Radically Creative Learning: PBL Shifts to On-Line Learning During the COVID pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to have a great impact on everyday life all over the world. Having affected all areas of life, from social contact to the job market, the pandemic has inevitably had an impact on education. In times of crisis, structures tend to become vulnerable, and ongoing activities can be threatened. Read more >
Experiencing research through institutional dynamics in East Africa
Verneri Virsunen, a student from Aalto’s School of Business, embarked on his thesis journey last year. Despite not knowing how the work was going to turn out, or which form it would take, he was convinced of one thing; he wanted to draw attention to an often overlooked topic in his field: development cooperation dynamics Read more >
PBL as an approach to build trust and raise awareness in Bhutan
The Aalto team was formed by students Daniela Tapprest, Mona Fritz, Gaspard Del Marmol, Helmi Korhonen and Félicia Zhang, accompanied by SGT Coordinator Matleena Muhonen and the team’s mentor, WAT researcher Matias Heino. The JNEC team, on the other hand, was formed by Lobzang Chophel, Laxmi Sharma, Namgay Wangmo, Karma Choden and their mentor, lecturer Read more >
Faculty Spotlight: Chimi Dem
Who are you and what do you do? Kuzuzangpo, I am Chimi Dem, a faculty for Electrical Engineering Department, in Jigme Namgyel Engineering College, Royal University of Bhutan. I have been part of the university for the past year. What are your initial impressions about Problem-Based Learning? I feel that PBL is a student-centered or Read more >
Faculty Spotlight: Srijana Gajmer
Who are you and what do you do? Kuzuzangpo, I am Srijana Gajmer, a faculty for the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, in Jigme Namgyel Engineering College, Royal University of Bhutan. I have been a part of tertiary education in Engineering, since the last four years. What are your initial impressions about Problem Based Learning? Read more >
Faculty Spotlight: Santosh Parajuli
Who are you and what do you do? Namaste! I am Santosh Parajuli and I have been working as a teaching faculty and lecturer at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Kathmandu University, Nepal for around ten years now. What are your initial impressions about Problem Based Learning? Well, my first engagement with Read more >
PBL Day
PBL Day is a special event for Aalto students working on global multidisciplinary community challenges. Organised by Aalto Global Impact, the event is open for everyone. Please register through the link below! Date: Friday, 17 January 2020 at 8:30–12:30 Venue: Aalto Design Factory/ Stage (Betonimiehenkuja 5C) Programme 8.30 – 8.50: Welcome and introductions – Riina Read more >
INVITATION: UniPID DocNet seminar 2019 Co-Creation of Knowledge
(Photo: Luis Alfonso Monje) Time: 10-11 October, 2019 Place: Aalto University, Espoo Aalto Global Impact will organize a DocNet seminar in collaboration with the Finnish development research doctoral network, UniPID DocNet on October 10-11, 2019 at Aalto University. This will be a two-day retreat, including both plenary and workshop sessions. The general theme of the Read more >
PBL South Asia: Samulson Neupane wants to make learning more interactive and interesting
‘We need to clarify the importance and need of problem based learning pedagogy in our academic system in Nepal.’ PBL South Asia project brings together faculty from ten universities in Finland, India, Nepal, Bhutan, the Netherlands and Lithuania. The group develops best practices in problem-based education over the next two years. We interviewed Samulson Neupane Read more >
‘An active community is the most important element of a successful co-working space’
Student-led workshops in MakEIC, Kampala, Uganda. Photo: Eva Duran Sánchez Students explored co-working and innovation culture in Uganda as a part of this year’s PBL East Africa projects. Their findings are applied in campus development – and beyond. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre of Makerere University presented students from Aalto University and Makerere a set of Read more >
Waves festival
Celebrate spring and impact entrepreneurship on May 8, 2019 with New Global research project! During the five project years, a new generation of companies has been born to solve complex global problems, such as climate change and poverty. The Waves festival program includes new music, ecological food and inspiring conversations. Themes are empathy as a Read more >
