
Sustainable Innovation Lab
Leaders
Sustainable innovation research team (SUN LAB) examines ways to advance sustainability transition through innovation. We study practices, processes, and people involved in sustainable innovations.
Systemic thinking is required to understand the complexity, interconnectedness and interdependencies in sustainable innovations. Attention to environmental, social and economic value creation is necessary for conducting business that is sustainable, responsible and ethical. We examine sustainable innovations with expertise on strategic management, leadership, organizing, and entrepreneurship. Our team produces new knowledge about circular economy, platform economy, and digitalization.
We have specialized in qualitative research methods with expertise on ethnographic research, storytelling method, discourse analysis and other interpretative research methods. We also do quantitative research and network analysis.
We work with companies of all sizes and interact with sustainability leaders in a variety of business areas and in the public sector.
Cooperation
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Research Center for Business in Society
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Leaders
Professors
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Hanna Lehtimäki
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Kaisa Henttonen
Associate ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
Post-doctoral Researchers
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Ville-Veikko Piispanen
Research ManagerFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Department of Geographical and Historical Studies -
Subhanjan Sengupta
Postdoctoral ResearcherFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Kristina Leppälä
Postdoctoral ResearcherFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
Doctoral Researchers
Publications
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Circular Economy Innovation in Waste Management: Employees as Sustainability Agents
Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Peltola, Sara; Lehtimäki, Hanna; Henttonen, Kaisa; Pitkänen, Jatta. Teoksessa: Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Dey, Ajoy Kumar; Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2021. Case Studies on Perspectives on Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. s. 3-10. Bloomsbury Publishing India -
Drivers for Sustainable Circular Economy Business Opportunity Recognition in Wood Construction
Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Suokas, Sini-Tuulia; Henttonen, Kaisa; Lehtimäki, Hanna. Teoksessa: Dey, Ajoy K; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2021. Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Transformation. s. 3-10. Bloomsbury Publishing India -
Jätehuollon työtekijät kiertotalousagentteina
Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Peltola, Sara; Lehtimäki, Hanna; Henttonen, Kaisa; Pitkänen, Jatta. 2021. Uusiouutiset. : 44 -
Kiertotalouden askeleet kestävään arvonluontiin
Aarikka-Stenroos, Leena; Hakala, Henri; Harala, Linnea; Harlin, Ali; Hämäläinen, Susanna; Kauppi, Sari; Lehtimäki, Hanna; Lundström, Mari; Malho, Maria; Miettinen, Mirella; Ritschkoff, Anne-Christine; Sundqvist-Andberg, Henna; Yli-Kauhaluoma, Jari. 2021. . . -
Navigoiden kohti kestävyysmuutosta
Pitkänen, Jatta; Lehtimäki, Hanna; Jokinen, Ari. 2021. Uusiouutiset. : 22 -
Netnography: Case Study Research in the Digital Age
Lehtimäki, Hanna; Pitkänen, Jatta; Henttonen, Kaisa; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko. Teoksessa: Dey, Ajoy Kumar; Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2021. Case Method for Digital Natives - Teaching and Research. s. 294-306. Bloomsbury Publishing India -
Social entrepreneurship as sustainability agency
Lehtimäki, Hanna; Sengupta, Subhanjan; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Henttonen, Kaisa. Teoksessa: Teerikangas, Satu; Onkila, Tiina; Koistinen, Katariina; Mäkelä, Marileena(toim.) , 2021. Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency. s. 168 - 179. Edward Elgar -
Arvostettava johtajuus - arvostus ja merkityksellisyys arvostustalouden sidosryhmäsuhteissa
Lehtimäki, Hanna. Teoksessa: Jalonen, Harri; Helander, Nina; Mäkelä, Leena(toim.) , 2020. Arvostustalous - kuinka arvostus rakennetaan ja rakentuu digiyhteiskunnassa. s. 68-86. Vastapaino