Advisory services

We build our services on long-term experience and expertise in university governance and in our relevant specialist fields. The mission of Advisory Services is to provide effective and high-quality services on time and in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

We provide services that enhance Aalto University’s sustainable funding and reputation, societal and policy impact as well as the overall strategic positioning of our university both nationally and globally. 

For more information, please contact:

Antti Saaristo, Manager
+358504027080, antti.saaristo@aalto.fi

• International and national operational environment analysis and support for strategic planning. Preparation and coordination of comments and statements.
• Supporting Advisory Services’ Team in their working conditions and everyday activities to achieve the goals set to the team and its members.

Sarianna Kankare, Seniorspecialist, EU affairs
+358504767760, sarianna.kankare@aalto.fi

Maija Mattila, Specialist, Public RDI Policy
+ 358503136224 0, maija.1.mattila@aalto.fi

Minna Mäkitalo, Senior specialist, Societal Impact
+ 358503516136, minna.makitalo@aalto.fi

Johanna Palmroos, Senior Adviser
+358403538266, johanna.palmroos@aalto.fi

• Supporting strategic leadership and decision-making with focus on the operating environment of universities, higher education policy, university law, Finnish higher education system, and the Ministry of Education and Culture's steering procedures related issues.
• Institutional research and national and international university benchmarking. Evaluation and development of systems supporting university steering and leadership.  

Sanna-Katri Rautava, Senior Adviser 
+358505609135 sanna-katri.rautava@aalto.fi

• Aalto University’s strategic urban, regional, organisational and societal relations