Ossi Naukkarinen

Ossi Naukkarinen, PhD, will serve as the vice rector for research at Uniarts Helsinki during a five-year term from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2030.

Uniarts Helsinki’s vice rector for research leads the development of Uniarts Helsinki’s research and doctoral education and promotes the related national and international cooperation between various fields and stakeholders. Alongside the vice deans of the university’s three academies and the director of the Uniarts Helsinki Research Institute, the vice rector is responsible for the results of research and for attaining the goals that are used as funding allocation criteria.

Ossi Naukkarinen has a long track record of holding university management positions. He served as the vice rector for research in 2018–2023 and as the vice dean for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2012–2018, both at Aalto University. Naukkarinen has played a central role in promoting the internationalisation of research activities, reinforcing funding and developing doctoral education at Aalto University.