New cooperative project develops problem-based learning in South Asia
(Photo: Sustainable Global Technologies studio course students in Nepal in 2017) A new Erasmus + project coordinated by Aalto Global Impact will establish a sustainable development learning platform with partners in Europe and India, Nepal and Bhutan. Aalto Global Impact (AGI) has received the €1 million maximum funding from the European Commission’s Erasmus + Higher Read more >
Student perspectives from the PBL East Africa Faculty workshop in Kampala
The third PBL East Africa faculty workshop was held in Kampala from 20th to 26th of October 2018. All four partner university members joined to discuss PBL approaches and to organize workshop sessions. I was part of the faculty workshop as an Aalto student mentor, joining the opening panel discussion and organizing peer-to peer-mentoring for Read more >
Tackling sustainability challenges of runaway urbanization and water shortages
What can be done to make future megacities sustainable? How to guarantee resources like access to water for tens of millions urban dwellers? Asian Studies Days tackled sustainable development challenges of urbanization in Asia on October 17 at Aalto University. People living in cities is projected to rise from 3.5 billion people to 5 billion Read more >
PBL East Africa students’ solution to plastic waste recycling awarded
Aalto and Makerere University students’ collaboration project Up-Plastic turns plastic waste into building components. The solution is not only about the recycled material but also about involving people. “Plastics are one of the major reusable waste one can work with. It can be used for art and design modelling, in architecture, as a construction material, Read more >
Asian Studies Days 2018
Tackling sustainability challenges of runaway urbanization and water shortages What can be done to make future megacities sustainable? How to guarantee resources like access to water for tens of millions urban dwellers? Asian Studies Days takes on sustainable development challenges of urbanization in Asia on October 17–18 at Aalto University. The Finnish University Network for Read more >
Open Position: Project Specialist
The Project Specialist will be responsible for the coordination of the Strengthening problem-based learning in South Asian Universities (PBL South Asia) project funded by Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education programme. PBL South Asia will be coordinated by Aalto University’s Aalto Global Impact (AGI) and implemented in collaboration with 10 partner higher education institutions Read more >
Aalto-based team wants to solve global challenges with access to Internet of Things data
A new application called gaIoTa has a mission: to provide access to open Internet of Things data all around the globe. The app developed by Aalto-based team is one of the six finalists in The World Challenge to be held on August 27-30 in Helsinki. A multidisciplinary team of Aalto Master students, Postdoc and an Read more >
Aalto Global Impact moves to Otaniemi campus
Väre is located in the heart of Aalto University’s Otaniemi campus. Photo: Mikko Raskinen Aalto Global Impact team will move in Väre building in Otaniemi during this summer. Väre will open in September when Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture starts operating in its new facilities. The growing campus will enhance collaboration within Aalto. “The Read more >
5 tips for Aalto Festival
Aalto Festival is an entire month full of collisions, experiments, calculations, disruptions and surprises by the many talents of the university. We gathered five tips for the festival with a global sustainable development focus – see these and many more in aaltofestival.fi IDBM Impact IDBM Impact event on May 4 is about innovative and socially-impactful Read more >
New Aalto University Magazine: special issue on sustainable development
The new Aalto University Magazine is out now! The issue #22 examines solutions for sustainable development – read now online in English or Finnish. The search for food safety If you are interested in Aalto Global Impact’s PBL East Africa project, start directly from page 44 to read what happened when our students and University Read more >
