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

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Teachers at the University of Helsinki
Teachers at Aalto University



Senior University Lecturer, Aalto University



Professor, Urban and Regional Planning



Professor of Practice, Aalto University



Assistant Professor, Aalto University



Lecturer, Aalto University



University Lecturer, Aalto University



Assistant Professor, Aalto University

Programme Coordinators

Ilona Virtanen

Planning Officer, Aalto University



Teacher-coordinator, Aalto University

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