As the climate impacts increase, humanitarian medical cold chains (HMCCs) must balance resilience while increasing the use of sustainable energy. New research explores how both can align, guiding humanitarian actors toward greener HMCCs.

Can prediction reshape economics? New research shows that prediction is not just a technical exercise, it can transform how we understand and apply economic principles.

According to a national survey conducted annually, alumni of Hanken School of Economics score highly on employability and they are satisfied with both their studies and their career development. This year’s survey opens on 1 October 2025 and we hope to once again receive a great number of responses!

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for spring semester 2026.

Hanken’s Corporate Responsibility Module is once again inviting applications from non-degree students opening on May 1st- 31st!

The total annual carbon footprint of 2024 was 14 109 tCO2e market-based and 15 519 tCO2e location based, market based emissions being 15 % higher than base year 2018 and in 2023.

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for autumn semester 2025.

At the end of 2024, a well-being survey was conducted among bachelor and master students at Hanken. The results regarding studies and study pace are excellent, while slightly more students than before experience a feeling of loneliness.

Are you interested in pursuing a paid traineeship in a world-leading organisation in the field of intellectual property (IP)? As a member of the Pan-European Seal (PES) Programme, Hanken provides a unique opportunity for a traineeship at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain, and the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, Germany.

Are you working with a written assignment or your thesis and have questions about writing? Are you wondering how to best convey your message? Or do you need help with information searching, references, formatting your Word document or how to manage your research data properly? Need some good advice on the research process or tips to overcome writer's block?

According to a national survey conducted annually, alumni of Hanken School of Economics score highly on employability and they are satisfied with both their studies and their career development.

Professor Gang Wang from Florida State University is visiting Hanken during autumn 2024 as Fulbright-Hanken Distinguished Chair.

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for spring semester 2025.

Hanken conducted a CO2 calculation development project of its 2023 carbon footprint and recalculated the base year 2018 emissions.

Do you want to keep track of what is happening at Hanken School of Economics? The Hanken Magazine highlights new research and current study issues.

Hanken´s Corporate Responsibility Module is once again inviting applications from non-degree students!

According to the Finnish Innovation Index (FII) BeyondMeat, MeEat and Oatly are the most innovative companies in Finland 2024. The annual FII study, conducted by Hanken School of Economics, lists the most innovative companies and their respective industries according to Finnish consumers.

Hanken School of Economics’ Bachelor's Programme in Swedish received 2488 applications (2023: 2148), 1680 to Helsinki (2023: 1410) and 808 to Vaasa (2023: 738) in the joint application that closed on 27.3.2024.

Students will soon be able to take one entrance exam and use it to apply to several universities and fields of study. The reform will significantly reduce the number of entrance exams. This will make it possible to adjust the schedule of admissions so that those selected through certificate-based admission do not need to prepare for the entrance exams.

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for autumn semester 2024.

At the end of 2023, a well-being survey was conducted among bachelor's and master's students at Hanken. The survey shows good result.

Are you interested in pursuing a paid traineeship in world-leading organisations in the field of intellectual property (IP)? As a member of the Pan-European Seal Programme (PES), Hanken provides a unique opportunity for a traineeship at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante, Spain, and the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich, Germany.

"I have a tradition of visiting business schools in various places. The combination of societal interest, entrepreneurship, and economics in business schools holds much of the great future. This was emphasised by Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during his visit to Hanken School of Economics on Monday, November 27.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements on BSc level with ESSEC Business School in France and University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business in Canada. You can apply for an exchange at these new partner universities for fall semester 2024 no later than 31 January 2024. You will find a short introduction to the new partners below.
More information is also given by Johanna Lilius, Head of International Relations (johanna.lilius@hanken.fi).

According to the latest survey among graduated alumni from Hanken School of Economics, the former Hanken students are doing very well in the labour market and are satisfied with both their studies and their career development.

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.

