Research
Researchers at the Department of Economics are active participants in the international academic community and they also engage in societal debates.
Department of Economics
Department of Economics
The Department of Economics is committed to outstanding research and research-based education at all levels. We are particularly strong in microeconomic theory and empirical microeconomics with a focus on labor and personnel economics, urban and transport economics, energy and environmental economics, as well as competition and innovation economics.
We offer Bachelor's, Master's and PhD degrees in Economics. The study programmes are structured to ensure internationally recognized qualifications and a lifelong human capital.
We are part of Helsinki Graduate School of Economics. Helsinki GSE is a unit for economic research and graduate education that was established in 2018 together with Hanken School of Economics and the University of Helsinki.
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We strive for outstanding economic research, teaching and societal impact.
Contact information
Visiting address
Ekonominaukio 1
FI-02150 Espoo
Finland
Postal address
Department of Economics
Aalto University School of Business
PO BOX 21210
FI-00076 AALTO
FINLAND
Department Administration
Head of the Department: Professor Pauli Murto
Secretary: Milja Kylänpää, [email protected]
School of Business
Ekonominaukio 1
News
Aalto Open Science Award Honorary Mention 2023 – Professor Riikka Puurunen leads by example to foster sustainable open science
We interviewed professor Riikka Puurunen, head of Catalysis research group at the School of Chemical Engineering, who received an honorary mention in the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Aalto Open Science Award Third Place Awardee 2023 – Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project
We interviewed the Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project, 3rd place awardees of the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Read the Qual+ Newsletter
We are excited to welcome you to the second Qual+ Newsletter and continue bringing you new ways of looking at methods within management studies.
Economist: A natural resource tax on hydropower would generate revenue and improve the state of the environment
A natural resource tax would be a way to distribute the costs of environmental protection so that they would not fall solely on electricity consumersEvents
Finnish Social Science Data Archive: Open archiving of data collected from human subjects, Apr 16, 2024
Learn about the opening of data from human subjects with Dr. Arja Kuula-Luumi, Chief Specialist from the Finnish Social Science Data Archive.
Work now and in the future: Eväitä ajatteluun lecture series
Food for thought lecture series in Finnish offers you researched information and interdisciplinary perspectives, tools for your own thinking and the everyday life of your work.
Data Management Plans: Online workshop for researchers, Apr 17, 2024
Learn about writing a DMP with Information Specialist Lucie Hradecká and Data Agent Enrico Glerean.
Bigger Shoes — weekly startup events (external link)
Bringing the biggest and boldest entrepreneurs to you, so you can learn from their successes and failures.School of Business
We strive for better business and better society. We excel in education and research with a multidisciplinary approach and in collaboration with our partners.
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