Helleke Heikkinen

Helleke is an assistant professor in supply chain management & social responsibility at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki.

She does research on sustainable supply chains, the circular economy, cities, and last-mile logistics. She is currently also looking into topics related to comprehensive security, resilience, and supply security (huoltovarmuus). Her theoretical specialty is paradox theory and its ontological questions.

Helleke's background is in business and the startup world. Before joining academia, she worked within and with tech companies, first building up the support and e-commerce section at the SW company Jolla, then opening the office of the Swedish startup Fundera in Finland, and then matching innovative companies with funding at the Finnish Business Angels Network. During her three years in Berlin, I did business development consulting and worked with key accounts at Honeypot.