Doctoral researcher Margot Rocheteau, who majors in supply chain management and social responsibility, will defend the doctoral thesis”Circular economy in humanitarian supply chains through waste reduction and management”.

Doctoral researcher Claire Travers, who majors in supply chain management and social responsibility, will defend the doctoral thesis “Local Humanitarian Procurement: leveraging social capital in humanitarian supply networks for community resilience”.

Doctoral researcher Nana Appiah-Dwomoh who majors in management and organisation will defend the doctoral thesis ”Employee Sensemaking of Human Resource Management Practices and Work-Related Wellbeing”.

Doctoral researcher Rakshya Bhattarai who majors in management and organisation will defend the doctoral thesis ”The Participation Game: Designing Participatory Budgeting with Gamification and Public Value for Meaningful Engagement”.

Doctoral researcher Inkeri Tanhua who majors in management and organisation will defend the doctoral thesis ”(Re)producing occupational segregation: Discourses and experiences of exclusion in vocational education”.

Doctoral researcher Tiina Jääskeläinen who majors in management and organisation will defend the doctoral thesis ”Strategic Production of Conflicts on Indigeneity: Dynamics between Land Use Intensification, Indigenisation and Self-Indigenisation”.

Doctoral researcher Olga Novikova who majors in management and organisation will defend the doctoral thesis ”To Share or Not to Share? Essays on Business Model Transformation, Ubuntu and the Practices of the Sharing Economy”.

Doctoral researcher Stefan Santokhie who majors in management and organisation will defend the doctoral thesis ”Human Resource Management (HRM), Employee Well-being and Performance: Empirical, Conceptual and Meta-Analytic Essays”.

Doctoral researcher Sonja Saari who majors in supply chain management and social responsibility will defend the doctoral thesis ”Making it Greener While Keeping it Cold: Sustainable Energy Services for a Humanitarian Medical Cold Chain”.

Doctoral researcher Joosua Virtanen who majors in economics will defend the doctoral thesis ”Essays on microeconomic prediction problems: with applications to firm growth and public procurement”.

Doctoral researcher Anna Hiltunen who majors in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility will defend the doctoral thesis ”Another man's treasure: Non-profit organisations and reverse supply chains for textile circularity”.

Doctoral researcher Jonas Gustafsson who majors in finance will defend the doctoral thesis ”Essays on Supply-Chain Shocks and Financing”.

Doctoral researcher Steven Schoenmaker who majors in marketing will defend the doctoral thesis “Essays on (un)sustainable consumer behavior: The contexts of grocery-retailing, food consumption and travel”.

Welcome to the first CERS Research Seminar of 2025, featuring two presentations. First, our guest, Professor Ingo Karpen. Following that, Maik Grimberg will present his work, with Ingo Karpen serving as the opponent. The seminar will take place on February 3, from 13:00 to 15:00, in room G226f (2nd floor, Arkadia 28 building).

Assembling green extractivism: The legitimization of lithium mining in the context of the global energy transition

Doctoral researcher Qinglan Huang who majors in Accounting will defend the doctoral thesis "Exploring Mandatory Sustainability Reporting in China: Economic Implications and Regulatory Effectiveness".

Doctoral researcher Maria Wang who majors in Economics will defend the doctoral thesis "Essays on the competitiveness impacts of environmental and industrial policies".

Doctoral researcher Sigge Birkenfalk who majors in Marketing will defend the doctoral thesis "Budskapsfabriken – dominerande teorier och synsätt på marknadskommunikation".

Doctoral researcher Helleke Heikkinen who majors in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility will defend the doctoral thesis "Last but not Least: A Paradoxical Sustainability Exploration in Last Mile Delivery and City Logistics".

Tune in with Ketki Kulkarni, Postdoctoral Researcher at HUMLOG Institute, and Tamara Kirkwood-Wright, Doctoral Researcher at Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, Hanken School of Economics, to learn about resilience and sustainability through multimodality on freight transport.

Tune in with Ketki Kulkarni, Postdoctoral Researcher at HUMLOG Institute, and Tamara Kirkwood-Wright, Doctoral Researcher at Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility, Hanken School of Economics, to learn about resilience and sustainability through multimodality on freight transport.

The seminar is moderated by Nikodemus Solitander, Associate Dean of Sustainability at Hanken School of Economics. The speakers include Shadia Rask, PhD, visiting researcher at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Liisa Husu, Senior Professor at Örebro University and affiliated scholar at Hanken School of Economics, and Hisayo Katsui, Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Helsinki. There will be a Q&A session after the opening statements. We look forward to seeing you there!

The seminar is moderated by Nikodemus Solitander, Associate Dean of Sustainability at Hanken School of Economics. The speakers include Shadia Rask, PhD, visiting researcher at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Liisa Husu, Senior Professor at Örebro University and affiliated scholar at Hanken School of Economics, and Hisayo Katsui, Professor in Disability Studies at the University of Helsinki. There will be a Q&A session after the opening statements. We look forward to seeing you there!

