Meet: Helmi Korhonen
Hi there! My name is Helmi and I’m a Helsinki-based designer and creative driven by a strong sense of purpose. I’ve recently resonated with the word “multipotentialite”; a term you’ll…
Meet: Karolina Drobotowicz
Hi all! Welcome to the bio of generalists and conceptualist, whose present biggest focus is: human&planet wellbeing and AI 🤓 🤖. Currently, I am researching the topic of Trustworthy AI…
Feminist Futures Helsinki
Feminist Futures Helsinki (FFH) is a hackathon which builds on feminist theories of power, emotion and intersectionality, to imagine alternative futures for the Finnish society. It is a space for creativity…
Meet: Eva Duran Sánchez
Hola! My name is Eva and I’m finishing my master’s in Creative Sustainability at Aalto University. In my current research and work, I explore feminist appraoches to tech, data, and…
Meet: Tyler L.
Imagine it is 2055…I am on the way for my first Bowie’s gig Elon Musk finally launch his plan as he promised to send 1 million people to Mars by…
Meet: André Santos
Olá! I am André, a Portuguese soul wandering in the snowfields (and green nature) of Helsinki. am particularly interested in holistic and multidisciplinary approaches with a focus on analytic and systemic…
Coded Bias: Film & Panel, March 25, 2021
We are excited to announce a virtual screening of the award-winning film Coded Bias and a discussion with the filmmaker and other panelists on March 25th 18:30-20:00. The screening is in conjunction with…
Coffee Chat (CC-08): ‘Empathy in Crisis’
On February 18th, we unpacked the concept of empathy in our Miro board. We started by sharing our own understanding of empathy, after which Álvaro Chang gave us some definitions from the field…
Meet: Martina Dahm
Ciao! I am Martina and currently I am pursuing my masters degree at Aalto University. I am studying a combination of sustainability, design, and development and exploring how design can…
Meet: Sid Rao
My name is Sid Rao. I am a public interest technologist, and security and privacy researcher at Aalto University and Nokia- Bell Labs. My research covers a wide range of…
Meet: Natalia Villaman
Hello! I’m Natalia. Thanks for your interest in reading more about us! Here’s a little bit about me and my background. Throughout the years, I have explored different areas, allowing…
Critical AI and Data Justice in Society
This course is being offered in spring 2021 at the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, led by Prof. Nitin Sawhney, Sid Rao, Henriette Friis and Natalia Villaman. The course critically examines the role of…
Meet: Floris van der Marel
Hey everybody, my name is Floris and I am currently doing my doctoral studies at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia and Aalto University in Finland studying power and agency in…
Meet: Nitin Sawhney
Nitin Sawhney is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University. As a human-centered design researcher he examines the critical role of technology, civic media, and urban interventions…
Meet: Henriette Friis
Hi hello,My name is Henriette and I’m a Danish designer specialising in sustainability. As a practitioner and researcher I seek to explore ways for design to affect not only the…
Reconstructing Crisis Narratives
Reconstructing Crisis Narratives for Trustworthy Communication and Cooperative Agency, 2020 – 2023 The emergence of a crisis is often accompanied by unexpected events, uncertain signals, malicious misinformation, and conflicting reports…
Human-Centred Research and Design in Crisis
This course was offered in summer 2020 at the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University, led by Prof. Nitin Sawhney and Magdalena Mihalache. The course introduced students to understanding and engaging in…
Crisis Interrogatives 