In 2021 Merita Petäjä and her team started the Oasis of Radical wellbeing project. During this time, Oasis has explored wellbeing issues at Aalto university from many perspectives, be it as surveys or education diversity and inclusion, harassment, safer space, or mindfulness...

Meri Kuikka and Tuomo Eloranta on co-teaching

Academic advising at its best is a joint journey that supports self-reflection.

Riikka Evans discusses sustainability with professor Matti Kuittinen.

CHEMARTS aims to inspire students and researchers to explore bio-based materials together, and to create new material concepts for the future.

Johannes Kaira works as a teacher at the Aalto Ventures Programme which is the entrepreneurship education program at Aalto University, where students in multidisciplinary teams work on hands-on exercises. We discussed with Johannes about teamwork and what it requires as a method from students and teachers. We talked about trust, communication skills and flexibility and how they …

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Future-led Learning podcast strives to develop the learning culture at Aalto University and offers a platform to university educators to reflect their ideas about teaching and learning. The podcast series is a part of the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing at Aalto University.

Vice president Petri Suomala of Aalto University speaks about equity, diversity and inclusion and the art of listening with Riikka Evans. Future-led Learning is now part of the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing, an incubator gathering knowhow about wellbeing from around and outside our community, and spreading and curating information about holistic wellbeing as an essential part of the Aalto everyday life. Contemplative …

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This is the second of two episodes featuring professor emeritus and senior advisor at Aalto University, Esa Saarinen. Future-led Learning is now a part of the Oasis of Radical Wellbeing project at Aalto University. Please see more at radicalwellbeing.aalto.fi.

Last summer, philosopher and professor Esa Saarinen retired from Aalto University, after lecturing at Aalto for 19 years. He has been a very popular teacher, and he leaves an impressive legacy. What is his teaching philosophy? Riikka Evans met with the professor, emeritus, at the Aalto University School of Business. This is the first of two episodes with Esa Saarinen. This episode …

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