My mission is to create knowledge and understandings of the phenomena of practices in life, work, and work life practices, particularly during technology innovations and during sustainability transitions and implementations. I study practitioner logics, emergence, and co-creation with qualitative methodologies and adopt a practice theoretical approach.
Microplastics and health are particular emerging topics which interest me.
Research groups
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Innovation Management (INNO) 24.10.2017 - -
Sustainable Innovation Lab 01.08.2022 - -
Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy 01.08.2021 -
Projects
Publications
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Arvostava älykkyys sosiaalisen kestävyyden edistämiseksi työpaikoilla
Leppälä, Kristina; Parkkinen, Ida; Lehtimäki, Hanna. 2024. Neonataalihoitaja. 31: 19-21 D1 Article in a trade journal -
Installation humor: a resistive social practice identified in the engineering workplace
Leppälä, Kristina; Lehtimäki, Hanna. 2024. International journal of organization theory and behavior. 27: 206-220 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Llectio praecursoria : Practices in Medical device innovation: Navigation and Enactment as Social Practice Trades
Leppälä, Kristina. 2024. Suomen antropologi. 48: 115-125 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
UEF CECE case study report
Mielonen, Nuppu; Leppälä, Kristina; Lehtimäki, Hanna. 2024. MCAA Newsletter. 39: D1 Article in a trade journal -
Utilizing Ethnographical Approaches to Study the Abstract, Intimate, and Dynamic Topic of Trust
Leppälä, Kristina; Kosonen, Päivi; Ikonen, Mirjami. 2024. Journal of contemporary ethnography. 53: 822-852 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
3rd International Conference for Sustainable Resource Society: Water Cycle in the Environment and Society. Conference Proceedings and Abstract Collection
Leppälä, Kristina; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko. 2023. . . Itä-Suomen yliopisto D6 Edited professional book -
Abstract collection. 2nd international conference for sustainable resource society: seizing a sustainable future
Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Leppälä, Kristina. 2023. . . Itä-Suomen yliopisto D6 Edited professional book -
Bringing novel methodologies into trust research: An ethnographical approach to studying distrust in work relationships
Leppälä, Kristina; Kosonen, Päivi; Ikonen, Mirjami. 2023. Itä-Suomen yliopisto abstract -
FINT 2023: 12th Workshop and Doctoral Colloquium "Trust Within and Between Organizations": Program and Abstract Collection, Helsinki, Finland
Leppälä, Kristina; Snellman, Kirsi. 2023. . . Itä-Suomen yliopisto D6 Edited professional book -
Lifecycle extension of single-use medical device sensors: Case study of an engineering sustainability transition program
Leppälä, Kristina; Vornanen, Laura; Savinen, Outi. 2023. Journal of cleaner production. 423: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research