Kristina Leppälä

Kristina Leppälä is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the Business School at the University of Eastern Finland since 2022. Her research focuses on practitioner logics, co-creation, and sustainability transitions using qualitative methodologies and practice theory.

• Current Projects: Circular Economy Skill Development (CE4ALL), LeadSus (Sustainability Leadership), PlasticsCircularity
• Research Groups: Innovation Management (INNO), Sustainable Innovation Lab, Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy

Her work explores social practices in technology innovation and microplastics and health, with a focus on ethnography and trust dynamics in organizational settings. Recent publications analyze resistive workplace humor, medical algorithm innovation, and strategic ecosystems for circular plastics.

Key trends in her publications include qualitative trust studies, sustainability leadership, and workplace ethnography applied to engineering, healthcare, and environmental policy.

Kristina participates in doctoral education (e.g., FINT 2023 workshop) and contributes to conference proceedings on sustainable resource societies.