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Research shows that creativity is not only measurable but also a major competitive advantage – the focus now turns to leadership

Creativity enables people to view problems from new perspectives and to discover solutions that might otherwise remain unseen.
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Aalto University strengthens significantly Finnish film education and research

The teaching and research of film directing at Aalto University is being strengthened with two new professor appointments. Hanna Maylett has been appointed Assistant Professor of Film Directing and Juho Kuosmanen has been appointed Professor of Practice of Film Directing. Furthermore, the teaching and research of film production have also been strengthened with recent new appointments.
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The Nessling Foundation grants funding to speed up the sustainability transformation – Aalto researchers get grants

Researchers Mari Keski-Korsu and Elina Määttänen from the School of Arts, Design and Architecture and Academy Research Fellow Johanna Ahola-Launonen from the School of Business received funding for their research projects.
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Textile artist Juha Vehmaanperä received the Taito-Finlandia award

Vehmaanperä is known for their knitwear that breaks the boundaries of handicrafts.
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Finnish Design Push – design accelerates the development of technology companies

Finnish Design Push, a joint initiative between the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture and Technology Industries of Finland, strengthens the role of design in Finnish industry.
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Professor Jenni Reuter: “Architecture can make the world a little better”

Architect Jenni Reuter is driven by a desire to do meaningful work, develop herself and others, and build a more sustainable future. She believes that every action can do some good – including in architecture.

The Long Read by Aalto ARTS

Longform stories, in-depth features and profiles, data visualizations and more coming up - enjoy our webmag!

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Creativity Unfolded

Aalto University’s blog series Creativity Unfolded focuses on insights linked to creativity in a multitude of ways. Topics include design, technology, media, architecture, film, games, art theory and more. Read and join the conversation.

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Aalto student – New Student Guide replaces Into

Into.aalto.fi has been migrated to the Aalto.fi site, and the new Student Guide contains information and news for students

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Aalto University is committed to promoting equality, diversity, inclusion and non-discrimination in all its activities. We aim to provide a non-discriminatory, gender-equal and accessible environment in which employees and students with diverse backgrounds and duties receive equal treatment and are free to participate without discrimination in university activities.

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Professor Marco Steinberg: ’We need to change, and we need to do it now’

Professor of Practice in Strategic and Industrial Design says that the world’s most pressing issues, like climate change, won’t be addressed by tinkering at the edges of today’s solutions but rather require a more fundamental redesign.

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Professor Ranja Hautamäki: ‘Diverse urban nature is key to increasing well-being and carbon sinks’

Professor of Landscape Architecture is tackling the issues of climate change mitigation and urban carbon sinks.

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Henrika Yliriskun väitös taidekasvatuksen alalta tarkastettiin Aalto-yliopistossa maaliskuussa 2021.

‘Environmental art education should address the problem of human-centeredness’

‘I claim’ series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Henrika Ylirisku researches the premises of environmental art education.

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Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed at WEF. Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Julia Lohmann: ‘We know too much and do too little’

Lohmann’s magnificent seaweed pavilion won the sustainable design category for Dezeen Awards 2020.

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'We must look to the past, for a lesson in designing buildings for the future'

Architect Karin Krokfors says buildings should be designed to be adaptable over time. And that history holds plenty of examples for us to study.

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Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts

Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.

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Aalto Art and Design Cases

Aalto Design Cases is a platform for activity-based creativity and practice-based research in the Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

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Nyang'oro Girls Dormitory, a project by Hollmén Reuter Sandman

Prominent art at Aalto University

Aalto University promotes visibility and impact of art and creativity both in society and at our own campus. Aalto University uses one percent of building costs to fund art.

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Events

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Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

Digital Services Act and researcher data access, Nov 20, 2025

Come join this timely talk on the Digital Services Act by Legal Counsel Maria Rehbinder.
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Public defences

Public defence in Contemporary Art, MA Mari Keski-Korsu

Walks and steams: Artistic approaches to develop more-than-human ritualisation in polycrisis (title of the thesis).
What are the implications of replacing paper sketchbooks with digital ones?
Public defences

Public defence in New Media, MA Kirsi Manninen

Touching Costume Sketching: Digital costume sketching using a tablet (title of the thesis).
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Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

Cybersecurity management, Dec 2, 2025

Learn about cybersecurity management with Data Agent, Dr. Tanesh Kumar.
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