Endowed professorship in ownership

Aalto University establishes a unique professorship in ownership. The new, endowed professorship adds ownership as an integral part of academic research and teaching, strengthens Finnish ownership expertise and culture, and produces high-quality research data to support societal discussion and decision-making.
Several foundations, companies and associations have already supported the professorship with donations. Among them are for instance Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Saastamoinen Foundation, the Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion, Family Business Network, the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Helvar Merca, Oras Invest, Ensto Invest and Foundation for Private Entrepreneurs.
Now, also individuals can support this unique professorship and the expertise hub to be established around it with a donation.
Choose the amount of donation that suits your preferences and become a supporter of the professorship!

Support the endowed professorship in ownership
In donations of 10 000 euros and more, please contact our Donor Engagement Manager Helena Salminen ([email protected]). A deed of donation will always be drafted for donations of 10 000 euros or more.
Donations to professorship in ownership will be placed in an expendable fund: the capital and its return will be used to the donation target during a certain period decided by Aalto University.
Read about donor recognition here.
Timo Korkeamäki, Dean of Aalto University School of BusinessExpertise in this important field in Finland can now be supported with bigger and smaller donations.
A unique professorship
The original idea for the professorship came from Tero Luoma, who has written a book on ownership. Together with Lari Raitavuo, one of the owners of Ensto Invest, they set out to find supporters for the professorship.
'So far, there has been no professorship in ownership in the world and we wanted one to be established in Finland. The professorship is a permanent investment in Finnish ownership expertise that will span generations. In the steering group, we compared seven Finnish universities for the best location for the professorship. Aalto stood out for their ambition, internationality and ability to integrate the professorship extensively into other teaching and research’, says Tero Luoma.
According to Timo Korkeamäki, Dean of the School of Business, the new professorship will play a key role in producing academic research data related to ownership, and in popularizing it to support societal debate and decision-making. Two donors, Algol and Foundation for Private Entrepreneurs also emphasize the importance of the professorship’s societal impact.
'I am convinced that research and education in ownership advance both the enhancing of good ownership and strengthening the ownership culture', says the Group CEO Alexander Bargum from Algol.
'High quality research will help us to foster ownership that brings economic growth and well-being into society. Independent research will also help political leaders to find ways how to boost ownership in Finland and how to make Finland more attractive for foreign investments', says Auli Hänninen, CEO, Foundation for Private Entrepreneurs.