Meet the people in the programme

As a student in the Master’s Programme in Urban Studies and Planning, you benefit from the expertise of inspiring scholars from two universities with solid teaching experience and broad researcher credentials. The research topics and creative projects the scholars bring to the programme deal with various urban phenomena, including urban economies, liveable cities, design, history, urban sustainability and socio-ecological resilience, urban ecology, and urban architectural morphologies and landscapes.

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Programme Directors

Anssi Joutsiniemi
Professor of practice, Aalto University
Email: anssi.joutsiniemi@aalto.fi
Phone number +358405896223

Teachers at the University of Helsinki

Teachers at Aalto University

Christine Mady
Senior University Lecturer, Aalto University

Kimmo Lapintie
Professor, Urban and Regional Planning

Pia Fricker
Professor of Practice, Aalto University

Heidi Falkenbach
Assistant Professor, Aalto University

Hossam Hewidy
Lecturer, Aalto University

Antti Pirinen
University Lecturer, Aalto University

Tuukka Saarimaa
Assistant Professor, Aalto University

Programme Coordinators

Ilona Virtanen
Planning Officer, Aalto University

Teemu Jama
Teacher-coordinator, Aalto University