Research group
The consortium includes researchers from LUT University and Tampere University. Get to know our project leaders and team members below.
Project leaders
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.
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.
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
Senior Research Fellow
Annika Blomberg
Stakeholder engagement, multi-stakeholder collaboration, circular economy, creativity, expert organizations
University Lecturer
Anna Hannula (née Heikkinen)
Corporate sustainability, nonhuman nature, stakeholder theory
Senior Research Fellow
Ari Jokinen
Politics of nature, sustainability transitions, commons, biodiversity policy
Doctoral Researcher
Inka Lappalainen
Sustainable value creation, multi-stakeholder collaboration, biodiversity
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Neha Neha
Biodiversity, stakeholder engagement, gender diversity, corruption and firm performance
University Instructor
Lotta Sihvo Matikainen
Stakeholder theory, strong sustainability, circular economy
University Instructor
Riikka Tapaninaho
Stakeholder value creation, business, sustainability, biodiversity, circular economy
WP2
Polycentric governance units & the deliberative dynamics
Research Assistant
Liisa Arvassalo
Sustainable business, biodiversity management
Researcher
Jaan-Pauli Kimpimäki
Sustainable strategy, network analyses, natural language processing
Researcher
Minttu Laukkanen
Sustainable value creation, business models, perceived value, circular economy
Assistant Professor
Jarkko Levänen
Sustainability management, collective action in theory and practice
Researcher
Natalia Lyly
Sustainability transitions, collective action, complex systems, agent-based modelling
Researcher
America Rocio Quinteros Condoretty
Circular business models, sustainability transitions, lithium-ion battery industry, polycentric governance.