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.

marketing major

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

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Services Marketing

Service management
Value co-creation
Collaborative consumption
Self-service technologies

digital

Retail and Sales

Retail business models and retail marketing
Retail entrepreneurship
Fashion marketing
Sales management and pricing

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Consumer Behavior

Consumer Culture Theory (CCT)
Novel research methods (videography and netnography)
Consumer experiments
Digital consumption

Studies

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Applying to Bachelor's Programmes

The application period for bachelor's programmes in English is 8 – 23 January 2025 for studies starting in autumn 2025.

Admission Services
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Marketing, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)

Modern marketers are creative, strategic thinkers who navigate the digital landscape with effortless agility and intuition.

Study options
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Admission to Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (2 yrs)

The admissions to Master's programmes at Aalto University in the field of Business and Economics are organised once a year. The application period for studies starting in autumn 2019 is from 3 December 2018 to 11 January 2019.

Study at Aalto

People

Henri Weijo

Associate Professor, Head of Department

Henri Weijo

Johanna Frösén

Associate Professor, Vice Head of Department

Associate Professor Johanna Frösén

Sanna-Katriina Asikainen

Associate Professor

Sanna-Katriina Asikainen

Arto Lindblom

Professor

Portrait of Professor Arto Lindblom, Department of Marketing

Tomas Falk

Professor

Tomas Falk

Kristina Wittkowski

Associate Professor

Kristina Wittkowski

Alexei Gloukhovtsev

Assistant Professor

Alexei Gloukhovtsev

Kushagra Bhatnagar

Assistant professor

Kushagra Bhatnagar

Anastasia Nanni

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor Anastasia Nanni

Sami Kajalo

Senior University Lecturer

Sami Kajalo

Ilona Mikkonen

Senior University Lecturer

Ilona Mikkonen

Kristian Möller

Professor Emeritus

Kristian Möller

Pekka Töytäri

Professor of Practice

Juho-Petteri Huhtala

Postdoctoral Researcher

Juho-Petteri Huhtala

Hedon Blakaj

University Lecturer

Hedon Blakaj

Tatsiana Padhaiskaya

University Lecturer

Tatsiana Padkaiskaya

Taavi Heikkilä

Executive in Residence

Eric Arnould

Professor emeritus

Eric Arnould

Siggi Gudergan

Visiting Distinguished Professor

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Laura Rosenberg

Postdoctoral Researcher

Laura Rosenberg

Daria Kautto

Postdoctoral Researcher

Xiaoshi Xu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Linda Turunen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Antti Vassinen

Professor of Practice

Doctoral Researchers

Oscar Ahlberg

Doctoral Researcher

Petra Paasonen

Doctoral Researcher

Henriikka Seittu

Doctoral Researcher

Doctoral Researcher Henriikka Seittu

Pelin Geyik

Doctoral Researcher

Doctoral Researcher Pelin Geyik

Elizaveta Sakhnovskaia

Doctoral Researcher

Jiancai Liao

Doctoral Researcher

Hardikkumar Ladva

Doctoral Researcher

Simo Lehtovirta

Doctoral Researcher

Miriam Etz

Doctoral Researcher

Nayoung Yoon

Doctoral Researcher

Kseniia Lashkova

Doctoral Researcher

Arash Naghdi

Doctoral Researcher

News

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Awards and Recognition, Research & Art Published:

Call for nominees for Aalto University’s Open Science Award 2024

Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project for the award.
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Research & Art Published:

Improve your Data Management Plan and Privacy Notice for safe and ethical practices

Join a pilot project to derive a Privacy Notice from your Data Management Plan with Aalto AI assistant.
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Research & Art Published:
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Studies Published:

Online AI course could boost study equality

Students at the School of Business believe that mastering Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be beneficial for both academic success and career prospects, as AI becomes increasingly integrated into daily life.

Events

Visual designer Merle Karp made this collage with AI, using photos by Mikko Raskinen, Anne Kinnunen and Aleksi Poutanen.
Lectures and seminars, Networking

Artificial Creativity – Aalto LASER Talks

Is artificial intelligence simply a tool, or does it possess creative capabilities?
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Lectures and seminars, Networking, Students

From Lab to Market (external link)

An event series bringing together research and entrepreneurship.
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Campus, Information sessions, Service competence

ACRE Day October 9th 2024

Together on campus: building the future through interaction!
Introduction to research data management
Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

Introduction to Research Data Management, Oct 9, 2024

Get to know the basics of RDM with Data Agent, Dr. Essi Viitanen from Research Services.

Contact information

Visiting Address

School of Business building, 1st floor
Ekonominaukio 1
02150 Espoo
Finland

Postal Address

Department of Marketing
Aalto University School of Business
P.O. Box 21210
FI-00076 Aalto
Finland

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