Department of Marketing

Department of Marketing

The Department of Marketing is a thriving and dynamic community of faculty, researchers, staff, and students. The department has earned international acclaim for its ambitious and rigorous research output. We are at the bleeding edge of marketing.

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Research

Markets and consumer culture evolve at break-neck pace. The Department of Marketing is the Nordic leader in developing new tools, theories, and insights for marketing management and research practices pertaining to this tumultuous landscape.

The Department of Marketing has four primary research areas: strategic marketing, services marketing, retail and sales, and consumer behavior. Our research output regularly features on the pages of leading journals within these fields.

Strategic Marketing

Competitive dynamics
Marketing performance and metrics
Technology and innovation management
B2B and networks

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Services Marketing

Service management
Value co-creation
Collaborative consumption
Self-service technologies

digital

Retail and Sales

Retail business models and retail marketing
Retail entrepreneurship
Fashion marketing
Sales management and pricing

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Consumer Behavior

Consumer Culture Theory (CCT)
Novel research methods (videography and netnography)
Consumer experiments
Digital consumption

Studies

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Marketing, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)

Modern marketers are creative, strategic thinkers who navigate the digital landscape with effortless agility and intuition.

Study options

People

Johanna Frösén

Associate Professor, Head of the Department

Associate Professor Johanna Frösén

Kushagra Bhatnagar

Assistant professor, Vice Head of the Department

Kushagra Bhatnagar

Jaakko Aspara

Professor

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Tomas Falk

Professor

Tomas Falk

Arto Lindblom

Professor

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Sanna-Katriina Asikainen

Associate Professor

Sanna-Katriina Asikainen

Henri Weijo

Associate Professor

Henri Weijo

Kristina Wittkowski

Associate Professor

Kristina Wittkowski

Anastasia Nanni

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor Anastasia Nanni

Mikko Laukkanen

Professor of Practice

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Antti Vassinen

Professor of Practice

Eric Arnould

Professor Emeritus

Eric Arnould

Kristian Möller

Professor Emeritus

Kristian Möller

Taavi Heikkilä

Executive in Residence

Siggi Gudergan

Visiting Distinguished Professor

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Jochen Wirtz

Visiting Distinguished Professor

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University Lecturers

Alexei Gloukhovtsev

Senior University Lecturer

Alexei Gloukhovtsev

Sami Kajalo

Senior University Lecturer

Sami Kajalo

Ilona Mikkonen

Senior University Lecturer

Ilona Mikkonen

Tatsiana Padhaiskaya

University Lecturer

Tatsiana Padkaiskaya

Postdoctoral Researchers

Oscar Ahlberg

Postdoctoral Researcher

Juho-Petteri Huhtala

Postdoctoral Researcher

Juho-Petteri Huhtala

Daria Kautto

Postdoctoral Researcher

Xiaoshi Kinnunen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Laura Rosenberg

Postdoctoral Researcher

Laura Rosenberg

Doctoral Researchers

Nora Bäckman

Doctoral Researcher

Miriam Etz

Doctoral Researcher

Pelin Geyik

Doctoral Researcher

Doctoral Researcher Pelin Geyik

Annasofia Grönholm

Doctoral Researcher

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Hardikkumar Ladva

Doctoral Researcher

Kseniia Lashkova

Doctoral Researcher

Simo Lehtovirta

Doctoral Researcher

Jiancai Liao

Doctoral Researcher

Arash Naghdi

Doctoral Researcher

Petra Paasonen

Doctoral Researcher

Ossi Pettilä

Doctoral Researcher

Victor Rubanovitsch

Doctoral Researcher

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Elizaveta Sakhnovskaia

Doctoral Researcher

Jussi Tornberg

Doctoral Researcher

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Onni Tulensalo

Doctoral Researcher

Anna-Riikka Valo

Doctoral Researcher

Nayoung Yoon

Doctoral Researcher

Aslı Özdal

Doctoral Researcher

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News

Suomen Messusäätiöltä miljoonalahjoitus elämys- ja tapahtumaliiketoiminnan professuuriin, allekirjoitustilaisuus 4.11.2025
University Published:

Suomen Messusäätiö donates EUR 3.1 million to Aalto University for a Professorship in Experience and Event Business

The professorship will be established at the Department of Marketing in the Aalto University School of Business
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Research & Art Published:

Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles

Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms
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Studies Published:

Applicants to Master's Programme in Marketing and Master's Programme in International Management can apply for the Pekka Mattila Excellence Scholarship

The Pekka Mattila Excellence Scholarships consist of a €3,000 relocation grant, paid at the beginning of the degree programme
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Events

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Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

Digital Services Act and researcher data access, Nov 20, 2025

Come join this timely talk on the Digital Services Act by Legal Counsel Maria Rehbinder.
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Lectures and seminars

'Better Business — Better Society: Tieto- ja palvelujohtaminen tänään' seminar

Better Business — Better Society Seminar Series offers opportunities to learn about and discuss current societally important topics monthly.
Python for Scientific Computing 2025
Lectures and seminars, Networking, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Other staff training, Training to support research, Students

Python for Scientific Computing 25-27/11/2025

“Python for scientific computing” is an on-line course on TwitchTV aimed to improve your scientific Python skills starting Tuesday 25th November at 10:00 (3 days, 4 hours per day). 1 ECTS available.
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Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

Cybersecurity management, Dec 2, 2025

Learn about cybersecurity management with Data Agent, Dr. Tanesh Kumar.

Contact information

Visiting Address

School of Business building, 1st floor
Ekonominaukio 1
02150 Espoo
Finland

Postal Address

Department of Marketing
Aalto University School of Business
P.O. Box 21210
FI-00076 Aalto
Finland

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