From Web3 and social sustainability to 3D-printed engineering solutions and reflections on saving lives in EMS — Arcada’s latest blog posts offer thoughtful insights for the holiday break. 🎄💫

Happy holidays and happy reading!
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#blog #RDI #reading 🧪🤓

Finland’s competitiveness and innovation capacity are under pressure. Declining performance and a widening gap to European development have prompted a national initiative: a pilot for a #professionaldoctorate education.

📌 Read more: www.arcada.fi/en/article/p... 🧪👩‍💻

Today’s CP seminar at Arcada, together with Suomen CP-liitto, enabled an inspiring meeting of healthcare and rehabilitation professionals, researchers, students as well as people with disabilities and their families.

What happens when AI meets elderly care? What kind of ethical dilemmas do the innovations bring, and who decides what “helpful” really means?👴🤖

Find out in this blog post, where researchers and students collaboratively explore the promise and the risks of AI in eldercare👇
#research #students🧪

🌍 Today is Children's Rights Day!

💜 Our BARTEK project explores how robots can support children's learning, creativity and safety, while helping educators. Continued funding in 2025 shows our commitment to children's rights.

🤖 Read more about BARTEK www.arcada.fi/en/research/...

#RDI #CRI 🧪

🌍 Idag firar vi #NordiskaKlimatdagen

I projektet #BalticReed samarbetar studenter & forskare för att skapa hållbara vassprodukter.

– Fantastiskt att se hur studenter bidrar med kreativitet och nya perspektiv, säger överlärare Paula Linderbäck.💚🧪🌾

#CentralBalticInterregprogramme

På Arcada firar vi svenska dagen varje tisdag fram till jul! 💙💛🎉

Internationella och finskspråkiga studenter samlas över lunchen för att öva svenska i vardagen – en del av vårt projekt MISAS med @Novia.

Glad svenska dagen! 🥗

#svenskadagen #svenska #Arcada #svenskapålunchen

Twelve Finnish universities of applied sciences (Arcada being one of them) are calling for a pilot in professionally oriented doctoral education. The aim: to strengthen Finland’s competitiveness and innovation capacity, and close the gap to leading European countries. 🎓💡

#ProfessionalDoctorate #RDI

📝 Based on a recent master’s thesis at Arcada, it uncovers how transformational leadership makes a real difference—especially in nursing—by boosting job satisfaction and deepening employees’ commitment to their workplace. 👩‍⚕️👥🧪

#leadership #nursing #jobsatisfaction #commitment #blog #research

"Authenticity has indeed become the new professional currency — one earned not through perfection, but through the convincing performance of being real."

Enjoy a fresh blog post with reflections on the online "Real Self" 👇

#Authenticity #Research #MasterStudies #ScientificBlog🧪🤷🤳

🌐 Our 14,000 alumni are located all over the world – from Helsinki to Tokyo, Copenhagen to Nairobi, Arcada’s network reaches far beyond campus.

💡 Our research-based education means you’re part of a community shaped by innovation, wherever you are.

🧪 #arcadauas

At our university of applied sciences, learning and action go hand in hand.

The ambulance we raised funds for during the spring has now been delivered to Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv. 🚑

This work saves lives. Thank you to everyone who made it possible. 💙💛

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4h1wxBP

🌾Save the date!

Arcada is proud to host what’s set to be the world’s largest reed fair 29 Jan 2026 — bringing together the #BalticReed community to explore how reeds can drive innovation, circularity & a sustainable economy. 🧪🌊🌾Stay tuned!

#research #Sustainability #BlueEconomy #CircularEconomy

💜 Vi är Arcada

Möt Lotta Eronen, vårdlektor och forskare 🧪

✨ Jobbar med det hon brinner för,
🌍 Inspireras av att undervisa studenter från hela världen,
🫶 Kombinerar forskning och undervisning för verklig samhällsnytta.

Läs hela porträttet på LinkedIn 👉 https://bit.ly/3IGedlc

#ViärArcada

🌍 EU funded #AfroRehab2030 project visiting

“We are building capacity and advancing rehabilitation education to meet actual and future needs in East Africa - a partnership we are proud to be part of”.

🔗 About the visit: tinyurl.com/53eue6r8
🔗 Why education in East Africa: tinyurl.com/3s6vkjrr
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📚 At Arcada, research goes beyond disciplines. From online grocery habits and gender equality in emergency medical services, to computer vision in healthcare and CPR simulation.🚀 Explore Arcada’s newest research contributions here: www.arcada.fi/en/research/...

#research #publications 🧪👩‍💻

🎓👏Last week, Rizwan Ullah, our Senior Lecturer in Digital Technology, defended his doctoral thesis at @aalto.fi – congrats from all of us at @arcada.fi! His work makes 3D-printed metal parts more accurate and reliable through smart machining allowances and simulations. #digitaltechnology #3Dprint🧪

Arcada students join researchers and industry to turn common reed into valuable biocomposite materials 🌱🧪

✨ Bridging theory with practice
✨ Collaborating with industry to test & innovate new products
✨ Driving real-world sustainability innovation

See more on LinkedIn 👇
#research #RDI #BalticReed