Early on Friday morning, 15 May, the Finnish authorities issued a warning message stating that a drone might be moving in the Uusimaa region, and people were advised to stay indoors. The danger was called off after seven o’clock in the morning.

The former Governor of Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank), Stefan Ingves, sees several global trends affecting the economy that will happen regardless of what we in Finland want and choose. These include climate change, balance changes of financial power with countries growing at different rates, as well as large and growing public debt.

Den förre chefen för Sveriges Riksbank, Stefan Ingves, ser flera globala trender som påverkar ekonomin och som kommer att ske oberoende av vad vi i Finland vill och väljer. Till dem hör bland annat klimatfrågan, ändrad ekonomisk maktbalans då länder växer i olika takt, och stora och växande offentliga skulder.

What motivates people to pay their taxes? And what shapes moral condemnation of tax evasion? New research uncovers the complex moral psychology underlying why people pay taxes or evade them, providing insights for sustaining ethical cooperation as financial technologies evolve.

Fighting global threats, from climate change to new contagious viruses, often requires large-scale changes in behavior. How can we modify the behavior of billions of people? This is the key question in Professor Tore Ellingsens economics lectures in how to change the world.

There are upcoming training sessions for the databases Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace and WRDS during the weeks 41-42. Check the times and links in the post!

Det kommer skolningar för databaserna Capital IQ, Factset, Orbis, Refinitiv (LSEG) Workspace och WRDS under vecka 41-42. Kolla tiderna och länkarna i posten!

Top Finnish design from the 1950s, carefully thought-out lighting, colours and soft flooring for a friendly and cozy atmosphere, and beautiful windows bringing natural light and the city outside into the rooms. The Hanken building in Helsinki was created by a dream team, says Päivi Helander, an Olof Ottelin researcher and one of the guides when Hanken participated in Helsinki Design Week.

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.

CERS was represented in the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference in Montery, AMA SERVSIGS conference in Glasglow and Frontiers in Boston this summer.

Hanken har utvecklat en forskning i Finland i vilken man listar de företag som finländska konsumenter anser vara de mest innovativa. Bedömningen görs med hjälp av FII-undersökningen (Finskt Innovationsindex) som har utvecklats i samarbete med Norwegian School of Economics. Resultaten av undersökningen offentliggjordes i ett webbinairum som sändes från Hanken den 17 juni. Evenemanget kommer att bli årligt.

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?

This autumn, three projects at Hanken have been granted funding from the Foundation for Economic Education.

Quantum is a versatile meeting place that offers access to company and financial databases and allows for the handling of big data. Modern technology makes it possible to stream all classes and other events, as well as allowing for keeping up with real-time financial news. Quantum, made possible by donations, opened in February 2020.

Political discussions about whether to merge Hanken in Vaasa with Åbo Akademi University or with the University of Vaasa have been ongoing ever since Hanken in Vaasa was established in 1980. Today Sören Kock, dean and rector’s representative in Vaasa, sees the possibility of Hanken in Vaasa remaining as Hanken in a positive light. “I find it fascinating that a Triple-Crown accredited university manages to operate in two locations,” Kock remarks.

After Class med Jesper & Dennis heter en rykande färsk podd av Jesper Haga och Dennis Sundvik som undervisar i finansiell ekonomi respektive redovisning. Distansundervisningen och coronasituationen gjorde att både Jesper och Dennis kände att det fanns utrymme för en podd.

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.

Två bilder av Jyrki Ilva, Nationalbibliotek, visar att Hanken är en av de ledande open access institutionerna i Finland.

Two slides by Jyrki Ilva, the National Library of Finland, indicate that Hanken is one of the leading open access institutions in Finland.

The research-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge hosts a second round of Pitch Nights before the finals. The semi-finalists will present their ideas and solutions on 6-7 June.

Twenty teams have been chosen to solve the grand challenges of our time in Helsinki Challenge, the science-based idea competition. Hanken is represented by the HUMLOG-institute Professor Gyöngyi Kovács and Doctoral Candidate Minchul Sohn.

Tjugo lag har nu valts ut för att lösa de stora problemen i vår tid inom ramen för den vetenskapliga idétävlingen Helsinki Challenge. Hanken representeras av HUMLOG-institutets professor Gyöngyi Kovács och Minchul Sohn, doktorand.

Hanken PhD Annamari Tuori’s thesis was elected one of the top ten best theses in EDAMBA’s 2016 Thesis Competition.

Hanken students awarded during the annual donor evening and the Rector’s List awards ceremonies.

Studerande premierades under den årliga stipendiesammankomsten och vid utdelningen av Rector’s List-stipendierna.