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The Aalto Networking Platform initiative promotes cross-disciplinary actions in Aalto University’s seven key research areas. We bring together experts in science, technology, arts and business, across departments, supporting collaboration both inside and outside of Aalto.
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New Urban Policy Council chairperson Kalland: Our education system is not as equal as we think – family has larger impact than grades
The new Urban Policy Council is an autonomous and independent research panel that produces a critical report of a chosen urban policy theme every year. Its first report, published today, is about education and learning, with a particular focus on the segregation of learning and well-being in early childhood.
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Key research areas
Learn more about activities in the seven key research areas of Aalto University.
Key Research Area: Advanced energy solutions
The main focus in energy research and teaching are energy sciences, multidisciplinary energy technologies, and sustainable energy solutions.
Key Research Area: Arts and design knowledge-building
Art and creativity enable looking at the grand challenges of our time from a new perspective. Look past the imaginable and join us in changing the world in art and design knowledge building.
Key Research Area: ICT and digitalisation
Digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and communications are cut through the whole society, from education to medicine and economics.
Key Research Area: Global business dynamics
Research related to global economy dynamics is carried out in the areas of business, economics, and industrial engineering and management.
Key Research Area: Health and wellbeing
Aalto University’s expertise in health and wellbeing is broad-based, with strong clusters of research groups such as in medical devices, health AI, neuroscience, and care-facility architecture.
Key Research Area: Human-centred living environments
Research in this area aims to understand how individuals experience their physical environment and how art, spaces, buildings and communities can enhance it.
Key Research Area: Materials and sustainable use of natural resources
Materials research ranges from physics, nanotechnology, mechanics, performance and design to biomaterials and sustainable resource use.
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New Urban Policy Council chairperson Kalland: Our education system is not as equal as we think – family has larger impact than grades
The new Urban Policy Council is an autonomous and independent research panel that produces a critical report of a chosen urban policy theme every year. Its first report, published today, is about education and learning, with a particular focus on the segregation of learning and well-being in early childhood.
The visions that shaped us: Nokia Design Archive opens to the public online
Opening the door to two decades of Nokia’s inner workings, a new online portal brings never-before-seen material to the public.
How Nokia changed the world
Much has been said about the fall of Nokia, but what can we learn from its successes?- Published:
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