The Hanken Insights event on 20 May 2026 invited experts to discuss the current state of the Nordic labour market and how it is shaped and impacted by technological and structural change. A key takeaway was that human expertise will remain essential, but agility in learning is critical for success in a rapidly changing labour market.

Evenemanget Hanken Insights den 20 maj 2026 samlade experter för att diskutera det aktuella läget på den nordiska arbetsmarknaden och hur den formas och påverkas av teknologiska och strukturella förändringar. En central slutsats var att mänsklig expertis även i framtiden kommer att vara avgörande, men att förmågan att snabbt lära sig nytt är viktig för att lyckas på en arbetsmarknad som är i snabb förändring.

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.

In autumn 2025, a new master’s programme in sustainability reporting and financial analysis was launched as a collaboration between Hanken in Vaasa and Umeå University. It is Finland’s first one-year master’s level programme at university level.

In April 2026, a wellbeing survey was conducted among all degree students at Hanken School of Economics. The results show that most Hanken students are doing well and that their studies are progressing according to plan.

I april 2026 genomfördes en välmåendeundersökning bland alla examensstudenter vid Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken). Resultaten visar att de flesta hankeiter mår bra och deras studier framskrider enligt planerna.

The interest in business studies continues to be strong in Finland. In this spring’s second joint application round, Hanken School of Economics received a total of 3,179 applications (2025: 3,279, 2024: 2,889). The master's programme received a total of 426 applications from 268 applicants (2025: 257), which was the highest number of individual applicants ever.

Intresset för en utbildning inom ekonomi är fortsättningsvis starkt. I vårens andra gemensamma ansökan mottog Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) hela 3179 ansökningar (2025: 3279, 2024: 2889). Magisterutbildningen fick totalt 426 ansökningar av 268 sökande (2025: 257), vilket var det högsta antalet individuella sökande någonsin.

On 26 February 2026, four new professors at Hanken School of Economics held their inaugural lectures: Mika Gabrielsson (marketing), Olli-Pekka Kauppila (management and organisation), Mrinalini Kochupillai (commercial law), and Othmar Lehner (accounting).

Den 26 februari 2026 arrangerade Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) en installationsceremoni för fyra nya professorer, Mika Gabrielsson (marknadsföring), Olli-Pekka Kauppila (företagsledning och organisation), Mrinalini Kochupillai (handelsrätt) och Othmar Lehner (redovisning).

Hanken School of Economics has seen a significant rise in applications to its English-taught Bachelor in Business programme, clearly surpassing last year’s figures. This year, the programme attracted 1,237 applicants (2025: 1,020).

Svenska handelshögskolans (Hanken) engelskspråkiga kandidatprogram Bachelor in Business slår fjolårets sökandeantal med marginal. Programmet lockade hela 1237 sökande i år (2025: 1020).

A new way to store your things: pack at home, schedule pickup through an app, and have them delivered back whenever you need, whether it’s a few items or everything at once. This innovative service has been created by Hanken student Axel Aarnio and his co-founder Mikael Mauranen, in collaboration with Posti and Hanken Business Lab.

This year, eight Hanken students participated in the international exam "Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch PWD" which is organised in Finland by the German Finnish Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with Hanken and the Goethe-Institute. The PWD diploma is the highest grade that can be obtained in business German.

Åtta hankeiter deltog i år i den internationella examen “Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch PWD” som i Finland arrangeras av Tysk-Finska Handelskammaren i samarbete med Hanken och Goethe-institutet. PWD-diplomet är det högsta betyg som kan avläggas i affärstyska.

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

This year, the bachelor's programmes at Hanken School of Economics in both Helsinki and Vaasa have attracted a record number of applications. The application targets at both locations surpass all previous years' records.

I år har Svenska handelshögskolans (Hanken) kandidatutbildning både i Helsingfors och Vasa lockat rekordmånga ansökningar. Ansökningsmålen på båda orterna slår alla tidigare års ansökningsrekord.

Many Finnish small and medium-sized (SMEs) companies are developing innovative and high-quality sustainable products and services. However, selling those products can be challenging. Hanken School of Economics has received 245,000 euros from Business Finland to equip SMEs with tools for successfully marketing sustainable offerings and achieving profitability.

Många finska små- och medelstora företag utvecklar innovativa och högkvalitativa hållbara produkter och tjänster. Att sälja dessa produkter kan dock vara en utmaning. Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) har fått 245 000 euro från Business Finland för att förse små- och medelstora företag med verktyg för att framgångsrikt marknadsföra hållbart utbud och uppnå lönsamhet.

Hanken School of Economics’ Bachelor in Business programme in English has 1001 applicants in the first joint application. Hanken's Master's programme in English has 769 applicants.

Svenska handelshögskolans (Hanken) engelskspråkiga kandidatprogram Bachelor in Business har i den första gemensamma ansökan lockat 1001 sökande. Hankens magisterprogram på engelska har lockat 769 sökande.

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.

I slutet av 2024 genomfördes en välmåendeundersökning bland kandidat- och magisterstudenter vid Hanken. Resultaten gällande studier och studietakt är utmärkta, medan något fler studenter än tidigare upplever en känsla av ensamhet.

