Lehtimäki, Hanna

Description of research and teaching:

Hanna Lehtimäki is a professor of Innovation Management in Business School and a Director of Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy at the University of Eastern Finland. She and her research team, Sustainable Innovation Lab (SUNLAB) examine circular economy as a systemic innovation that supports the sustainability transition. They draw from theoretical frameworks on strategic management, organization theory, leadership, and entrepreneurship. In her capacity as a Vice Director of UEF strategic research community Sustainable Resource Society: Circular Economy, Energy and Raw Materials, (www.uef.fi/en/rc-resource), she advances multidisciplinary social sciences research agenda for sustainability transition in business and society. Her research has appeared in journals internationally and she has recently co-edited books on art and sustainability and catalyzing sustainable circular economy. She teaches a course Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Sustainability in collaboration with professor Mervi Niskanen in Accounting and Finance. She leads an International master’s programme Sustainable Leadership at the UEF starting in 2024. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9061-8984