A new, comprehensive agreement between five Swedish-language higher education institutions in Finland aims to ensure both a wide offering and opportunities for specialisation in education. Through this cooperation, the institutions seek to strengthen Swedish-language higher education by increasing synergies, choice, and academic diversity.

Ett nytt omfattande ramavtal mellan fem svenskspråkiga högskolor ska garantera bredd och specialiseringsmöjligheter i utbildningen. Genom samarbetet siktar man på att stärka den svenskspråkiga högskoleutbildningen genom ökade synergier, valmöjligheter och bredd.

Do you want a flexible job alongside your studies? As a student ambassador for Hanken, you get the opportunity to develop, meet new people, and at the same time inspire future students.

Ett nytt samarbetsprogram, Global Sustainability Management (GSM), har lanserats för att möta den växande efterfrågan på bred hållbarhetskompetens. Målet är att utbilda framtidens hållbarhetsgeneralister.

Hankens Executive in Residence Petri Kokko has been appointed to Hanken & SSE Executive Education's Board of Directors. Kokko is one of Finland's most experienced tech- and AI-profiles with a global career.

Hankens Executive in Residence Petri Kokko har utsetts till ny styrelseledamot för Hanken & SSE Executive Education. Kokko är en av Finlands mest erfarna teknik- och AI-profiler med en karriär som sträcker sig långt utanför Nordens gränser.

Hanken School of Economics has received 2.5 million euros in funding from the Research Council of Finland to support the recruitment of a full professor and the professor’s research team in disaster management and resilience.

Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) har fått 2,5 miljoner euro i finansiering från Finlands Akademi för att stödja rekryteringen av en ordinarie professor och ett forskningsteam inom katastrofhantering och resiliens.

It's that time of year again! Have you ever wondered which career profile best matches your personality? What kind of colleague will you be and what priorities are most important to you? Take Universum's CareerTest and take a step closer to your professional self!

Hanken offers students the opportunity to participate in the ENGAGE.EU Winter Schools, which are organized in January and February 2026 by NHH, University of Mannheim and WU Vienna. Application deadline is 15 Oct 2025. Students can apply to multiple Winter Schools but can only be offered a spot at one.

Hanken erbjuder studenter möjligheten att delta i Winter Schools som arrangeras inom ramen för ENGAGE.EU-samarbetet vid NHH, University of Mannheim och WU Vienna i januari och februari 2026. Skicka in din ansökan senast 15.10.2025. Du kan ansöka till flera Winter Schools men kan endast erbjudas plats på en.

Nationally 28 universities are asking their students about Exam, the e-exam system used in the Examinariums, the rooms dedicated to e-exams. What do you think about it, what is good, what is bad? Last year, 4200 e-exams were in the examinariums at Hanken. Therefore we are very interested in knowing your thoughts about Exam. Please, answer before 20.4.

Nationellt utförs en enkät om Exam, e-tentamensprogrammet som används i examinarierna - vad tycker du om det, vad är bra, vad är dåligt? På Hanken hade vi ifjol 4200 tentamen i examinarierna, så vi vill gärna höra vad studerandena tycker. Svara före 20.4

Hanken School of Economics has received over two million euros in funding from the Research Council of Finland to support research that will enhance Finland's comprehensive security, with a particular focus on economic resilience and security of supply.

A new one-year master's programme in sustainability reporting and financial analysis will start as a cooperation between Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa and Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics. This is Finland’s first one-year master’s programme on a university level.

Post-pandemic work life has proved challenging for human beings, with disengagement, burn-outs, bore-outs, quiet quitting and great resignations, especially among the youngest workers

In his doctoral thesis, Alexander Back and co-authors propose and examine new statistical models of financial volatility. The research develops methods that can help practitioners evaluate the risk-profile of companies with an evolving business model or financial structure.

I sin doktorsavhandling föreslår och undersöker Alexander Back och hans medförfattare nya statistiska modeller för finansiell volatilitet. Forskningen utvecklar metoder som kan underlätta att utvärdera riskprofilen för företag med en föränderlig affärsmodell eller finansiell struktur.

Hanken has signed a new student exchange agreement with The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. You can apply for an exchange at this new partner university for Spring semester 2025 when the application is open.

The global professional services company Reddal is the newest member of Hanken's partner programme. “Linguistic and cultural diversity is important to us, so it is natural that we start a collaboration with Hanken School of Economics”, says Reddal's CEO Per Stenius.

Det globala professionella tjänsteföretaget Reddal är den nyaste medlemmen i Hankens partnerprogram. – Språklig och kulturell diversitet är viktig för oss, därför är det naturligt att vi inleder ett samarbete med Hanken, säger Reddals vd Per Stenius.

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!