Women rebuild villages after the earthquake in Nepal
Aalto’s SGT students joined forces with students from Asian Institute of Technology and Management (AITM) to study sustainable reconstruction solutions and communication practices in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Kathmandu valley in Nepal. In 2015, more than 8.1 million people were affected and over 605.200 houses destroyed by the earthquake in Nepal, leading Read more >
PBL East Africa kicked off in Nairobi Innovation Week
Aalto Global Impact and University of Nairobi hosted an open event with a focus on problem-based learning in East Africa. University of Nairobi’s campus is filled with buzz this week. The fourth Nairobi Innovation Week features dozens of events and 100 pitches of start-ups, among others. The official side-events were kicked off on March 5th. Read more >
Follow PBL East Africa student teams
Aalto students meet their East African colleagues during the next month when multidisciplinary project courses’ teams work on sustainable innovation challenges as a part of Problem Based Learning in East Africa -project. In Kampala, Uganda, Sustainable Global Technologies Studio Course students’ and Makerere University students’ collaboration has had a great start. Upcycling plastic waste in Read more >
East Africa Day
Kick off the new year with fresh perspectives on sustainable innovation and development! Date: Friday, 12 January 2018 at 9:30–12:00 Location: Design Factory, Otaniemi campus (Betonimiehenkuja 5 C) East Africa Day is the first special training event for Aalto students working on multidisciplinary community challenges in Eastern Africa. Organised by Aalto Global Impact, the morning Read more >
A Reunion
CodeBus Africa team members from 10 countries across the continent met each other and looked into the future of youth in technology. “I think that in CodeBus, the learning experience surpassed all expectations. At least it really blew my mind as a trainer”, says Stefanie Garises from Namibia University of Science and Technology. Stefanie Garises Read more >
On the way to Silicon Savannah
We had a chat with Shimanyi Valentino about the hype around Nairobi’s tech scene, young technology enthusiast and how this all links with Helsinki. Our colleague Shimanyi Valentino from University of Nairobi’s C4DLab is in Helsinki for one month and explores the opportunities of Finnish tech scene around Slush. What’s up Shimanyi? Hey! I am Read more >
Register soon for UniPID spring 2018 courses
Finnish University Partnership for International Development UniPID offers a variety of online courses on global sustainable development topics. The curriculum for spring 2018 features for example Introduction to Development Economics, Globalisation and Corporate Responsibility and Migration, Development and Human Rights. UniPID’s Virtual Studies are free of charge online courses, available for both international and Finnish students enrolled at Read more >
Video: CodeBus Africa – Adventures in creative technology
In spring 2017, CodeBus Africa brought together African and Finnish innovators in tech and education. CodeBus inspires youth to discover and make use of technology in their lives, and empower especially girls to explore technology’s possibilities for their future. The project reached altogether 1900 youth in 10 countries. “There is still a lot of work Read more >
Develop your green business idea in the Greenhouse programme
Applications for the Greenhouse climate entrepreneurship programme are open. The programme offers business coaching and a strong European network. The Greenhouse programme is seeking students, researchers, and professionals interested in climate entrepreneurship to apply by 30 November. The search is on for business ideas connected with cleantech and innovative climate solutions, products, and services. One Read more >
Apply now: Sustainable Global Technologies (SGT) Studio course
Join SGT Studio student projects in East Africa, Nepal or Mexico! SGT Programme offers five real-life development cases for Aalto students in spring 2018 (periods III-V). In 2017 the multidisciplinary student teams worked in international development projects in Mexico, Tanzania and Greece. The projects focused on water and sanitation-related issues, refugee crisis, sustainable tourism and local economic development. One example Read more >
