Amanda Österlin La Mont, currently at UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya
We met Amanda Österlin La Mont and asked her about her experiences of studying on the international Joint Master Program (JMP) Creative Sustainability at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. The students join the program at various faculties of the Aalto University, based on their background – design, economics, architecture, and engineering. The program lets students with different background work together with various practical societal challenges linked to sustainable development. According to Amanda, the benefits with the program, are that you can specialize in an area that does not offer a full Master program, but also have more opportunity to choose a breadth of courses and study with a width of fellow students to broaden everyone’s perspective.
Although it is challenging to study the JMP Amanda recommends students to accept the challenges and go for a JMP!
