Sanna Lehtinen

Sanna Lehtinen (PhD 2015, Univ. of Helsinki) is a Senior University Lecturer in the Transdisciplinary Art Studies unit (TAITE) at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. She has also the title of a Docent of Aesthetics at the University of Helsinki. Sanna's research focuses on philosophical and applied aesthetics, specifically in the context of urban and environmental issues. Her current research interests include aesthetic sustainability, transgenerational aesthetics, and aesthetics of new urban technologies. Sanna’s publications include journal articles published in Open Philosophy, Essays in Philosophy, Philosophical Inquiries, Sustainability Science, and Behaviour & Information Technology, invited articles in edited volumes published by Routledge, Bloomsbury, Springer, and Oxford University Press, as well as editing special issues for Environmental Values, Contemporary Aesthetics, ESPES, East Asian Journal of Philosophy, and Open Philosophy. Sanna was the President of the Finnish Society for Aesthetics and a Delegate in the Executive Committee of the International Association of Aesthetics in 2019–21. She was a Codirector in the Board of the international Philosophy of the City Research Group (PotC) in 2019–24. She is currently an affiliate member in 4TU. Centre for Ethics and Technology (NL). Sanna co-founded Philosophy of the City Jounal (Groningen University Press) and was its Co-Editor-in-Chief in 2022–25. Currently she is a member of the editorial board of ESPES and the Assistant Editor of Contemporary Aesthetics. Sanna teaches c. 5 courses annually at Aalto ARTS and advises Doctoral and Master's level students at Aalto ARTS and at the University of Helsinki.