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Research group

The consortium includes researchers from LUT University and Tampere University. Get to know our project leaders and team members below.

Project leaders

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Consortium leader, WP2 leader

Laura Albareda

Professor of Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship at LUT University, Business School. Laura is also member of the board of SCI-MAT (Sustainable Circularity of Inorganic Materials) Research Platform at LUT University extending the research of mining, material use and circular business models.

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Her current research interest focus on business sustainability, value creation and collective action., as well as the focus on polycentric governance, social-symbolic work, and regenerative and circular economy.

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    Consortium party, WP1 leader

    Johanna Kujala

    Johanna Kujala is Professor of Management and Organisations and Vice dean for Research at Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business.

     

    Her research has been published in Business & Society and Journal of Business Ethics, among others. Alltogether, she has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles. 

     

    Her current research interests focus on stakeholder theory and engagement, as well as sustainable value-creation, circular economy and commons governance.

      WP1

      Stakeholder engagement & value-creation as a collective phenomenon

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      Senior Research Fellow

      Annika Blomberg

      Stakeholder engagement, multi-stakeholder collaboration, circular economy, creativity, expert organizations

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        University Lecturer

        Anna Hannula (née Heikkinen)

        Corporate sustainability, nonhuman nature, stakeholder theory

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          Senior Research Fellow

          Ari Jokinen

          Politics of nature, sustainability transitions, commons, biodiversity policy

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            Doctoral Researcher

            Inka Lappalainen

            Sustainable value creation, multi-stakeholder collaboration, biodiversity

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            Postdoctoral Research Fellow

            Neha Neha

            ​Biodiversity, stakeholder engagement, gender diversity, corruption and firm performance

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            Researcher

            Lotta Sihvo Matikainen

            Stakeholder theory, strong sustainability, biodiversity

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            University Instructor

            Riikka Tapaninaho

            Stakeholder value creation, business, sustainability, biodiversity, circular economy

              WP2

              Polycentric governance units & the deliberative dynamics

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              Research Assistant

              Liisa Arvassalo

              ​Sustainable business, biodiversity management

               

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                Researcher

                Jaan-Pauli Kimpimäki

                Sustainable strategy, network analyses, natural language processing

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                  Researcher

                  Minttu Laukkanen

                  ​Sustainable value creation, business models, perceived value, circular economy

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                    Assistant Professor

                    Jarkko Levänen

                    Sustainability management, collective action in theory and practice

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                    Researcher

                    Natalia Lyly

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                    ​Sustainability transitions, collective action, complex systems, agent-based modelling

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                    Researcher

                    Dishma Porokara Kankanamage

                    Sustainable business models, circular economy, polycentric governance, multi-stakeholder collaboration

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                    America Quinteros Condoretty

                    Researcher

                    America Rocio Quinteros Condoretty

                    Circular business models, sustainability transitions, lithium-ion battery industry, polycentric governance.

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