Jouni Juntunen
Jouni K. Juntunen is a Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Vaasa. His research focuses on crowd-based organizing in the development of sustainable innovations, and he is a WP leader for EU Horizon project A circular by design environmentally friendly geothermal energy solution based on a horizontal closed loop (HOCLOOP) and a subproject PI for the Academy of Finland funded Digitally mediated decarbon communities in energy transition (DigiDecarbon) consortium. He is a responsible teacher of the Open and User Innovation teaching module at University of Vaasa and also contributes regularly to various executive education modules. Jouni is a co-chair of European Academy of Management (EURAM) Innovation for Sustainability, Circularity and Green-tech track. He has published in several refereed journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Ecological Economics, and Environmental Research Letters.
Ella Tolonen
Ella Tolonen is a doctoral researcher in Industrial Management. Her research focuses on low-carbon transition and sustainability from the organizational perspective. In her dissertation, Ella studies incumbent organizations’ activities in the unstable operating environment posed by decarbonization. Her topics include energy communities, degrowth, sustainable and circular business models, transition risks, and just transition
Tommi Lehtonen
Director Tommi Lehtonen conducts research on issues related to sustainable development and social responsibility.
Katariina Sorvari
Katariina Sorvari is a doctoral researcher at the University of Vaasa. Her research is situated in the fields of consumer research and marketing, focusing on moral consumption, online communities, and consumption practices. In her dissertation, I explore the habituation of vegan food consumption practices and what role other people and cultural context plays in it. I mainly use qualitative and interpretative research methods.