Sustainability

Aalto Global Impact

We promote and facilitate Aalto University’s research and education for global sustainable development.
Aalto Global Impact
Aalto Global Impact PBL East Africa Photo: Laura Silvanto

Education

We facilitate and implement global sustainability projects in collaboration with multidisciplinary Master’s programmes and courses.

Aalto Global Impact research. Photo by Roope Kiviranta.

Research

We initiate and mobilize funding for new multidisciplinary research and innovation projects in the fields of art & design, business and technology.

Aalto Global Impact Partnerships Photo: Kristjana Adalgeirsdottir

Partnerships

We engage academic and societal stakeholders to enable co-creation and a global network of sustainability practitioners.

Aalto Global Impact book cover 2024

Resources and tools

We utilize, develop and distribute various higher education learning tools that have been developed and tested in collaboration with our partners.

Recent projects

PBL South Asia project website

Problem-Based Learning in South Asian Universities (external link)

PBL South Asia project develops best practices in problem-based education as a joint initiative between ten universities that are located in Finland, India, Nepal, Bhutan, the Netherlands and Lithuania.

Problem-based learning East Africa project website

Problem-Based Learning in East Africa (external link)

PBL East Africa project brings together multidisciplinary student teams from four universities to develop sustainable solutions to community challenges in 2017–2020.

SGT Mexico Action Lab student project/photo by Jan Ahlstedt

SGT Studio - Studio projects from 2007 to 2024

All projects in the SGT Studio course since 2007

SGT Programme
Teachers and students in Tanzania
WiT Programme
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