The Teaching Evaluation Committee is arranging a teaching demonstration for Assistant Professor Jiekai Zhang on 15th January, 2025, at 13.00 in room A305 in Helsinki.

Hankens Teaching Evaluation Committee anordnar undervisningsprov för forskardoktor Jiekai Zhang den 15 januari 2025 kl. 13 i rum A305 i Helsingfors.

Vad händer med affärsrelationerna mellan Finland och Sverige nu då båda länderna är medlemmar i Nato? Bland annat det ska ett nytt forskningsprojekt vid Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken) ta reda på. Projektet har beviljats 120 000 euro från Liikesivistysrahasto.

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

Arbetslivet efter pandemin har visat sig vara utmanande för många, med bristande engagemang, utbrändhet, tristess, avhopp och så kallad tyst nedtrappning, särskilt bland de yngre arbetstagarna.

Firms with strong improvisational abilities are more likely to learn and succeed when entering new markets, a new study from Hanken School of Economics shows.

Företag med hög improvisationskapacitet har större chans att lyckas när de tar sig in på nya marknader visar en ny studie från Svenska handelshögskolan (Hanken).

Individual wellbeing doesn’t always add up to team wellbeing – but reflection and open communication can help.

Det är mer sannolikt att både teamet och individerna mår bra om man reflekterar och delar med sig av sina problem inom teamet, och om det finns goda relationer mellan alla medlemmar. Långt ifrån alla team lyckas hitta rätt balans visar ny forskning.

Our professor, Mika Gabrielsson, shared valuable insights into the publishing process at Hanken, emphasizing high-impact journals and using a case published at the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science as an example.

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.

I slutet av 2023 genomfördes en välmåendeundersökning bland kandidat- och magisterstudenter vid Hanken. Undersökningen visar goda resultat.

It’s increasingly important that students learn to think like entrepreneurs even though they may never want to start their own company. Hanken School of Economics supports students in recognizing there are good opportunities to implement a startup mentality and spark excitement from within an existing organization, through the research area of corporate entrepreneurship.

A new EU-directive requires that all end-of-life textiles, meaning clothes that can’t be used any more, are being collected separately, sorted and then reused or recycled. According to Associate Professor Anna Aminoff textile recycling processes, including separate collection and sorting, are expensive and complicated, and puts a lot of responsibility on the consumers – but things are hopefully slowly getting better.

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!

At its meeting on 19 April 2023, Hanken's Board elected Professor Mika Gabrielsson as Dean of education. He was elected for a three-year term starting on 1 August 2023. Gabrielsson is currently professor in international business with specialisation in marketing and sales at the University of Eastern Finland.

Hankens styrelse valde på sitt möte 19.4.2023 professor Mika Gabrielsson till prorektor med ansvar för utbildning. Han valdes för en treårsperiod som inleds 1.8.2023. Gabrielsson är för närvarande professor vid Östra Finlands universitet i internationell affärs- och försäljningsledning.

At its meeting on 19 April 2023, Hanken School of Economic's Board appointed Gyöngyi Kovács, Mika Gabrielsson and Sören Kock as new deans. In addition to this, the Board has decided to launch a new bachelor's programme in English, in parallel with the traditional bachelor's degree programme in Swedish. The first admission will take place in 2024.

Svenska handelshögskolans (Hanken) styrelse har på sitt möte 19.4.2023 valt Gyöngyi Kovács, Mika Gabrielsson och Sören Kock till nya prorektorer. Dessutom har styrelsen fattat beslut om att starta en ny kandidatutbildning på engelska, parallell med den traditionella ekonomutbildningen på svenska. Första antagningen sker 2024.

“Our main task is to support companies to improve their leadership. We do this by igniting strategic renewal in teams and individuals,” says Marc Hinnenberg, CEO of Hanken & SSE Executive Education.

The Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute (HUMLOG) is working with the most pressing issues in our world: from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine and the enormous challenges presented by climate change. This week the Institute celebrated its 15th anniversary.

HUMLOG-institutet (Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Research Institute) arbetar med de mest centrala frågorna i vår värld: från covid-19-pandemin till kriget i Ukraina och de enorma utmaningar som klimatförändringarna innebär. Denna vecka firade institutet sitt 15-årsjubileum.

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.

A new study conducted at Hanken School of Economics lists the most innovative companies according to Finnish consumers. The Finnish Innovation Index (FII) is a national measure of perceived innovativeness of companies among Finnish customers who have during the last six months purchased or used the products of the included companies.

Appointments to mental health services have been steadily increasing among both higher education students and other representatives of the same age group since autumn 2020.

Antalet besök som gäller psykisk hälsa har från och med hösten 2020 varit klart ökande både bland studenter inom den högre utbildningen och bland andra unga i samma åldersklass.

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.

I Helsinki GSE:s undersökning klargjordes med hjälp av finländska registermaterial smittorisken för familjemedlemmar till personer som fått coronavirusvaccin. Enligt resultat av undersökningen skyddar coronavirusvaccinerna från Pfizer-BioNTech och Moderna, som används i Finland, också ovaccinerade familjemedlemmar.

