Torsten Santavirta, PhD Economics, has been promoted to level two in the career system and appointed as Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Helsinki.
Hanken School of Economics was recognized for its social impact and sustainability achievements when the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) results were launched on 17 June 2021 at the UN PRME Global Forum. Hanken was one of 47 business schools from 21 countries worldwide that took part in the rating this year and achieved Level 3, making it a progressing school within the PIR.
New research shows that more transparency is needed around where, and how much, surplus food the food industry is generating, so that surplus food can be better utilised.
In today’s fast changing world, professionals in organisations are being challenged as never before to broaden their competence and to collaborate across traditional boundaries. Similarly, leaders are facing change, as traditional supervisory roles are shifting towards empowering teams and professionals to take responsibility.
In the magazine, you can read for instance about Bengt Holmström’s thoughts on topical questions related to digitisation, as well as Christina Dahlblom's visions regarding leadership. In addition, a new Hanken course on cultural sustainability and communication from this spring is presented.
In Hanken’s third year of participation in the Aim2Flourish initiative, and after three nominations in previous years and four nominations this year, one of our student teams has received the Flourish prize for 2021.
Researchers at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics have found that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines protect both vaccinated individuals and their unvaccinated adult household members against SARS-CoV-2 infections.
The number of people with good income has increased in the first half of the year, compared with 2019, turns out in the report published by Helsinki GSE Situation Room.
The Association of MBAs (AMBA) announced on 25 May 2021 that the Hanken School of Economics' Executive MBA programme receives extended accreditation for the next five years. Hanken has been AMBA-accredited since 2008.
Hanken has awarded students for excellent bachelor’s and master’s theses and good study performance. Each year, Hanken awards the best bachelor’s and master’s theses of the academic year as well as the prestigious honorary nomination Rector’s list, which is given to Hanken’s best performing master’s students.
Hanken library has published a new Libguide on reference management software. The guide is for everyone looking for support with managing references for theses, papers and other documents.
The HUMLOG Institute Deputy Director Dr. Diego Vega hosted two discussions at the WHF 2021: "Promoting green supply chain management: adopting sustainable policies" and "Analysing localisation: trends, challenges and solutions to implementation"
This 2020-2021 Hanken Vaasa mentor-mentee relationship is – if not a match made in heaven – then clearly one that is full of respect, warmth and learning. Mikael Still (65) and Silas Magana (34) hit it off from day one last September.
So, what is their secret? What does it take to be a good mentor? And mentee, for that matter? Could you consider becoming one?
According to Hanken School of Economics' recent survey, millennials and women have an important role to play in making responsible investments increasingly common.
Unequal access to drinking water in different geographical contexts is embedded in political, racialized, classed, and gendered hierarchies. Technologies and innovations aimed at solving drinking water problems only tend to gloss over the bigger issues.
Hanken Library has published the LibGuide 'Open Educational Resources'. You will find answers to the following questions: What are open educational resources? Where can I find open educational resources? How can I use open educational resources? What should be taken into account when publishing open educational resources? What are CC licenses and how are they used in connection with open educational resources?