New project develops problem-based learning in East African Universities
Aalto Global Impact led project enhances multidisciplinarity and regional networks. Increasing collaboration across disciplines and enhancing structured multidisciplinarity are key to advancing problem-based learning (PBL) in East African Universities, according to partners of the PBL East Africa project steered by Aalto Global Impact. The launch of the three-year PBL East Africa project brought partner universities Read more >
Aalto Global Impact promotes societal impact globally
Since 2012, Aalto Global Impact collaborates across disciplines and sectors for sustainability. Aalto Global Impact was established five years ago in 2012 to promote and facilitate Aalto University’s educational and research programmes for societal impact globally. Multidisciplinarity, real-life challenges and partnerships based on cross-stakeholder collaboration are central to Aalto Global Impact’s work. ‘Five years ago Read more >
Cities in Transition course engages local communities in Tagbilaran, Philippines in urban planning
The focus of this year’s Cities in Transition course was to study public life in the City of Tagbilaran, the Philippines, in order to enhance citizen participation in urban planning. In January 2017, students of the Cities in Transition course conducted a field study in City of Tagbilaran, the Philippines, focusing on the dynamics of Read more >
CodeBus Africa Finishes 100-day Tour on a High Note in Cape Town
CodeBus Africa’s continent-wide tour empowering youth through creative coding workshops has come to an end in South Africa. Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township served as the project’s final stop with local start-up accelerator mLab, Finnish Aalto University, Nokia, Mehackit and the Embassy of Finland in Pretoria welcoming youth and guests to a wrap-up party on Saturday. Read more >
Sustainable Global Technologies tackles pressing sustainable development challenges
Sustainable Global Technologies studio course projects have tackled pressing sustainable development issues in Mexico and Tanzania, as well as empowered teenage refugees in Greece. This year’s Sustainable Global Technologies (SGT) studio projects have focused on several pressing issues such as empowering teenage refugees in Greece, improving sanitation in Tanzania, and improving water supply and access Read more >
Cookbook for Sustainability Innovation encourages co-creation with diverse stakeholders
New ‘Cookbook’ highlights sustainable and innovative co-creation models of companies. The transition to a sustainable future requires companies to pursue innovative co-creation with diverse stakeholders and many companies are already doing so, as illustrated in the new Cookbook for Sustainability Innovation. ‘Advancing sustainability requires that we rethink all aspects of our lifestyles, which is no Read more >
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day tackled social inclusion challenges
SED 2017 focused on social sustainability and inclusion in collaboration with the City of Helsinki. Local election candidates also discussed their views. Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day 2017, held on 31 March, highlighted the work of students on this year’s Sustainable Entrepreneurship course with a particular focus on social sustainability and inclusion. ‘Solving real-world challenges is a Read more >
Aalto Global Impact to strengthen problem-based learning in East African universities
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland has granted Aalto Global Impact 700,000 euros for a three-year project establishing best practices in problem-based learning in East African universities. The project entitled Strengthening Problem-Based Education in East African Universities (PBL East Africa) is one of 20 projects, out of 78 applications, to receive funding from the Read more >
CodeBus Africa is halfway through its journey
CodeBus Africa is a mobile programming school that moves through 10 African countries in February–May 2017, organising creative coding workshops for up to 2,000 youth. The CodeBus project is on the road and has already been to Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, with the next stop being Tanzania. The project has had a positive Read more >
Socially Sustainable Helsinki 2030 – how to leverage impact business?
