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Introducing new professors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

New tenured professors present their field and research on a video. The talks took place at the Installation Talks event 30 January, 2023.
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Aalto University is celebrating its new tenured professors with popular talks by our new Associate & Full level tenure track professors. In the short videos, the new professors enlighten us with personal insights and tell us why they're passionate about their field. The Installation Talks are joint interdisciplinary events three times per academic year.

At the Installation Talks event in January 2023 new professors İdil GaziulusoyBassam El Baroni and Arja Karhumaa from the School of Arts, Design and Architecture presented their research area.

See below videos of the presentations.

Associate Professor (tenured) in Sustainable Design İdil Gaziulusoy: Transforming our now for sustainable futures 

Associate Professor (tenured) in curating and mediating art Bassam El Baroni: How artists are engaging with economic and infrastructural issues

Associate Professor (tenured) in visual communication design Arja Karhumaa: The horizon of typographic expectation

Congratulations to all new tenured professors!

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Introducing new professors at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

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