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel will visit Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki on Thursday 21 September. The programme includes a tour of Hanken's historic building in Etu-Töölö and lunch with Hanken students.

Hanken’s institutional repository DHanken has had changes during the summer. See the news article for more information on the details.

Rector has made the decision regarding the exchange places for spring semester 2024.

Hanken’s calculated carbon dioxide emissions from 2022 are 463 CO2 metric ton.

Do you want to keep track of what is happening at Hanken? The Hanken Magazine highlights new research and current study issues.

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Mekhail Mustak, has co-written a research paper exploring the threats and opportunities of deepfake technology.

Hanken has signed new student exchange agreements with SKEMA Business School and ESCP Business School in France. Students can apply for an exchange at these new partner universities for autumn semester 2023 no later than 31.01.2023.

Responsible investment has traditionally mainly focused on environmental issues, but the social responsibility dimension is becoming increasingly important. The war in Ukraine and the pandemic may be a contributing factor, says Emilia Vähämaa, Wärtsilä Associate Professor at the Hanken School of Economics.

SCANCOR provides opportunities for scholars from its member schools to conduct research at Harvard as visiting scholars.

According to the latest results, Hanken alumni are more satisfied with their career development and university degree compared to the overall average in Finland.

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.

The results from the joint entrance exam in economic sciences, held in June, have now been published for Hanken’s Bachelor degree programme in Helsinki and Vaasa.

There is an urgency to make progress on building a more equitable and inclusive society, especially in the developing countries. New research suggests that social entrepreneurship programmes aimed at encouraging women’s entrepreneurship are particularly valuable in promoting social change.

Hanken's carbon footprint for 2021 is ready.

Assistant professor Maria Ehrnström-Fuente's current research project "Worlds in transition" focuses on what "economics" really is from an ecological perspective. This was also the starting point for a panel discussion during the Science Carnival in Vaasa on 19.11.2021.

Every autumn, a national questionnaire is sent out to all those who have graduated from a university in Finland following up on their careers. According to the latest results, Hanken is placed at the very top by graduates with a master’s degree in business when evaluating their education programmes.

New digital technologies such as 3D printing, 3D modelling and scanning technologies and AI technologies is changing how designs are created and digitalising thewhole creation process. New research points out that not all works created digitally deserve intellectual property protection in the EU.

Hanken will launch a new podcast featuring Elisabeth Rehn, Kimmo Sasi, Henrik Lax, Veronica Wiklund, Ann-Mari Mingard and Björn Wahlroos as guests. The “Gyllene studietider” (Golden years of study) podcast will be hosted by Hanken’s Rector, Karen Spens and the producer of the podcast Hanna Westerholm. New episodes will be recorded during the autumn with interesting alumni from both Helsinki and Vaasa.

On 19–20 November, researchers in different disciplines will be discussing some of the latest scientific findings and fascinating research projects in the centre of Vaasa. All the universities and universities of applied sciences in Vaasa will contribute to this science celebration of rare proportions, organised jointly with the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland.

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.

Why are universities holding on-location entrance examinations during the pandemic?
After carrying out careful assessment and risk analyses, Finnish universities have concluded that holding entrance examinations which require applicants’ physical presence and also involve careful safety arrangements is the best way to implement a fair student admission procedure that takes into account subject-specific special requirements and treats all applicants equally.

Biblioteket erbjuder nu alla lärare en testperiod på e-boksplattformen Perlego. Ifall responsen är positiv, d.v.s. att tillräckligt många lärare hittar lämpliga kursböcker för kommande kurser, hoppas vi kunna öppna plattformen senast till höstterminen. Därför är det viktigt med din feedback, som kan sändas till biblioteket@hanken.fi. Testperioden pågår fram till 28.2.2021.

Companies equipped with modern technology, such as with the capability to purify water, can control and shape what is understood as the truth about water in rural villages in the global South. Through this, rural villages are made dependent on private companies related to water supply, Yewondwossen Tesfaye states in his doctoral dissertation “Neoliberalism in everyday governmentality: The conduct of rural drinking water and rainwater practices”.