Doctoral researcher Alexander Back who majors in finance will defend the doctoral thesis "Essays on volatility modeling".

Doctoral researcher Wuraola Falana who majors in marketing will defend the doctoral thesis "Brand spillover effects of unconventional innovations".

Doctoral researcher Moses Osofero who majors in entrepreneurship, management and organisation will defend the doctoral thesis "Understanding entrepreneurship in the informal economy: Theories, justifications, and motivations".

Doctoral researcher Sinh Thoi Mai will defend the doctoral thesis "Essays on Monetary Policy Shocks and Firm Strategic Response: Applications of Machine Learning Methods".

Doctoral researcher Kaisa Penttilä will defend the doctoral thesis "Microfoundations of Strategizing in Transforming Business Ecosystems: A sensemaking approach".

Doctoral researcher Jori Grym will defend the doctoral thesis "Judging Decisions Essays on moral judgement and ethical decisions in the context of tax morale".

Qinglan Huang, doctoral researcher at the department of accounting and commercial law, will present her research titled: 'Exploring Mandatory Sustainability Reporting in China: Economic Implications and Regulatory Effectiveness'

Qinglan Huang, doktorand vid institutionen för redovisning och handelsrätt, presenterar sin forskning med titeln: 'Exploring Mandatory Sustainability Reporting in China: Economic Implications and Regulatory Effectiveness'

Doctoral student Qifeng Yan will defend the doctoral thesis "Mitigating the Mutual Impacts between Climate Change and Humanitarian Supply Chains" in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility.

Doctoral student Trang Thi Quynh Dinh will defend the doctoral thesis "Essays of Enduring in Entrepreneurship" in Entreneurship, Management and Organisation.

Doctoral student Ali Malik will defend the doctoral thesis "Essays on the Impact of Policy Uncertainty on the Financial Markets" in Finance.

Doctoral student Aaron Afzali will defend the doctoral thesis "Essays on the impact of board composition on financial reporting quality, corporate social responsibility, and tournament incentives".

Doctoral student Lidan Zhang will defend her doctoral thesis in Finance "Exploring the Financial Landscape of China: Political Connections, Geopolitical Uncertainty and Renminbi Internationalization".

Doctoral student Natalia Fey will defend the doctoral thesis "Advancing coaching for leadership development: Coaching as an enabler of learning and well-being in local and global organizations".

Doctoral student Félicia Saïah will defend the doctoral thesis "Process modularity in humanitarian supply chains" in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility.

Doctoral student Lena Jungell will defend the doctoral thesis "Family Governance: Managing dispersed ownership within the owner family through procedural justice" in Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation.

Doctoral student Eva Nilsson will defend the doctoral thesis "Making gains from ‘good oppressors’. Global South states contesting, instrumentalising and negotiating responsible business in the UN and Tanzania" in Management and Organisation.

Doctoral student Fares Khalil defend the doctoral thesis in marketing "Every Piece Matters: Technology and Service Integration for Individual Empowerment".

Doctoral student Susanna Bairoh will defend the doctoral thesis in management and organisation "The Gender(ed) Gap(s) in STEM: Explaining the persistent underrepresentation of women in STEM careers".

Doctoral student Gustav Finne will defend the doctoral thesis in Finance "Essays on Asset Pricing and Corporate QE".

Doctoral student Russell Harpring will defend the doctoral thesis in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility "Cash and Voucher Assistance in Humanitarian Contexts: Supply Chain Determinants for Feasibility and Operability".

Doctoral student Anna Maaranen will defend the doctoral thesis in Managemnet and Organisation "Socio-technological encounters and new discursive dynamics in social media spaces ".

Doctoral student Anna Dziuba will defend the doctoral thesis in Management and Organisation "Coping With Managerialism and Instrumentalism in Academic Work: Acquiring Emotional Competence, Developing Creative Ideas, and Finding Meaning"

Doctoral student Valeria Penttinen will defend the doctoral thesis in Marketing: "Marketing in the Rise of Online Data - Dealing with the Shifts in Firm-Consumer Information Asymmetry".

Doctoral student Jukka Kettunen will defend the doctoral thesis in Accounting "On the Costs, Benefits and Externalities of Mandatory CSR Disclosure Laws".

Doctoral student Pekka Buttler will defend the doctoral thesis in Management and organisation: "Project concepts, project concept design, and other topics affecting the front-end of projects".

Doctoral student Hannu Tikkanen will defend the doctoral thesis in Marketing "I Would Walk 10 000 Steps: The Role of Smart Technology Services in Responsibilisation of Consumer Well-Being".

Doctoral student Ecaterina Vozian will defend the doctoral thesis in Economics "Understanding financial stability: climate-related considerations and financial markets operations".

Doctoral student Sebastian Schauman will defend the doctoral thesis in Marketing "Meaningfulness and the Significance of Things - An Exploration of Meaningful Consumer-Object Relations".

