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Heli Nissilä is an Academy Research Fellow at the Department of Management Studies, Aalto University School of Business, specializing in organizational dynamics within sustainable energy transitions. Her work examines nascent sustainability-driven markets through theoretical frameworks including collective action, framing, and temporality as negotiated constructions during field emergence.
Her research focuses on sustainability in business, institutional theory, impact investing, solar energy adoption in Nordic contexts, and energy transition mechanisms. Using phenomenon-driven qualitative methodologies, she investigates how sustainable niches form during market emergence, with empirical work spanning residential renewable energy, impact assessment systems, and solar technology integration. Key theoretical contributions address temporality adaptation, legitimacy construction, and field-configuring events.
Analysis of her publications reveals consistent exploration of renewable energy social dimensions, particularly solar adoption in Finland, and recent expansion into impact investing markets. Her work bridges organizational theory, sustainability science, and energy policy through narrative analysis and field studies, emphasizing qualitative depth over quantitative metrics.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- Academy Research Fellowship (Research Council of Finland)
She currently leads a four-year Research Council of Finland project studying impact investing market emergence and social/environmental outcome creation. Her collaborative projects include multi-institutional work on Nordic solar energy movements and renewable investment patterns during economic downturns, often involving interdisciplinary teams from energy policy and environmental science domains.
While specific lab affiliations aren't detailed, her publication patterns indicate active participation in Aalto University's sustainability research ecosystem through the Sustainability in Business research group and cross-departmental energy transition initiatives.
