Furthering the reach of our academic community's own voice.

Ourblogs.aalto.fi site hosts the blogs written by members of Aalto University: faculty, staff and students. Visiting bloggers are invited by Aalto community members.

Our blogs is multilingual: the platform and general instructions will be in English to serve the whole community. However, each blogger and author can freely choose the language in which they publish.

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Featured posts

Ewald Kibler

Ewald Kibler: Starting a business at a mature age can make individuals better off

Late-career transitions to entrepreneurship can improve ‘older’ people’s quality of life.

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Ivan Vujaklija: Bionic technologies can be the key to greater personal independence

Promoting health technology allows us to increase inclusiveness for people with reduced mobility.

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Gazelle jumps and games as therapy – the latest from Aalto Startup Center and Innovation Services

Good research ideas turn into a great business in Aalto's incubators and accelerators.

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Miten tulevaisuudessa liikutaan?

Liikenteen digimurrosta ovat pohtimassa LVM:n Maria Rautavirta, MaaS Globalin Sampo Hietanen ja toimittaja Senja Larsen.

Emma-Riikka Myllymäki

Emma-Riikka Myllymäki: Why company reporting needs to be excellent

By producing high-quality reports on their business and sustainability impacts, companies build trust and aid stakeholder decision-making.

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Urs Dierker: Hollywood costume design goes sustainable

The textile treatments and dyes used in stage and film production costumes are often harmful to health and the environment.

Blogs

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More Than the Degree

Blogposts by Aalto Squad student ambassadors. Read all about student life and studies at Aalto University!

Timo Viherkenttä

Viherkentällä

Blogissa kommentoidaan ilmassa liikkuvia asioita verotuksesta, eläkerahoituksesta, julkisesta taloudesta ja sijoitusmarkkinoista.

MASSE Blog

Yksilöllistä huolenpitoa massatuotannon tehokkuudella.

Alustatalouden faktat ja myytit -podcastia isännöivät tutkija Eero Aalto ja professori Robin Gustafsson Aalto-yliopistosta yhdessä sarjayrittäjä William von der Pahlenin kanssa.

Alustatalouden faktat ja myytit

Tuleeko seuraava Google Suomesta? Voiko alustatyö olla reilua? Tervetuloa kuuntelemaan Alustatalouden faktat ja myytit -podcastia.

HelsinCHI

Human-Computer Interaction researcher network in Helsinki area

Researcher's tools

My Effect

Aalto University's researchers discuss the problems they are passionate about to solve with their work.

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Our Blog on Blogging

Learn how to create your own blog and posts on Our blogs through easy instructions!

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Early Career Researcher Blog

Postgraduate staff and students tell us about their research areas and activities

Career Design Lab - new perspectives for the future of work

Career Design Lab

Career design offers a fresh perspective to prepare for the future of work and unpredictable career paths.

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Lahjoita tulevaisuus

Lahjoittamalla Aalto-yliopiston tutkimukseen ja opetukseen olet mukana rakentamassa kestävää tulevaisuutta.

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Changemakers' corner: what's up in the Aalto startup hub?

Behind Aalto's energetic entrepreneurial community are both student-led activities and the university's own research and innovation hubs.

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Launo Tuuri

Workstations & mobile devices. Miscellaneous selfhelp notes: so many sources, options and goodies to choose from!

Blog posts

My experience from participation in the "Huawei Seeds for the Future" program

Kasia shares her experience of being a scholar in the Seeds for the Future program organized annually by Huawei.

Student programs available in Asian countries

Japan, South Korea, China – any of these countries make your heart skip a beat? Check out programs for which I applied.

MASSE ja tuotantotalouden teoria – asetus, suoritus ja siirto - Paul Lillrank

Kuinka yhdistää henkilökohtaiset palvelut ja massatuotannon tehokkuus? MASSE-projektin tarkastelua tuotantotalouden teorian näkökulmasta.

Studiossa tutkija Eero Aallon vieraana Timo Ahopelto.

Alustatalouden rohkeat ja villit ideat ­­– mitä tulevaisuudessa vielä keksitään?

Keskustelemass Enento Groupin johtaja Heikki Koivula sekä Lifeline Venturesin perustajaosakas Timo Ahopelto.

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HelsinCHI contributions to CHI 2021

https://helsinchi.org/

Docent Paavo Penttilä

Röntgensäde vie puusoluseinän sisään

Puun mahdollisuudet uusiutuvana raaka-aineena ovat valtavat.

Career Design Lab

Kirsi LaPointe: If your career was a cake, what would be the recipe?

Narratives provide recipes for careers, but we rarely consider whether the cake is worth eating.

Alustatalouden faktat ja myytit Jakso 7 Kimmo Karhu Robin Gustafsson.

Miten alustataloudella luodaan toimivampia kaupunkeja?

Vieraina yrittäjä Pauliina Seppälä ja tiedolla johtamisen päällikkö Kimmo Karhu Helsingin kaupungilta.

Some useful mobile apps that the international students can utilize to navigate the new journey in Aalto and in Finland

Check out some useful apps and digital tools that international students can utilize to navigate the new journey at Aalto and in Finland.

My Experience from Aalto University’s Mentoring Programme

Saad shares his review of Aalto Mentoring Programme and what did he learn from his mentor during remote sessions.

Timo Viherkenttä

Ovatko eläkevarojemme sijoittajat toistaitoisia?

Suomalaisten eläkerahastojen tuotot ovat joissakin vertailuissa jääneet ulkomaisista verrokeista. Onko jossain vikaa ja jos niin missä?

My favorite course I took at CHEM

I will tell you about a course I have found interesting during my studies called ‘Design meets biomaterials’ that is a part of CHEMARTS.