Anna Hannula

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

Senior Lecturer, Management and Organizations, 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

Teaching: 

CSR, corporate sustainability and business ethics; stakeholder management and relationships; environmental issues in business (climate change, biodiversity, urban nature); research methods

Current courses: 

KAT.003 Kauppatieteellisen tutkimuksen menetelmät (yrityksen johtaminen ja vastuullinen liiketoiminta)

LFC.340 Case study: Examining leadership and sustainability challenges

KAT.VAST.398 Vastuullisen liiketoiminnan syventävä kirjallisuus

KAT.VAST.399 Vastuullisen liiketoiminnan pro gradu -seminaari

R. Edward Freeman Journal of Business Ethics Philosophy in Practice Best Paper Award 2024

Positions in academic journals: 

Yritysetiikka (Business Ethics journal, published in Finnish), Editor-in-chief

Journal of Business Ethics, Member of the editorial review board

Business & Society, Member of the editorial review board

Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility (BEER), Member of the editorial review board

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 Organizations, School of Management, University of Tampere, 9–12/2018, 9–12/2017

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

D.Sc. in Management and Organizations, School of Management, University of Tampere, 2014

Master of Science in Management and Organizations, 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

Peer-reviewed journal articles and articles in edited books

Blomberg, A., Hannula, A. & Kujala, J. 2026. The grey zone of stakeholder engagement: Misalignment as a manifestation of greyness in stakeholder collaboration. Business Strategy and the Environment, Online First. (Open Access)

Hannula, A., Kujala, J. & Sachs, S. 2026. Stakeholder theory beyond humanism: Categorizing nonhuman nature stakeholders. Journal of Business Ethics, Online First. (Open Access)

Gulari, N., Dziuba, A., Hannula, A. & Kujala, J. 2025. Artist-led practices for the inclusion of nonhuman stakeholders. Journal of Business Ethics, 199, 231–253. (Link to article)

Hannula, A., Kujala, J. & Sachs, S. 2025. Opportunity creation with nonhuman stakeholders in ecological entrepreneurship. In Markovic, S., Lindgreen, A., Maon, F. & Sancha, C. (Eds.), The Routledge companion to responsible business. Routledge, p. 311-327. (Link to article)

Kortetmäki, T., Heikkinen, A. & Jokinen, A. 2023. Particularizing nonhuman nature in stakeholder theory: The recognition approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 185, 17–31. (Open Access )

Kujala, J., Sachs, S., Leinonen, H., Heikkinen, A. & Laude, D. 2022. Stakeholder engagement: Past, present, and future. Business & Society, 61(5), 1136–1196. (Open Access )

Tapaninaho, R. & Heikkinen, A. 2022. Value creation in circular economy business for sustainability: A stakeholder relationship perspective. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(6), 2728–2740. (Open Access)

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. pp. 214–229 (Open Access)  

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. (Open Access)

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., 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. (Link to article)

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

Books, edited books and journal special issues

Eriksson, P., Montonen, T., Laine, P.M. & Hannula, A. (Eds.). 2025. Elgar encyclopedia of innovation management. Edward Elgar Publishing. 352 pp. (Open Access)

Kujala, J., Heikkinen, A., & Blomberg, A. (Eds.) 2023) Stakeholder engagement in a sustainable circular economy: Theoretical and practical perspectives. Springer Nature. (Open Access)

Kudłak, R., Barkemeyer, R., Preuss, L., & Heikkinen, A. (Eds.) 2022. The impact of corporate social responsibility: Corporate activities, the environment and society. Taylor & Francis (Open Access)

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