Podcasts

In this episode we talked to the Australian installation artist Janet Laurence whose practice focuses on creating immersive experiences that bring people into an intimate relationship with nature. She is known for her work with plants, which not only highlights their beauty but also their fragility and the need for care and empathy to protect the environment.

What are the ingredients for a successful cross-disciplinary collaboration? A biotope where playful experimentations and collisions across research fields are actively encouraged and supported, and persons who act as catalysts and linking agents, like James Evans, our guest in this episode.

Last summer, philosopher and professor Esa Saarinen retired from Aalto University.

Last summer, philosopher and professor Esa Saarinen retired from Aalto University. Pt 2/2.

It’s been one year, are we thriving or barely surviving? The host, Maria Törnroos, is the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo. Her guest is Maija Taka, a postdoc & project manager in doctoral education project Majakka in the Water and Development research group at Aalto. In the first part of the two-episode podcast, they focus on defining the background and the problem itself.

Low-hanging fruits to try: advice on how to manage remote work. In this second part of the two-part podcast, your host Maria Törnroos and Maija Taka discuss how to manage remote work and give some advice - low-hanging fruits to try! Maria Törnroos, is the psychologist for doctoral students at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. Maija Taka is a postdoc & project manager in doctoral education project Majakka in the Water and Development research group at Aalto University.