachelor’s or Master’s Programmes.
Contact information
Visiting address
Ekonominaukio 1
FI-02150 Espoo
Finland
Postal address
Department of Economics
Aalto University School of Business
PO BOX 21210
FI-00076 AALTO
FINLAND
Department Administration
Head of the Department: Professor Pauli Murto
Assistant: Milja Kylänpää, milja.kylanpaa@aalto.fi
School of Business
Ekonominaukio 1
News
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Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles
Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms
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Aalto Distinguished Professor Otto Toivanen: ‘The best thing is when you find an interesting problem and perhaps even a way to solve it’
Otto Toivanen, Professor of Economics at the School of Business, was appointed Aalto Distinguished Professor at the opening of the academic year on September 2, 2025.Events
Triton users' group meeting 22/01/2026
This is our third Triton users' group meeting for all the users of Aalto Triton High Performance Computing cluster: come and hear what’s new with Triton. This is also a good moment to express your wishes for future developments.
Hands-on Data Protection workshop 27 & 29 / January / 2026
Learn about data protection in practice in this two-day workshop with Aalto data agents and Sensitive Data experts from CSC.
Intro to Triton and HPC 28 January 2026
Are you a researcher who has recently started working at Aalto? Would you like to have more resources for your data science tasks? Join our hands-on course for data science workflows with high performance computing using Triton Aalto High Performance Computing cluster!
Laboratory of Hope
Opening in February at Aalto University, the Laboratory of Hope exhibition is full of hopeSchool of Business
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