Doctoral student Alexis Stevenson will defend the doctoral thesis in Economics "Essays on the Economics of Patents Measuring the value of patents using renewal information".

Doctoral student Ville Savolainen will defend the doctoral thesis in Finance "Theoretical Essays in Blockchain Economics and Asset Pricing".

Doctoral student Ira Chatterjee will defend the doctoral thesis in Entrepreneurship, management and organisation "Social Change and Wellbeing: Perspectives of Women Entrepreneurs in a Social Entrepreneurship Program".

Doctoral student Sonja Sarasvuo will defend the doctoral thesis in Marketing "Coherence or diversity in corporate identity? – Varying perceptions of the company as sources for corporate branding"

Doctoral student Maria Sandberg will defend the doctoral thesis in Marketing "Sufficiency Transitions. Realizing Consumption Changes for Environmental Sustainability"

Doctoral student Henrik Keinonen will defend the doctoral thesis in Entrepreneurship and Management "Essays on agency problems in entrepreneurial ventures and publicly listed companies"

Doctoral student Canelia Wessman will defend the doctoral thesis in Commercial Law "Jämställdhetsplanen – ett redskap för att främja jämställdheten? En jämförande rättslig analys av jämställdhetsplanering i arbetslivet som medel för att uppnå jämställdhetslagens mål".

Doctoral student Jagat Kunwar will defend the doctoral thesis in Management and Organisation "Breaking Free of the Binary. Gender habitus, heteronormative domination, and classificatory struggles".

Doctoral student Mikko Antikainen will defend the doctoral thesis in Commercial Law "Surviving Technological Change - Towards More Coherent Regulation of Digital Creativity Through EU Copyright and Design Law".

Doctoral student Isabell Storsjö will defend the doctoral thesis in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility "Supply chains for societal outcomes".

Doctoral student Virva Tuomala will defend the doctoral thesis in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility ¨Urban food security at the intersection of retail supply chain management and development studies¨

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Doctoral student Arafat Rahman will defend the doctoral thesis in Marketing: "Whence the well-being of individuals? Organizational roles of a transformative service provider in a healthcare setting".

Doctoral student Meri-Maaria Frig will defend the doctoral thesis in Marketing: "Mediated business sustainability communication for a better world".

Doctoral student Heidi Herlin will defend the doctoral thesis in Supply chain management and social responsibility "Cross-sector partnerships between companies and not-for-profit organizations within corporate social responsibility: Aspects of legitimacy".

Doctoral student Caroline Sundgren will defend the doctoral thesis in Supply chain management and social responsibility "Supply Chain Structures Promoting Development of Sustainable Supply Chains: The Case of Surplus Food Recovery".

Doctoral student Lauri Storbacka will defend the doctoral thesis in Management and Organisation: "THE ART OF KNOWING - An ethnography inside a financial services organization".

Doctoral student Linda Annala Tesfaye will defend the doctoral thesis in Supply Chain Management and Social responsibility: "Global Thirst for Governing Water: Technologies, Innovations and Drinking Water Governance in India and Ethiopia¨

Doctoral student Mirja Kaarlela will defend the doctoral thesis in Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation ¨Individual perceptions of value and value creation: The human side of the board of directors of the entrepreneurial growth company¨

Doctoral student Yewondwossen Tesfaye Gemechu will defend the doctoral thesis in Supply Chain Management and Social responsibility: "Neoliberalism in everyday governmentality: The conduct of rural drinking water and rainwater practices".

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Doctoral student Mikaela Krohn defends her doctoral thesis in Management and Organisation : ¨What are you looking at?! Online video as visual strategic organizational communication¨

Doctoral student Michaela Lipkin defends her doctoral thesis in marketing: ¨Exploring customer experiences with smart self-service. A customer ecosystem approach¨

Doctoral student Mansoor Afzali defends his doctoral thesis in accounting on the thesis "Essays on the Role of Social Networks and Social Capital in Accounting and Finance"

Doctoral student Cenyu Shen defends her doctoral thesis in Information Systems Science: "A study of three alternative open access publishing models".

Doctoral student Daniil Pokidko defends his doctoral thesis in Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation on the thesis "Experiential Learning through the Lens of Dual Process Theory: Exploring the Power of Personal Likes and Dislikes in the Context of Entrepreneurship Education"

Doctoral student Eija Meriläinen defends her doctoral thesis in Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility: Urban Disaster Governance Resilience and Rights in the Unequal City

Doctoral student Marja-Leena Sarvikivi defends her doctoral thesis in marketing: "Reklam och marknadsföringstänkande i Finland. Varuhuset Stockmanns annonsering under 100 år". The doctoral defence will be held in Swedish.

Doctoral student Apramey Dube defends his doctoral thesis in marketing:

¨Service Experience in Customers’ Everyday Contexts. An Investigation of Customers’ Experiences from Using Smartphone Apps¨

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