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Virpi Ala-Heikkilä
News 02.05.2023
Virpi Ala-Heikkilä, D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus.Adm.), has been appointed Professor of Practice at the University of Vaasa, effective 1st of May 2023. She holds a doctorate from the University of Vaasa. Ala-Heikkilä is a successful, global CFO and transformation leader with extensive financial and leadership experience in global technology companies. She continues her current work as the Global Controlling Transformation Leader at Hitachi Energy.
Vaasan yliopiston energiatekniikan professori Xiaoshu Lu
News 14.04.2023
Xiaoshu Lu, PhD, has joined the University of Vaasa as Professor of Energy Technology, her main research area being the use of renewable energy sources in building engineering. Her research group aims to provide solutions to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment through renewable energy, energy storage and artificial intelligence technologies, among others.
Juha Post
Dissertation 12.04.2023
Dynamic capacities could help wellbeing services counties to modernise and respond to changes in their operating environment. Juha Post's doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa found that the preparatory phase of the counties did not in itself generate new dynamic capabilities, but did provide a basis for their emergence.
Maciej Mikulski
News 05.04.2023
Maciej Mikulski, PhD, has been appointed Professor of Energy Technology specialising in Internal Combustion Engines at the University of Vaasa. While acknowledging the role of electrification, Mikulski believes that the era of internal combustion engines is not coming to an end but rather entering a new chapter. Fuel flexibility and new carbon-neutral synthetic fuels will bring new challenges but also new opportunities to engine research.
Tutor ja uusia opiskelijoita vuonna 2021
News 31.03.2023
The aim of the Finnish universities is to streamline certificate-based admission and to ensure that the study opportunities are not unnecessarily restricted by subject choices made at general upper secondary level. This would ease the pressures experienced by general upper secondary students. About half of all new university students are admitted on the basis of their certificates.