Anna Heikkinen

PhD, Senior Lecturer (Management and Organization), Academic Director (MDP in Responsible business) and Adjunct Professor (Business ethics and sustainability) interested in CSR and corporate sustainability, urban nature, stakeholder engagement, climate change, critical examinations of business’ role in the society and business ethics. Member of the RESPMAN Research Group at Tampere University.

Responsibilities * Senior Lecturer, Management and Organization, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University

• Academic Director, MDP in Responsible Business, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University

• Adjunct Professor (Title of Docent), Business ethics and sustainability, University of Eastern Finland

Education and other affiliations

• Adjunct Professor, Business Ethics and Sustainability, University of Eastern Finland, 5/2019–present

• Senior Research Fellow, MAB, Tampere University, 1–7/2019

• Professor (acting), Management and Organization, School of Management, University of Tampere, 9–12/2018, 9–12/2017

• Postdoctoral researcher, School of Management, University of Tampere, 2015–2018

• PhD in Management and Organization, School of Management, University of Tampere, 2014

• Master of Science in Management and Organization, School of Management, University of Tampere, 2009

International mobility

• Copenhagen Business School, Department of Management, Society and Communication, Visiting researcher, 4–5/2019

• Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Visiting Scholar, 5–6/2018

• Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, Visiting PhD Scholar, 1–6/2012

• Aarhus School of Business, Exchange student, 2007

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles and articles in edited books

• Blomberg, A., HEIKKINEN, A. & Kujala, J. 2021. Sidosryhmävuorovaikutus kestävän liiketoiminnan mahdollistajana [Stakeholder engagement in sustainable business]. In Eräranta, K. & Penttilä, V. (Eds.) Vastuullinen viestintä. Helsinki: ProComma Academic. pp. 60–75. (Open Access)

• Gonzalez-Porras, L., HEIKKINEN, A., Kujala, J. & Tapaninaho, R. 2021. Stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions. In Teerikangas, S., Onkila, T., Koistinen, K. & Mäkelä, M. (Eds.) Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Open Access)

• Marjamaa, M., Salminen, H., Kujala, J., Tapaninaho, R. & HEIKKINEN, A. 2021. A sustainable circular economy: Exploring stakeholder interests in Finland. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 10(1), 50–62.

• Mattila, M., Mesiranta, N. & HEIKKINEN, A. 2020. Platform-based sustainable business models: Reducing food waste in food services. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 24(4/5), 249–265.

• Närvänen, E., Mesiranta, N., Mattila, M. & HEIKKINEN, A. 2020. Introduction: A framework for managing foodwaste. In Närvänen, E., Mesiranta, N., Mattila, M. & Heikkinen, A. (Eds). Food Waste Management: Solving the Wicked Problem. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 1–24. (Open Access)

• Jokinen, A & HEIKKINEN, A. 2019. Pääkirjoitus: Luontopohjaiset ratkaisut: käsitteen vakiintumisen reittejä. Alue ja Ympäristö, 48(2), 1–4. (Open Access)

• HEIKKINEN, A., Kujala, J. & Inha, M. 2019. Stakeholder engagement in a non-profit organisation: An issue-based perspective. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 19(1), 5–20.

• HEIKKINEN, A., Mäkelä, H., Kujala, J., Nieminen, J., Jokinen, A. & Rekola, H. 2019. Urban ecosystem services and stakeholders: Towards a sustainable capability approach. In Bonnedahl, K. J. & Heikkurinen, P. (eds.) Strongly Sustainable Societies. Organising Human Activities on a Hot and Full Earth. New York, NY: Routledge, 116-133 (Open Access)

• HEIKKINEN, A. 2017. Business Climate Change Engagement: Stakeholder Collaboration in Multi-Stakeholder Networks. In Freeman, R. E., Kujala, J. & Sachs, S. (eds.) Stakeholder Engagement: Clinical Research Cases. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 231–254

• HEIKKINEN, A., Kujala, J., Laine, M. & Mäkelä, H. 2017. Discourse analysis as a method for business ethics and corporate responsibility research. In Werhane, P. H., Freeman, R. E. & Dmytriyev, S. (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Research Approaches to Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 138–153.

• Kujala, J., HEIKKINEN, A. & Lehtimäki, H. 2012. Understanding the dynamic nature of stakeholder relationships: An empirical examination of a conflict situation. Journal of Business Ethics, 109(1), 53–65.

• Lehtimäki, H., Kujala, J. & HEIKKINEN, A. 2011. Corporate responsibility in communication: Empirical analysis of press releases in a conflict. Business Communication Quarterly, 74(4), 432–449.

Books, edited books and journal special issues

• Närvänen, E., Mesiranta, N., Mattila, M. & HEIKKINEN, A. (Eds). 2020. Food Waste Management: Solving the Wicked Problem. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan

• Jokinen, A. & HEIKKINEN, A. (Eds.). 2019. Special issue: Luontopohjaiset ratkaisut [Nature-based solutions]. Alue ja Ympäristö, 48(2).

• Kangas, A., Kujala, J., HEIKKINEN, A., Lönnqvist, A., Laihonen, H., & Bethwaite, J. (Eds.) 2019. Leading Change in a Complex World: Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Tampere: Tampere University Press (Open Access)

• HEIKKINEN, A. 2014. Discursive Constructions of Climate Change Engagement in Business Organisations. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1996. Tampere: Tampere University Press. 167 pp. ISBN 978-951-44-9633-2 Doctoral dissertation