NB! Humak’s Open UAS studies are only available for students who have Finnish personal identity code.

Grading scale: The course is assessed on a scale of 1–5.

As a blended learning process, the course comprises of 4 sessions:

Session 1

• The focused view (the micro-level) on culture and sustainability: the perspective of individual CCS (Cultural and Creative Sectors) professional.
• Culture, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability.

Session 2

• Local communities, sustainability, and cultural production.

Session 3

• Festivals and values. Creative tourism and sustainability.

Session 4

• Sustainability and the nature of Cultural Projects and Creative Processes.
• Sustainable lifestyles and aesthetic values. Creative professionals as mediators of the change.

Sessions no. 1 and 4 will have a dual option (classroom and online), while session 2 and 3 will be online only (zoom). For those who are in the Helsinki area or want to join us live – we are organising this in the new classroom facilities of the Humak Headquarters building in the Haaga district of Helsinki – Ilkantie 4. If our meeting place in Helsinki is not close to your location, don’t worry if you can’t join us in person. The live presence is only an option and not a necessity. Everything will be available as an online broadcast / zoom session that will allow you to take an active role.

Webinars:

NB! Humak’s Open UAS studies are only available for students who have Finnish personal identity code.

Grading scale: The course is assessed on a scale of 1–5.

The course comprises of 4 sessions facilitated by the host lecturer of the course, (b) the access to the interactive Hoodle platform with the content to be studied by participants. The platform gives access to literature files, video materials, and digital sources. Webinars of AECO are organised as a zoom sessions. The first and the last meeting are planned as hybrid (= option for students who are in Helsinki to join the classroom in Humak headquarter – Ilkantie 4.).

Methods: hybrid as online and onsite; mixed method: lecturing, group work, reading and discussions, studying hoodle located digital materials and cases; assignments: group presentations, final written assignment (the 2-pager), an optional individual semi-structured final conversations with the course host.

Sessions no. 1, 3 and 4 will have a dual option (classroom and online), while session 2 will be online only (zoom). For those who are in the Helsinki area or want to join us live – we are organising this in the new classroom facilities of the Humak Headquarters building in the Haaga district of Helsinki – Ilkantie 4. If our meeting place in Helsinki is not close to your location, don’t worry if you can’t join us in person. The live presence is only an option and not a necessity. Everything will be available as an online broadcast/zoom session that will allow you to take an active role.

Webinars:

• 19.03.2026 09.00 – 12.15 UTC+2): Ilkantie 4, 00400 Helsinki: classroom HEL B1.107 and online Zoom
• 26.03.2026 13.00 – 17.00 UTC+2): Online Zoom
• 16.04.2026 13.00 – 17.00 (UTC+3): Ilkantie 4, 00400 Helsinki: classroom HEL B1.107 and online Zoom
• 07.05.2026 13.00 – 17.00 (UTC+3): Ilkantie 4, 00400 Helsinki: classroom HEL B1.107 and online Zoom

NB! Humak’s Open UAS studies are only available for students who have Finnish personal identity code.

Grading scale: The course is assessed on a scale of 1–5.

As a blended learning process, the course comprises of 4 sessions.

Session 1
– The panoramic view (macro level) on culture, arts and sustainability values.
– Cultural (eco)systems: policies, strategies, EU programmes and city actors. Creative partnerships for sustainability and innovation. Fair cultural cooperation – international and intercultural perspective.

Session 2
– CCS (Cultural and Creative Sectors) organisations and sustainability values. Existential Sustainability and the role of the leader.

Sesion 3
– Organisational cultures oriented towards sustainability values in workplaces focused on the arts, cultural heritage and creative practice. Organisational symbolism, artefacts, rituals, narrations, and the power of storytelling.

Session 4
– Sustainability and planning. The time dimension of work of cultural managers.
– Intergenerational aspect of sustainability – cultural management applications.

The access to the interactive Hoodle platform with the content to be studied by participants. The platform gives access to literature files, video materials, and digital sources.

Sessions no. 1, 3 and 4 will have a dual option (classroom and online), while session 2 will be online only (zoom). For those who are in the Helsinki area or want to join us live – we are organising this in the new classroom facilities of the Humak Headquarters building in the Haaga district of Helsinki – Ilkantie 4. If our meeting place in Helsinki is not close to your location, don’t worry if you can’t join us in person. The live presence is only an option and not a necessity. Everything will be available as an online broadcast / zoom session that will allow you to take an active role.

Webinars: