Place: Tiedekulma Stage (Yliopistonkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki)
Date and time: January 29, 2026, 5-7 pm
Organizers: Jari Eloranta and Emrah Aydinnonat (University of Helsinki)

This event, held both in English and in Finnish, focuses on Finland’s economic growth and development experience in light of the recent Nobel Prizes in Economics. In fact, many of them have featured scholars working on long-run characteristics of economic growth via technology, culture, institutions, and labor markets. All of them have featured some perspectives on historical patterns and how they might inform our current world, and especially how Finland’s economic growth might shape up in the near future.

Program:

Three short opening talks (in English, 10 minutes each): 

• Maarit Olkkola (VATT) on the Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 (Claudia Goldin) 
• Andrei Markevich (University of Helsinki) on the Nobel Prize in Economics 2024 (Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson)
• Tero Kuusi (ETLA) on the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 (Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt).

A 90-minute panel discussion in Finnish on the relevance of these findings for the future of the Finnish economy, featuring: 

• Jari Eloranta (University of Helsinki, chair) 
• Tuulia Hakola-Uusitalo (VATT) 
• Niku Määttänen (University of Helsinki)
• Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of European Parliament) 
• Sakari Heikkinen (University of Helsinki)

A short Q & A, if time permits.

Everyone is welcome to attend!