Markus Wartiovaara (Dr. Econ.) has been appointed a three-year tenure as Professor of Practice at Hanken School of Economics. Wartiovaara, who has a background as an internet and family entrepreneur, is the director of the business incubator Hanken Business Lab.
We need to be aware of the many contradictions and pitfalls when designing technologies and technology-powered services that empower individual well-being.
Helsinki Design Week is the largest design and architecture festival in the Nordic countries and takes place 8-17.9.2023. The programme offers over 100 events and for the first time Hanken's main building is also part of the festival.
Climate change is an important driver of humanitarian needs. Yet, humanitarian operations also contribute to environmental pollution and degradation. Hanken School of Economics has received over 270 000 euros in EU-funding for a research project that aims to design guidelines and support actions for circular economy in the humanitarian sector.
Professor Joakim Wincent's research on entrepreneurship has been awarded the Academy of Management's internationally prestigious Foundational Paper Award. No European has previously received this honour.
Hanken School of Economics receives 192.000 euros in EU-funding to produce knowledge on sustainable growth between African and European higher education institutions.
A record number of almost 150 people applied to the 2023 Hanken mentorship programme. Mentor Yrsa Landsdorff and mentee Wilma Leskinen are two of them. The mentorship programme has given Landsdorff valuable insights about the younger generation, and Leskinen has successfully achieved the goal she set herself at the start of the year.
Hanken's staff is warmly welcomed to the Opening of the Academic Year, which will be held in Helsinki on 4 September 2023 at 14 and in Vaasa on 5 September 2023 at 13. The dinner in Helsinki is arranged 7 September and in Vaasa the dinner is held on 5 September.
What motivates luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Balenciaga, and Versace to collaborate with streetwear brands, animated characters, and video games?
Digital intimate partner violence is not only affecting the victim but potentially also any workplace, even yours and mine. It cannot be ignored, especially by managers and others with power to do something about it, says Charlotta Niemistö, project leader at Hanken School of Economics.
For the first time in 10 years, a Finn brings home an individual men's medal in the World Orienteering Championships. Olli Ojanaho, who studies Management and Organisation at Hanken, won the bronze medal in long-distance orienteering in Switzerland in July 2023.
The results from the joint entrance exam in economic sciences, held in June, have now been published in My Studyinfo for Hanken’s Bachelor degree programme in Helsinki and Vaasa.
The European Commission has announced that ENGAGE.EU is to receive a follow-up grant to the amount of € 14.4 million for further elaborating the collaboration among nine European universities. Hanken School of Economics has been involved in the collaboration since May 2022, and now with the renewed funding will become full member of the ENGAGE.EU alliance.
Three Hankeites participated in the international exam "Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch PWD" organised in Finland by the German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Hanken and the Goethe Institute.