Through the transformed Hanken International Talent initiative, all international degree students can now receive support for integrating into Finnish society and working life. We spoke to two students who have experienced the benefits.

Det förnyade Hanken International Talent-initiativet erbjuder alla internationella magisterstudenter stöd för att integreras i det finländska samhället och arbetslivet. Vi har talat med två studenter som haft stor nytta av utbudet och stödet från Hanken.

Hanken’s Bachelor degree in Swedish in Vaasa has attracted a record number of applicants this year. In the joint application in spring 2023, a total of 739 applications was submitted to Hanken in Vaasa.

I år har Hankens kandidatutbildning i Vasa lockat rekordmånga. I gemensam ansökan våren 2023 har det kommit in hela 739 ansökningar till Hanken i Vasa.

Social media has become an integral part of today’s social life because it provides a space where people can interact with each other and with technologies such as algorithms across physical distance and other boundaries. These platforms can have a distinctly blurring impact also on contemporary work and organisational contexts in which they are increasingly used.

The Ministry of Education and Culture will conduct an interim review of Hanken on Friday, 7 October 2022. Hanken staff and students are invited to participate in the review discussion at 12.40 pm in the Assembly Hall and online.

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.

Nordea Bank is to begin its first major university collaboration as a new member of the Hanken partner programme. Hanken's international profile and high quality of teaching attracted the cooperation.

Bankkoncernen Nordea inleder sitt första större universitetssamarbete som ny medlem i Hankens partnerprogram. Hankens internationella profil och höga kvalitet på undervisningen lockade till samarbete

Professor Irene Calboli from Texas A&M University School of Law is visiting Hanken as a Hanken-Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics until 10 July 2022.

Professor Irene Calboli från Texas A&M University School of Law gästar Hanken som Hanken-Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics fram till den 10 juli 2022.

Lifeline Ventures, som tidigare investerat bland annat i Wolt, Supercell, Smartly och Aiven, investerar två miljoner euro i Hanken Business Labs medlemsföretag Mobal.

According to Hanken School of Economics' recent survey, millennials and women have an important role to play in making responsible investments increasingly common.

Enligt Hanken Svenska handelshögskolans färska undersökning har generation Y och kvinnor en viktig roll i att det blir allt vanligare med ansvarsfulla investeringar.

Within the agreement between Hanken School of Economics and the Fulbright Center, three US scholars will visit Hanken during spring 2021. Professors Nezih Altay, Brian Gibson and Leigh Anne Liu will conduct research at Hanken and hold a public seminar on their findings. More information about the seminars will be published on Hanken's website during the spring.

Tre amerikanska forskare kommer att gästa Hanken under våren 2021 inom ramen för Hankens samarbetsavtal med Fulbright Center. Professorerna Nezih Altay, Brian Gibson och Leigh Anne Liu kommer att forska vid Hanken och hålla öppna seminarium om sina resultat. Mera information om seminarierna publiceras på Hankens webbsidor under våren.

How could we increase sustainability in urban last mile deliveries? Can innovations both reduce the negative effects of e-commerce and simultaneously create a top delivery system for consumers? Hanken School of Economics is coordinating a Nordic research project that will dive into these questions.

Hur kan vi öka hållbarheten i slutskedet av leveranskedjan? Kan innovationer både minska de negativa effekterna av e-handel och samtidigt skapa effektiva leveranssystem för konsumenter. Hanken koordinerar ett nordiskt forskningsprojekt som fokuserar på de här frågorna.

Empirical case studies and economic analysis of law might be the answer we have been looking for.

Empiriska fallstudier och en ekonomisk analys av juridiken kan vara svaret vi har letat efter.

This spring, Hanken together with Umeå University has offered a new course focusing on collaboration across borders in the Kvarken region. The course has given the students insights about challenges and opportunities for companies in the Kvarken area.

Enligt ny forskning tenderar den politik som förs i katastroftider att representera de mäktiga samhällsaktörernas intressen snarare än de marginaliserade människor som drabbats värst av en katastrof.

Several publishers and suppliers have opened their collections of e-journals and ebooks free of charge during the current corona pandemic.

Flera av våra leverantörer av elektroniska resurser ger avgiftsfritt större tillgång till sina e-tidskrifter och e-böcker under coronapandemin.

Hanken's staff and students in Helsinki and Vaasa will work and study from home starting from 13.3.2020. While Hanken's buildings are quiet, the organisation is up and running – remotely! In order to support the Hanken spirit we are launching the campaign #hankenremote!

Hanken has been implementing responsible management education formally since 2008 and our continuous commitment has led to us becoming a PRME Champions School for the fourth time in a row.

Hanken har formellt implementerat ansvarsfull ekonomiskutbildning sedan 2008 och skolans kontinuerliga engagemang har lett till dess erkänsla som så kallad PRME Champions School för fjärde gången i rad.

