Department of Design

Anna Viljakainen

PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher
anna.viljakainen@aalto.fi
Anna Viljakainen

Anna's research focuses on service management, service ecosystems and strategic design. In recent years she has studied sustainability transitions, impact leadership, and value co-creation in the energy sector and industrial contexts. Her current research looks into the meaningfulness of industrial work. She is advising Masters students and doctoral researchers.

Latest publications

AI and the Future of Work: Enhancing Employee Experience from Satisfaction to Flourishing

Anna Viljakainen, Juho Silmukari, Virpi Roto, Martina Caic, Susanna Aromaa 2025 ECCE '25: Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE)

Designing meaningful work in the transition towards Industry 5.0

Anna Viljakainen, Juho Silmukari, Martina Caic 2025

New Approaches to Steer Sustainability Transitions Within Service Ecosystems in the Context of Municipalities

Anna Viljakainen, Kirsi Hyytinen, Katri Valkokari 2025 Complexity and Emergence in Market Ecosystems

Sustainable Service Ecosystems in Positive Energy Districts : A Conceptual Framework to Steer Long-Term Impacts

Anna Viljakainen, Katri Valkokari, Mari Hukkalainen, Tytti Nikunen 2025 The 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment - Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Management Practices

A processual view on sustainability transitions in service ecosystems

Debora Sarno, Bo Enquist, Francesco Polese, Roberta Sebastiani, Samuel Petros Sebhatu, Anna Maria Viljakainen 2024 Journal of Service Management

Cities as platforms in energy transitions: Case Positive Energy Districts

Anna Viljakainen, Katri Valkokari, Mari Hukkalainen, Tytti Nikunen, Johanna Kuusisto 2024

City as a Service

Anna Viljakainen 2023 Elgar Encyclopedia of Services

Towards Sustainable Manufacturing

Karoliina Salminen, Anna Viljakainen, Riikka Virkkunen, Heli Helaakoski, Asko Kokkonen, Jane Celma Vita Costa, Petteri Alahuhta 2022
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