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.

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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

Students studying in the new BIZ building - Photo by Unto Rautio

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

Four students studying together. Three of them have their computer and one is having papers in front of them.

Consumer Behavior

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

Studies

students in Aalto library

Applying to Bachelor's Programmes

The application period for bachelor's programmes in English is 3–17 January 2024 for studies starting in autumn 2024.

Admission Services
Business students gathered around a table to study together.

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
Students hanging out and studying in the School of Business learning hub

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.

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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

Pekka Mattila

Associate Professor

Pekka Mattila

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

Taavi Heikkilä

Executive in Residence

Eric Arnould

Professor emeritus

Eric Arnould

Siggi Gudergan

Visiting Distinguished Professor

The picture shows a head shot of Visiting Distinguished Professor Siggi Gudergan.

Laura Rosenberg

Postdoctoral Researcher

Laura Rosenberg

Daria Kautto

Postdoctoral Researcher

Xiaoshi Xu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Linda Turunen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Doctoral Researchers

Oscar Ahlberg

Doctoral Researcher

Axel Juslin

Doctoral Researcher

Petra Paasonen

Doctoral Researcher

Tatsiana Padhaiskaya

Doctoral Researcher

Tatsiana Padkaiskaya

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

Cyber. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Aki-Pekka Sinikoski
Research & Art Published:

Will artificial intelligence take your job in marketing? True or false: five claims about the future of marketing

Johanna Frösén, Associate Professor of Marketing, provides insights on some beliefs associated with marketing analytics
Kuvassa näkyy professori Teemu Malmi Aallon Töölön kampuksen juhlasalin lavalla pitämässä avauspuheenvuoroa Taloudenpuolustuskurssilla 2023.
Cooperation, Research & Art Published:

The ninth Economic Defence Course analysed the Government Programme

A welfare society cannot survive without innovations and successful business activities. This is why the objectives and measures to improve the operating conditions of companies that were outlined in the Government Programme must be successful.
RDM & Open Science training
Research & Art Published:

Register for training in research data management and open science

New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2023 are open.
Kuvituskuva: opiskelijoita luonnossa, kaislikossa
University Published:

Monthly workshops encouraged a sense of community among doctoral students

It’s important to provide adequate resources for activities that support the EDI agenda

Events

Out of Fashion event LaserTalk
Lectures and seminars, Networking

Out of Fashion – Aalto LASER Talks

Future visions and concrete steps towards the sufficiency paradigm in fashion
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Public defences

Defense of Thesis in International Business, Kalliopi Platanou, M. Sc.

The title of the defense is: "Twittering about Digital Human Resource Management: Digital field development in the context of social media"
Title: How to Share Research Data: Examples from Engineering and Human Sciences
Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, Support for teams, Training to support research

How to Share Research Data: Examples from Engineering and Human Sciences, Dec 5, 2023

Learn about publishing data and metadata with Data Agent & University Lecturer Dr. Clemens Icheln and Information Specialist Laura Mure.
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Public defences

Defense of Thesis in Organization & Management, Jukka-Pekka Kevätsalo, KTM, KM

Title of the thesis is: "Strategy Work and Digital Awakening: The Discoursive Formation of Strategic Change"

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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