How can we accelerate change towards a more sustainable Helsinki? Come and hear what local election candidates, Aalto students and the City of Helsinki have to say about driving sustainable change, sustainability start-ups, and the role of entrepreneurship for asylum seekers. Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day: Accelerating Social Sustainability and Inclusion Time: Friday 31.3.2017 at 10.00-19.00 Place: Read more >
Irena Bakić joins AGI to lead Coding Bus Africa
Irena Bakić has been appointed as the coordinator of an upcoming Finland 100 project Coding Bus Africa. Bakić is a recent graduate of Aalto School of Chemical Technology. Over the past five years she has played an active role in Aalto-UNICEF collaborations and worked for UNICEF Innovation Units in Uganda and New York. She also Read more >
Get to know Aalto University’s global impact projects
At Aalto University, sustainable global impact takes many forms from educational programs to research projects, capacity-building initiatives and entrepreneurial activities. The projects are inherently multicultural and interdisciplinary, and typically involve multiple partners such as universities, governments, NGOs and private sector companies. To share this global impact work with the public, we created a poster exhibition Read more >
Workshop at NBII on “Designing and Developing Digital Businesses”
Almost 30 participants from business, universities, and government took part in a workshop on “Designing and Developing Digital Businesses” that was arranged at NBII, the Namibian Business Innovation Institute, on 10-March-2016. The focus in the workshop was especially in the development of digital services and applications for communities in emerging markets. Silas Newaka of NBII Read more >
Digital services addressing societal issues
Aalto University launched a new collaborative project “Digital Infrastructure Platform for Communities in Emerging Markets” (DIPCEM) in January 2016. The goal of this ongoing planning stage is the creation and gathering of a core group of academic, industrial, and government actors that are capable of forming a network for future research and development projects around Read more >
Promoting inclusive and sustainable innovation in Africa
Aalto University representatives Ms Teija Lehtonen, Director of Aalto Global Impact, and Prof Marko Nieminen, Department of Computer Science, attended the 2016 STIAS – Wallenberg Roundtable on Innovation for Prosperity in Stellenbosch on 22 and 23 February 2016. The Roundtable event afforded the opportunity for lively discussions and debates with close to 60 South African, Read more >
Digital Design and Construction, Education collaboration between IIT Bombay and Aalto
Aalto University is taking the lead in a cooperation project on Digital Design and Construction Technology, with Indian university IIT Bombay. The project is part of CIMO’s Asia Programme 2015 for education cooperation with China and India. Digital design is taking a more and more prominent role in construction technologies, to which the global construction Read more >
United Nations JPO positions through CIMO
CIMO, the Finnish Centre for International Mobility, is advertising 6 JPO positions with different departments of the UN. The positions are advertised through Suomen YK Liitto, as well as through CIMO‘s pages. You can find more information and the experiences of Kaisa Antikainen, who started her UN career as a JPO for the World Food Read more >
What design can do & IKEA foundation announce global design challenge to help refugees
Design platform What Design Can Do is partnering with IKEA Foundation on a global design challenge aimed at improving the lives of refugee families in urban areas. Designers, artists and imaginative trouble-shooters from all countries and disciplines are invited to take part. The challenge will launch in early 2016 and conclude with the awarding of Read more >
IDBM Industry Project on Refugees
Each year, Aalto Global Impact coordinates projects for different courses within Aalto University, related to societal impact. During fall 2015, Aalto Global Impact worked on a case regarding refugees in Finland. The students, Jonna Härmävaara, Sara Nyyssölä, Oona Casalegno, Yunkun Niu, and Emilio Zamudio Murillo, have worked on this case intensively during the past months, Read more >
UniWASH
UniWASH, Aalto University’s educational collaboration with Unicef was one of the highlights presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his visit to Helsinki on 9.12. UniWASH is a multi-stakeholder innovation project aiming to co-create sustainable water and sanitation (WASH) innovations in Uganda. The 3-year project is funded by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It Read more >
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day –focus on Refugees
On December 1st, Sustainable Entrepreneurship course together with Impact Iglu organized the first Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day focusing on recent group of asylum seekers and refugees. The event was held at Urban Mill, with about 140 highly diverse participants. The event started with a workshop, organized by Demos, allowing the participants to get to know each Read more >
Impact Iglu @ SLUSH 2015
SLUSH 2015 was more than just the ordinary technology conference. The impact track, which was started last year with a handful of people, was the most talked about theme this year. “Slush Impact” created more attraction and provided an open platform for many to come together. In addition to great keynote speakers and honorary guests Read more >
New Global featured in Finnair Magazine
Blue Wings magazine, the monthly in-flight magazine of Finnair, has published an article about New Global. The article gives an easily understandable explanation of frugal innovation, by comparing it to a stripped down version of a computer: how much more affordable would it be if the software you never used, hadn’t been developed and installed?
