On 8 November 2019 Hanken signed the Climate Emergency Letter, an initiative started by SDG Accord - the university and college sector's collective response to the global goals - ahead of the COP25 Meeting in Madrid in December.
A research project at Hanken has been granted 200 000 euro by the Foundation for Economic Education. All eight researchers in the research group are Hanken affiliated.
The new issue of the Hanken Magazine includes an article about mindfulness in working life. Also read an interview with a Hanken alumnus on working with sustainability.
Hanken School of Economics has been selected as one of the 21 universities globally, and the only Nordic university, to participate in the Aiming higher series, made by BBC StoryWorks.
Rector Karen Spens has today signed a contract stating that Hanken School of Economics will hereby become a shareholder of Funidata Oy, a university owned company who is currently developing the Sisu support tool system for university education.
This year, the Finnish Sustainability Reporting Competition Award Gala was organized at Hanken. About 40 companies participated in the competition, and the winner of this year’s competition was Stora Enso.
The impact of policies on quantity and quality of entrepreneurship in a country depends on the informal rules of society, e.g. culture of not registering business activities, in that specific country, concludes Ashkan Mohamadi in his doctoral thesis.
Hanken arranged the conferment of doctoral degrees 25 October, where 47 doctors and 10 honorary doctors were conferred. Behind the PhD and the doctoral hat is an extensive education.
Hanken's second Sustainable Development Goals week will be held from November 19th to 26th in Helsinki and Vaasa, with the aim of mobilising students, staff and members of public to board on a collective journey towards achieving the global goals. All events and exhibitions are free of charge and most of them are open to all!
Hanken’s four first QTEM students received their QTEM certificates at the QTEM annual graduation ceremony on the 26th of October at University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Business. Altogether some 80 students received their Certificate in Amsterdam.
Hanken School of Economics conferred 47 doctoral degrees and ten honorary doctorates at the Solemn Conferment of Doctoral Degrees on 25 October 2019. The ceremony is now available on the website.
Financial Times’ Masters in Management ranking annually ranks the 100 best master’s programmes world-wide. Hanken’s master’s programme has this year been ranked 68th, which is very close to last year’s result (65th).
Professor Emerita Mary Jo Bitner from Arizona State University will be conferred as Honorary Doctor of Hanken, at the Solemn Conferment of Degrees on 25 October 2019.
The Pro Artibus Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary by depositing works of art. At Hanken in Helsinki, we have a short-term video festival, with videos that are shown in different parts of the main building.