Brief video messages have become part of everyday social media communication, and they were a growing trend within internal corporate communications in the 2010s. New research shows that using video messages for strategic communications increases the feeling of transparency and inclusion within the company.

New research shows that understanding the customer ecosystem is essential for successful smart self-service experiences, like activity trackers. The ecosystems can be individual-, brand- or socially-driven.

1364 people from 120 countries joined our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

1364 people from 120 countries joined our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

A research group led by Hanken Professor Topi Miettinen will kick-off a new five year research project in the autumn 2020.

Helsinki GSE's third report states that unemployment among the self-employed has increased considerably more than unemployment among employees. The report is presented at an open access webinar in Zoom on Thursday, 30 April at 8 am.

The Finnish universities have concluded that, due to the coronavirus situation, organising traditional entrance examinations is not possible without compromising the safety of those involved. What makes guaranteeing safety impossible is the severity of the pandemic, the difficulty of identifying those at a higher risk for serious illness, as well as the risks associated with the examination situation itself.

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.

Publish gold and hybrid open access with discounts on APCs and Hanken’s central fund for APCs.

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.

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 Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) provides opportunities for scholars from its member schools to conduct research at Stanford as visiting scholars.

Why did Hanken launch a MOOC? How does it work with students from 129 different countries, is the MOOC worth it? How was the process of creating the Mooc? Who was involved? - An open information and discussion session 17.12

People spend a lot of time and money on games; starting from mobile games to console and computer games. This is the case all over the world and in all cultures.

The SCANCOR-Weatherhead Partnership at Harvard University invites applications for fall 2019. The project facilitates scholarly residencies at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, at Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Since the beginning of September, the triple crown accredited (AMBA, AACSB, EQUIS) Hanken Executive MBA (EMBA) programme is an integral part of Hanken & SSE Executive Education.

The Best Doctoral Dissertation of the Year Award has been granted to D. Sc. (Econ.) Lotta Vuoristo, by the Finnish Service Alliance, in May 2018. CERS warmly congratulates Lotta and interviews her about her work.

Hanken School of Economics Hanken has released a Privacy Policy, which is available online at www.hanken.fi/privacypolicy .

Summary of the decisions made during the meeting on 11 April 2018.

Hanken faculty members and doctoral students can apply for funding for a research period in the academic year 2018-2019 at the Nordic Centre Fudan University in Shanghai.

Hanken is a member of the Nordic Centre Fudan University in Shanghai, http://www.nordiccentre.net/. Read the short summary of the services offered to Hanken faculty and doctoral students by the Centre.

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

The Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) provides opportunities for scholars from its member schools to conduct research at Stanford.

It is a well-known fact that customer relationships are important for companies. A recent study challenges the current reciprocal view on customer relationships.

Hanken’s revised strategy sets out the school’s strategic targets for the year 2025.

Hanken renews the admission to the BSc programme in 2018 and is the first Finnish university to admit students based on the Swedish national university aptitude test (Swe. Högskoleprovet).

In its meeting on 3 May 2017 the Academic Council (AC) approved of 19 master’s theses. AC postponed its next meeting to 7 June 2017.

Professor Ruby Lee from Florida State University, Tallahassee is visiting Hanken as a Fulbright scholar for a seven-month period until the end of June.

Professor Ruby Lee från Florida State University i Tallahassee forskar på Hanken fram till slutet av juni. Utbytet sker inom ramen för Hankens samarbetsavtal med Fulbright Center.

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.

The ISB results reveal that international students at Hanken highly appreciate the teaching and organisation of courses.

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.

The HUMLOG Institute at Hanken School of Economics organizes a seminar on Resilience in Disaster Relief and Development Supply Chains in Helsinki on April 29th. The seminar ends a 4 year project funded by the Academy of Finland.