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Day
Are you passionate about finding a sustainable solution to the societal problems in entrepreneurial ways? Aalto Entrepreneurship program and Impact Iglu are organising the first sustainable entrepreneurship day with a special focus on Asylum-Seekers’ Situation in Finland. The program will be held at Urban Mill, on Tuesday, December 1st, 2015, starting at 10:00. Different sustainable Read more >
Startups in Emerging Markets Magazine
Startups and entrepreneurs bring new ideas and innovations to the market and play an important role in changing the world. Enormous potential exists for frugal products and services responding to the needs of societies in emerging markets. In this magazine we highlight a few business cases, which aim to improve the wellbeing of people.
INNOFRUGAL 2016 First Speakers Announced
Do you want to know how to innovate under resource constraints and cost controls? Are you already working on or want to learn more about high impact, new tech and affordable solutions? The 2nd edition of Innofrugal will be organised April 25-26, 2016. InnoFrugal is a non-profit event organised by The Nordic Frugal Innovation Society. Read more >
Solve the societal challenges of today through sustainable business in the Sustainable Entrepreneurship course
Did you know that entrepreneurship and small businesses can be seen and studied from the sustainability perspective? Did you know you can solve the societal challenges through sustainable business? Join the Sustainable Entrepreneurship (25E18000) course to find out. What is the course about? Sustainable Entrepreneurship will introduce you to the practices of sustainable entrepreneurship and Read more >
CLIC Innovation & FinCEAL Plus Seminar: Re-Energizing International Cooperation – Renewable Energy Research with Third Countries
19th November 2015, Marina Congress Center, Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki CLIC Innovation (Finnish Bioeconomy and Cleantech Cluster) and FinCEAL Plus are organizing a joint 1-day seminar on international cooperation in Renewable Energy research, focusing especially on research collaboration with Third Countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean region. The purpose of the seminar Read more >
Professor Olli Varis appointed to the Matti Pursula professorship at Aalto University
Olli Varis, Professor of Water Resource Management at Aalto University, has been appointed to the Matti Pursula professorship. Dr Varis has worked as a professor at the Helsinki University of Technology and thereafter at Aalto University School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, from 2008. He has been the Vice Dean responsible for Read more >
Impact Slush speakers and program published
Slush Impact is a program within Slush for startups and social innovators addressing the global development agenda and making a positive societal contribution. Slush Impact features leading development and technology speakers, exclusive networking sessions, hands-on workshops and thematic side events. There will also be ample opportunities for impact and emerging market investors to meet with Read more >
Article by Minna Halme, Sara Lindeman and Paula Linna won the Emerald Citations of Excellence for 2015 Award
The article “Innovation for Inclusive Business: Intrapreneurial Bricolage in Multinational Corporations”, Journal of Management Studies, 2012, won the Emerald Citations of Excellence for 2015 award. Professor Minna Halme wrote the article together with the Project Manager of New Global, Sara Lindeman from the faculty of management and grad student Paula Linna. Emerald Group Publishing awards Read more >
The preliminary list of UniPID online courses for the academic year 2015-2016
New courses will be added when the semester draws nearer New courses will be added when the semester draws nearer The list of UniPID online courses during the academic year 2015-2016 – Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 3.8. – 31.8.2015 – Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation 1.8. – 6.9.2015 – Concepts of Sustainability 17.8. – Read more >
AALTO LAB MEXICO -Making the world a better place
Aalto LAB Mexico (ALM), which started in 2012, is an ongoing collaborative design project between Aalto University and two Mexican universities: Technological Institute of Monterrey, Mexico City Campus and National Autonomous University of Mexico. ALM is a long-term project that aims at creating a positive impact with small-scale actions inviting learners from multicultural and cross-disciplinary Read more >
Inventive networkers succeed in developing markets
Aalto University has drawn up a practical guide to establishing sustainable business ventures in developing markets. Enterprises are attracted by the promise of growth, but a lack of networks can severely hinder business development. The hub of the global economy is increasingly moving south. In fact, by the year 2100, the part of the world Read more >
