Minna Halme
Minna Halme is professor of Sustainability Management at Aalto University School of Business, where she heads Sustainability in Business Research. Her research focuses on , circular economy and organizing for poverty alleviation in low-income emerging market contexts. She leads strategic multi-disciplinary research projects on sustainability transitions and has co-led several European research projects. She teaches Sustainability Management at Aalto’s Master programmes, and executive education. She is Associate Editor of Organization & Environment, and member of editorial boards of Business Strategy and Environment, Technovation, and Scandinavian Journal of Management.
She is member of Finland’s Sustainable Development Expert Panel advising the Finnish Government and of Advisory Boards of Finland’s largest retailer SOK, the Central Chamber of Commerce, and Sustainability Centres of University of Helsinki (HELSUS) and Stockholm School of Economics (MISUM). She is co-founder of Aalto University’s cross-disciplinary and . Her work has been acknowledged international recognitions such as the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) Distinguished Winner award, Best Paper annual award of the journal Business & Society, Academy of Management (AOM) All-Academy Best International Paper award, the ONE Unorthodox Paper award and three AOM Best Paper awards. She has received the Academy of Finland and Kordelin Foundation awards for the societal impact of her research.
sub.aalto.fi/ Sustainability in Business Research Group
finix.aalto.fi/ Co-creating sustainable textile systems
Just and resilient transitions in forest systems
Creative Sustainability Master programme
Co-creating poverty alleviation
Areas of expertise
Research groups
- Sustainability in Business