About me
Lara González Porras has a Master of Science (Eco. & Bus. Admin.) from Tampere University. Currently, she is a doctoral researcher at Tampere University's Faculty of Management and Business. Her research explores stakeholder engagement in megaprojects. Lara is also interested in corporate-community relationships and sustainability. Her research goal is to stimulate the potential in business-society-nature relationships.
Responsibilities
Doctoral researcher: Stakeholder engagement in forestry megaprojects
Part-time university teacher: KAT.VAST.206 Business, society and Nature
Research topics
Stakeholder engagement, megaprojects, stakeholder relations, corporate sustainability.
Research unit
Selected publications
Gonzalez-Porras, L., Heikkinen, A., & Kujala, J. (2021). Understanding stakeholder influence: Lessons from a controversial megaproject. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 21(2-3), 191-213.
Gonzalez-Porras, L., Heikkinen, A., Kujala, J., & Tapaninaho, R. (2021). Stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions. In Research handbook of sustainability agency (pp. 214-229). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Kujala, J., Heikkinen, A., Tapaninaho, R., Marjamaa, M., & Porras, L. G. (2019). Stakeholder interests in a transition towards sustainable circular economy. In Sustainable business and competitive strategies, retail industry and e-marketing (pp. 72-83). Bloomsbury Publishing India.
Gonzalez-Porras, L., Heikkinen, A., & Kujala, J. (2018). Case Botnia in Uruguay: Stakeholder influence strategies. In Leveraging Human Resources for Humanizing Management Practices and Fostering Entrepreneurship (pp. 246-258). Bloomsbury Publishing India.
Salminen, H., Marjamaa, M., Tapaninaho, R., Heikkinen, A., Porras, L. G., & Kujala, J. (2020). How do stakeholders understand sustainable circular economy-consensus or contradictions?. In International Society for Circular Economy (IS4CE) Conference.