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Helsinki Challenge teams visited Brussels to get networked

Team POCKit received the Impact Prize acknowledgement of the MEPs at Global Impact Camp in Brussels. Read more »

Solving global challenges requires co-operation within and beyond science

The Global Impact Camp in Brussels was a two-day intensive co-creation with international experts and EU decision-makers. The first day of the camp included two keynotes and a panel discussion focusing on societal impact of research. Read more »

Global Impact Camp speakers and mentors

Who did the finalists meet in September in Brussels? The Global Impact Camp offered Helsinki Challenge teams an opportunity to impress and co-create with high-level international experts. Read more »

Setting the course for global impact

In September, the finalist teams of Helsinki Challenge took their solutions to Brussels to meet decision-makers, mentors and possible collaborators at Global Impact Camp. Read what MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen had to say just before the Camp. Read more »

Seven Helsinki Challenge finalists offer groundbreaking solutions for UN’s sustainable development goals

Seven teams have been selected for the final stage of the science competition intended to develop new solutions for the challenges of our changing world. The teams’ ideas would boost cancer treatment, revolutionise the use of heat energy and protect the mental health of new parents. Read more »

Meet the finalists: iCombine

Cancer treatment made more effective and personalized with mathematical tools. Team iCombine is looking forward to the final stage of the competition and especially the Global Impact Camp in September. Read more »

A quest for life-changing solutions

Helsinki Challenge teams are heading for the next stage! “Impact” is the driving force of the Helsinki Challenge. At the Helsinki Challenge Impact Camp, 6-7 April, 2017, teams will be given a tricky question to answer: What is the intended impact of the solutions they come up with? Read more »

Helsinki Challenge to return bigger and better

The science-based idea competition Helsinki Challenge will be held again. This time the University of Helsinki organises the competition in collaboration with Aalto University, Hanken School of Economics, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Oulu, University of the Arts Helsinki, University of Turku, University of Vaasa and Åbo Akademi University. Read more »

Generation Green: Fighting for a Pharmaceutical-Free Nature

Large amounts of medicines end up in nature through sewage. The drug residues cause interferences to the ecosystem, such as the deaths and mutations of fish. The team aims to influence legislation by informing decision makers. Member of the European Parliament Sirpa Pietikäinen became interested in Generation Green’s work, and has invited the team to Brussels as part of a larger delegation, which has tightening the environmental regulations of the pharmaceutical industry as its goal. At present, the team is preparing a draft for the meeting. Read more »

Commissioner Carlos Moedas: Science is at its best between frontiers

The main building of the University of Helsinki is abuzz with new students and the spirit of starting a new academic year. At the same time,… Read more »