Media appearances
Podcasts
The Best Thing Today podcast series:
The Best Thing Today is a podcast series by Aalto study, career and advanced study psychologists. With their guests they discuss issues like remote working, social distancing, the effects of the Covid pandemic on studies, and much more. They also give advice for the everyday life in Aalto. The Best Thing Today is – naturally – in English, and the podcast’s counterpart in Finnish is called Paras hetki päivässä.
Maria Törnroos’s Audio columns are based on her blog PhD Pathfinder, www.mariatornroos.fi
As a master’s student at Aalto University, there are many opportunities to build one’s own life out of student life. How is it done? In this podcast episode, you can hear the experiences of Maria Karesoja, a master’s student in economics, and maybe even small tips are promised. Host: study psychologist Paula Sjöblom.
Guest in Kompleksi Podcast talking about burnout and recovery in doctoral studies and academia (in Finnish):
Printed interviews
Interview for the publication Acatiimi on the wellbeing of doctoral researchers (in Finnish): https://www.acatiimi.fi/6_2020/22.php
Interview for the publication Method Pliant on impostor syndrome and burnout in academia: http://methodpliant.com/3_fake-it-till-you-make-it-impostor-syndrome-and-ph.d.html
Social media
InstaLive about study wellbeing on Aalto University’s Instagram account @aaltouniversity (in Finnish; saved and published as IGTV)