The award is granted to theses with a topic related to Helsinki, Helsinki residents or the City’s own services. The City of Helsinki aims to reward theses from several academic disciplines. This year, the recipients of the awards were picked from among 23 candidates that met the application criteria, and each award was worth €400.
The criteria for the awards are the quality of the thesis, a link to Helsinki and the grade awarded by the university. In addition, an innovative approach and new perspectives are appreciated. The thesis awards have been granted since 1992.
This year’s thesis awards were received by the following persons:
Joona Jalava: Kaupunkilaisen ja kaupunkilaisuuden narratiivit Helsingin kaavoituksen diskursseissa. Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering, School of Engineering, Aalto University.
Kia Kautonen: Kestävät työmatkat ja kestävien kulkumuotojen käytön potentiaali neljällä suurimmalla suomalaisella kaupunkiseudulla. Master’s Programme in Communications and Planning, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki.
Fanni Laukkanen: Inclusive Interior Architecture in Learning Spaces - General upper-secondary school students' perceptions on sensory-friendly spatial elements. Master’s programme in Interior architecture, Interior architecture, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University.
Akseli Manninen: Spatiotemporal Traffic Accident Prediction Using Deep Learning Models. Master’s Programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences, Machine Learning, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, School of Science, Aalto University.
Nabila Nur: The housing preferences and choices of highly skilled second-generation Somalis in Helsinki. Master’s programme in Geography, Human and urban geography, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki.
Sandra Nyström: Unused potential in the teaching of biology: An exploration of student experiences about the teaching of sex, gender, and sexual diversity in biology classrooms. Master’s Programme in Neuroscience, Biology Subject Teacher Study Track, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Linda Rautio: ”Voidaan kysyä, onko asuminen edelleen kohtuuhintaista”: Hekan vuokrankorotukset julkisessa keskustelussa. Master’s Degree in Communication, School of Marketing and Communication, University of Vaasa.
Suvi Rinkineva: Improving the employer image of public sector organizations. Attracting technical and business talent to public employment. Industrial Engineering and Management, School of Science, Aalto University.
Jesse Soininen: Estimating urban carbon uptake using carbonyl sulfide fluxes as a tracer. Master’s Programme in Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki.
Tuomas Tavi: Pääkaupunkiseudun kerrostalolähiöiden asuntokannan sekä sosioekonomisen kehityksen yhteydestä 2000-luvulla – Määrällinen tarkastelu kahdella aluetasolla. Master’s Programme in Communications and Planning, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki.