Introducing Nanomaji
Aalto-born startup tackles water purification issues in Tanzania Nanomaji (Maji refers to water in Swahili) was developed as part of the New Global innovation project, as a joint project between IDBM (International Design Business Management) and SGT (Sustainable Global Technologies) Masters programme´s. The student project was carried out in cooperation with Ahlstrom, a Finnish high-performance Read more >
Kehittyvillä markkinoilla menestyy kekseliäs verkostoituja
Aalto-yliopistossa koottiin yhteen konkreettinen opas kestävän liiketoiminnan käynnistämiseen kehittyvillä markkinoilla. Yrityksiä houkuttelee kasvu, mutta verkostojen puute hidastaa toiminnan aloittamista. Maailmantalouden painopiste siirtyy jatkuvasti etelämmäksi. Vuonna 2100 siinä osassa maailmaa, jota kutsumme länsimaiksi, on alle 10 prosenttia maailman väkimäärästä. Talouskasvu Afrikassa ja Aasiassa herättää toiveita kasvun hyötyjen jakautumisesta myös vähävaraisille ihmisille ja toisaalta huolta planeetan kantokyvystä. Read more >
AGI in Numbers
We put together a summary of our activities and outcomes of the past three years in ‘AGI in Numbers’ in a visual and easy-to-read format. AGI is about to finish the third year of its mission. We put together a summary of our activities and outcomes of the past three years in ‘AGI in Numbers’ Read more >
Impact Iglu makes a great entrance to startup scene
The kick-off event connected dozens of people interested in impact business The official start for activities of Impact Iglu happened on December 15th in fully-packed Lavaklubi. In addition to the inspiring guest speakers, the newly recruited lead for Impact Iglu, Makeda Yohannes, introduced herself. The activities for Impact Iglu, co-organised with the community itself, will Read more >
Feet on the ground
The New Global is preparing for an Innovation Camp in Tanzania The New Global is a multidisciplinary action research project from Aalto University. It aims at co-creating frugal innovations for emerging large and low-income markets while creating new business opportunities for Finnish companies. For 2014 The New Global is focusing on markets in Tanzania, India, Read more >
The Dark Side of Reverse Innovation
It has now been more than a decade since C.K. Prahalad and I first published the article “The Fortune at the Bottom of thePyramid” which launched the “BoP” business movement. Over the past decade, there have been fits and starts: many BoP ventures have failed; others have been converted to philanthropic programs; but only a Read more > Sustainable Technologies for Low-income Markets
Interview with Matleena Muhonen Matleena Muhonen is a landscape architect who has since 2007 been working as a trainer and educator in the field of sustainable development at Aalto University. She coordinates a Master’s level educational programme on sustainable global technologies (known as SGT Programme) in the School of Engineering. Matleena has done complementary studies Read more >
Eye-opening lessons and thoughts
Aalto Global Impact organized in co-operation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland an outreach event for United Nations Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF) on April 3-4. The purpose of the event was to stimulate new partnerships, strategies and innovations for financing sustainable development. Six Aalto students participated in this outreach Read more >
Showcasing AGI Projects
Interview with Antti Hellgren Aalto Global Impact organized in co-operation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland an outreach event for United Nations Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF) on April 3-4. The purpose of the event was to stimulate new partnerships, strategies and innovations for financing sustainable development. In addition to Read more >
Rowing the Boat Together
Interview with Pertti Majanen United Nations Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing (ICESDF) held an outreach event at the Aalto University Design Factory on April 3-4. The purpose of the event was to stimulate new partnerships, strategies and innovations for financing sustainable development around the world. As the interest for the private sector Read more >
Living+ programme – Creating better living environments
A multidisciplinary research programme to create better and sustainable living environments. Presentation in the exhibition opening 24.2.2014, and a video screen in the exhibition. Aalto University’s Living+ programme takes the WDC2012 Helsinki and Aalto University’s WDC2012 legacy further. The programme will be presented in the opening event of the Shaping a shared world exhibition in Read more >