Minna Halme

Professori
Professori
E706 Dept. Management Studies

Minna Halme is professor of Sustainability Management at Aalto University School of Business, where she heads Sustainability in Business Research. Her research focuses on co-creation of sustainability innovations, sustainable business models, 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 Creative Sustainability Master programme and Aalto Global Impact. 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

https://fortran.fi/ Just and resilient transitions in forest systems

http://acs.aalto.fi/ Creative Sustainability Master programme

http://newglobal.aalto.fi/ Co-creating poverty alleviation

Full researcher profile
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Phone number
+358403538251

Areas of expertise

Sustainability in business, Sustainable innovation, Circular Economy, Corporate responsibility, Sustainable business models, Vastuullinen liiketoiminta, Kestävä kehitys

Honors and awards

Academy Award for Societal Impact of Research, Academy of Finland, October 2008.

Academy Award for Societal Impact of Research, Academy of Finland, October 2008.
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Management Studies Oct 2008

Academy of Management ONE Division Best Paper Award 2014

Organizations and the Natural Environment Division Best paper award
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Aug 2014

Citation of Excellence Award, Emerald Group Publishing, 2015.

Emerald Group -kustantajan palkinto artikkelisitaatioista artikkelille Halme, M., Lindeman, S. and Linna, P. 2012. Innovation for Inclusive Business: Intrapreneurial Bricolage in Multinational Corporations. Journal of Management Studies, June, 743-784.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Aug 2015

Best Scientific paper award of the R&D Management Conference 2016

Best Scientific paper award of the conference
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jun 2016

Best paper award of the Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management 2023

Best academic conference paper of the SIM Division of AOM granted annually to one conference paper.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Aug 2023

Distinguished Winner of 2023 Responsible Research in Management Award

The Fellows Group of the Academy of Management honors members significant contributions to the science and practice of management. In 2021, the Fellows joined forces with the Community for Responsible Research in Business and Management to sponsor the Responsible Research in Management Award. This annual award recognizes and celebrates recent research that benefits society by producing credible and useful knowledge. Credibility refers to the reliability, validity and trustworthiness of research findings that arise from either inductive or deductive methods, using quantitative and/or qualitative data. Usefulness refers to the potential of research findings to make the world a better place by informing policy and influencing practice.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Aug 2023

The Alfred Kordelin Foundation Prize

The Alfred Kordelin Prize of 50 000 euros is awarded every year in Finland to key actors, who, through their activities in the science and art advance a sustainable society.
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Management Studies Nov 2022

Business and Society Best Paper 2020 Award

Business & Society is a leading journal in the field of corporate responsibility. Annual award for the best article of 2020.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jul 2020

ONE Unorthodox Paper Award

Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2018<br/>Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Aug 2018

Carolyn B. Dexter Award for Best International Paper

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Aug 2018

Research groups

  • Sustainability in Business

Publications

Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low-Income Settings in Emerging Markets

Minna Halme, Rebecca Piekkari, Stelvia Matos, Marleen Wierenga, Jeremy Hall 2024 British Journal of Management

Sustainability-Oriented Innovation for System-Level Impact

Jennifer Goodman, Minna Halme, Jouni K. Juntunen 2023 Academy of Management Proceedings

From Simplistic to Systemic Sustainability in the Textile and Fashion Industry

Olli Sahimaa, Elizabeth Miller, Minna Halme, Kirsi Niinimäki, Hannu Tanner, Mikko Mäkelä, Marja Rissanen, Anna Härri, Michael Hummel 2023 Circular Economy and Sustainability

The only way to fix fast fashion is to end it

Olli Sahimaa, Elizabeth M. Miller, Minna Halme, Kirsi Niinimäki, Hannu Tanner, Mikko Mäkelä, Marja Rissanen, Anna Härri, Michael Hummel 2023 Nature Reviews Earth and Environment

Necessity-driven circular economy in low-income contexts: How informal sector practices retain value for circularity

Angelina Korsunova, Minna Halme, Arno Kourula, Jarkko Levänen, Maria Lima-Toivanen 2022 Global Environmental Change

Bridging divergent institutional logics through intermediation practices

Jarkko Levänen, Sara Lindeman, Minna Halme, Matti Tervo, Tatu Lyytinen 2022 Technological Forecasting and Social Change

The Wardrobe of the Future (curator)

Kirsi Niinimäki, Minna Halme, Sini Suomalainen 2022

Polycentric governance of privately owned resources in circular economy systems

Samuli Patala, Laura Albareda, Minna Halme 2022 Journal of Management Studies

From Efficiency to Resilience : Systemic Change towards Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Minna Halme, Eeva Furman, Eeva-Lotta Apajalahti, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Lassi Linnanen, Jari Lyytimäki, Mikko Mönkkönen, Arto O. Salonen, Katriina Soini, Katriina Siivonen, Tuuli Toivonen, Anne Tolvanen 2021 Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis

Prolonging life cycles of construction materials and combating climate change by cascading : The case of reusing timber in Finland

Yishu Niu, Kaarle Rasi, Mark Hughes, Minna Halme, Gerhard Fink 2021 Resources, Conservation and Recycling