I have a PhD in corporate environmental management and a MSc degree in biology. I am currently on research leave from a university lecturer position at JSBE where I have taught courses on sustainability transition and sustainable business strategies and models while doing my research. My previous work experience includes working as a researcher in the School of Forest Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland as well as at the Finland Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku. I have been a visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley at Energy and Resources Group (2008–2009, 2011) and at the University of Graz at Department of Environmental System Sciences for several periods in 2017-2023. I also have an extensive teaching experience, with a previous career as a natural sciences teacher and a degree in adult education.
My expertise lies in the area of innovations for sustainability, especially on sustainable business models and value co-creation. In my work I draw on transdisciplinary theoretical premises, for example, combining management approaches with research of systemic transitions. I have a specific knowledge in the fields of strategic change management and participative foresight. I have applied mixed methods approaches (combining quantitative and qualitative methods), but my methodological expertise lies in qualitative, future-oriented research approaches. I am interested in the interplay between societal and natural systems, as well as between variety of actors in society including understanding on power, change needs, and conflicts of actors at different levels of societal system, to facilitate sustainability transition.
I position myself as a sustainable business management scholar, with a focus on business models and innovations for sustainability, value co‑creation, foresight, strategic change management, and the interplay of diverse societal (f)actors affecting systemic transitions. I have explored value creation and transitions both within and around organizations, especially in the forest‑based sector, applying diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, with specific expertise in participative approaches.