Gamification is one of the buzzwords in today’s societies, and it seems there are no limits in what all benefits and new areas of life one can conquer with it. The new book edited by Mikko Vesa from Hanken lightens up the connections between gamification and the field of management and organization.

On 12 March 2016, Helsinki GSE published a report which, with the help of Finnish register material, analyses the connection between the transition to distance education in the second stage and the prevalence of coronavirus infection in Finland at the end of 2020.

Våren 2020 stängde Finland grundskolorna och läroanstalterna på andra stadiet i två månader på grund av covid-19-pandemin. Målet med att övergå till distansundervisning var att begränsa spridningen av coronavirussmitta, men det har varit oklart hur väl denna åtgärd har bidragit till att förebygga smitta.

Christina Dahlblom has been appointed Professor of Practice at Hanken’s Department of Management and Organisation as of 3 November 2020. Dahlblom wants to contribute to even tighter networks and dialogues between Hanken and the corporate world, in order to help Hanken continue developing cooperation, research and teaching that brings value to both Hanken, businesses and society.

In Hanken’s Summer Podcast, with three episodes per week in July and the beginning of August, the School’s experts speak about their research. In addition to that, they also give their best book recommendations.

I Hankens sommarpodd, som utkommer med tre avsnitt i veckan under juli och början av augusti, berättar högskolans experter om sin forskning, men ger också sina bästa boktips.

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.

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.

Rector Karen Spens has today signed a contract stating that Hanken School of Economics will hereby become a shareholder of Funidata Oy, a university owned company who is currently developing the Sisu support tool system for university education.

Rektor Karen Spens har idag undertecknat ett avtal om att Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan blir delägare i Funidata Oy, som utvecklar Sisu-systemet för stöd för undervisning och studier.

Hanken is launching an 8-week sustainability challenge and competition. The challenge will run from 9 September to 3 November.

The Pro Artibus Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary by depositing works of art. At Hanken in Helsinki, we have a short-term video festival, with videos that are shown in different parts of the main building.

Stiftelsen Pro Artibus fyller 30-år och firar med att deponera konstverk. Till Hanken i Helsingfors har vi fått en kortvarig videofestival, med videor som visas på olika håll i huvudbyggnaden.

Imagine a world in which management without reflection implements decisions recommended by complex algorithms. These algorithms have evolved into black boxes beyond managerial cognition; yet business requires them to remain competitive.

A new study shows that there are significant differences within company law regulation, accounting and taxation between countries regarding mezzanine financing. Thie means that the prerequisites for using mezzanine varies between countries.

En ny studie visar att det finns betydande skillnader inom bolagsrätten, redovisnings- och skattebestämmelserna mellan olika länder gällande så kallad mezzaninefinansiering, det vill säga en kombination av eget kapital och lån.

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.

Money follows the best people and ideas, said Professor Bengt Holmström in the opening ceremony of Helsinki GSE. Professor Jean Tirole expected courage from politicians to admit that preventing climate change will require financial investment.

Nine Hanken students participated this year in the international exam Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch. This is the highest level of diploma in German for business students available.

Nio Hankeiter deltog i år med stor framgång i den internationella examen “Prüfung Wirtschaftsdeutsch” som ger den högsta möjliga utmärkelsen i tyska för ekonomer.

Borrow a powerbank from the library.

Welcome to the science party of the year, Helsinki Challenge Award Party! It will be held on 24 November at 5 p.m. and the winner of the competition will be announced. Join us to celebrate science and Finland’s next 100 years!

Välkommen på årets vetenskapsfest, Helsinki Challenge Award Party! Helsinki Challenge-tävlingens vinnare avslöjas den 24 november kl.17. Kom med och fira vetenskapens och Finlands följande 100 år!

Experience the event like you were seated in the first row! The popular event is sold out but you still have a chance to check out the prominent speakers on Hanken’s live stream!

Upplev Nordic Business Forum som om du satt på första raden! Programmet består av prominenta talare och biljetterna är slutsålda, men du har ändå möjlighet att följa med hela evenemanget via Hankens live stream!

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 Hanken website is under constant work to make it as user friendly as possible. A step on the way are these guidelines on how to publish news on the web.

Du kan nu läsa årets sista nummer av alumntidskriften Hanken via Hankens webbplats.

In November and December we will offer courses in Office365, Office2016 and Windows 10

EM och DI Anu Torkkeli disputerar i handelsrätt

Problems with login and pin code in Hanna? How should I search, what can i find? Ask at the Library's pop up help desk in the foyer.

Hanken School of Economics opened its 107th academic year in Helsinki and its 36th in Vaasa on 1 Sept in Helsinki and 2 Sept 2015 in Vaasa.

Some databases we recommend for this autumn’s courses and for international faculty that want to follow the news in their home countries.

M.Sc. (Econ.) John Pettersson defends his doctoral thesis in Finance on Friday 14 August 2015 in Vaasa.

EM John Pettersson disputerar i ämnet finansiell ekonomi fredagen den 14 augusti 2015 i Vasa.

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.