Hanken alumnus Anders Portman photographs architecture and building environments. For him, working as an entrepreneur with his own values guiding him is important.

Academic Work is the latest member of Hanken’s Partner Programme. As Branding Partner, and recruitment and staffing company, Academic Work aims to be a career partner for Hanken students.

Den senaste medlemmen i Hankens partnerprogram är Academic Work. Som rekryterings- och bemanningsföretag vill Branding Partner-företaget hjälpa Hankenstudenter med karriärmöjligheter.

Melina Weckman fick med hjälp av en mentor klarhet i sina tankar kring vad hon vill med sin karriär. För mentorn Oskar Storsjö hjälpte mentorskapsprocessen honom att utveckla sitt ledarskap.

The Academy of Finland granted Hanken 0.5 million euro in profiling funding. The funding enables Hanken to further strengthen the research profile in its strategy and reinforces the framework conditions for high-quality research.

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.

Hanken's Rector Karen Spens stated in her speech that internationalisation and continuous learning are at the core of the activities at Hanken in the years to come. Chairman of the board Björn Wahlroos was awarded Hanken's medal of gold.

Hanken has been selected for the third time in a row to the PRME Champions group.

Peter Sarlin has been appointed Professor of Practice at Hanken as of this autumn. Dr. Sarlin specializes in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), with a special interest in applications for financial, economic and societal disciplines.

Ten Finnish universities have joined forces to deliver an online study module in business management skills for non-business students.

Since 2015, the Academy of Finland has provided special competitive funding to strengthen university research profiles, also to Hanken.

This autumn Hanken launches an initiative to bring leading Finnish companies and international students together. The aim is to create an internationalisation programme that benefits all parties.

The Academy of Finland has awarded Hanken 1.5 million euro in profiling funding for the period 2017-2021. The funding will be directed to strengthening cross-disciplinary research.

Hanken arranges a media training day especially for researchers on Tuesday 30 May at 10-12 in the Teachers' Lounge on the 5th floor at Hanken in Helsinki.

Hanken organizes training in LinkedIn for the staff. Please register before 24.5.

Hanken ordnar utbildning i LinkedIn för personalen. Anmäl dig till utbildningen senast 24.5.

Hanken's Premium Partner Naava invites Hanken's personnel to join the member club Naava Family. Members of Naava Family are offered tips on how to, for instance, best utilise Naava-products.

Hankens Premium Partner-företag bjuder in Hankens personal till medlemsklubben Naava Family. Medlemmarna i Naava Family får t.ex. tips på hur man bäst använder och utnyttjar Naava-produkterna.

The 19th Hanken EMBA programme started with 21 students. The first module of Hanken EMBA19 was held on 8th-10th of March. The module was facilitated by Pernilla Gripenberg (leadership development) and Patrick Furu (strategic thinking).

Stiftelsen Svenska handelshögskolan har slagit fast de personer som premieras för vetenskapliga artiklar.

Openness is one of the key principles in science and research. Hanken has now published guidelines for open research.

Öppenhet är en av vetenskapens och forskningens centrala principer. Nu har Hanken publicerat riktlinjer för öppen forskning.

In her speech on the opening of the academic year, Hanken’s Rector Karen Spens commented on the increased pressure towards bigger units.

As of this autumn, Hanken’s partner programme is strengthened by the addition of EF Education First as a new Hanken Branding Partner.

Höstterminen för med sig nyheter inom Hankens partnerverksamhet, då företaget EF Education First kom med som ny Hanken Branding Partner 1.8.

EM och DI Anu Torkkeli disputerar i handelsrätt

The financial statement for 2015 was approved by the Board of Hanken School of Economics on 20 April 2016.

Within the agreement between Hanken School of Economics and the Fulbright Center, four US scholars will visit Hanken in 2016-2018.

Fyra amerikanska forskare kommer att gästa Hanken åren 2016-2018 inom ramen för Hankens samarbetsavtal med Fulbright Center.

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.

Hanken School of Economics has signed an agreement with Fulbright Center regarding the grant programme Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics.

Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan har undertecknat ett samarbetsavtal med Fulbright Center i Finland om Fulbright Centrets Distinguished Chairs-stipendieprogram.

Rune Stenbacka, Dean of Research and Professor of Economics at Hanken School of Economics, has been appointed research professor. Stenbacka will begin his two-year professorship on 1 January 2015 and his term will run until 31 December 2016.

According to the financial statement for 2013, approved by the Board of Hanken on 9 April 2014, Hanken's results fulfilled expectations with regard to both the budget and resource allocation. During the year Hanken continued to reinforce its position as a research-oriented business school with a strong international profile, and it was able to do so from a solid financial standing.