Studia Generalia: From linear to circular economy: Circular, low carbon business perspective

The Sustainability Transformation Doctoral Education Pilot (SusTra) offers open Studia Generalia lectures in autumn 2025. The best experts in the field offer the lecture series, tackling the pressing sustainability challenges we face. These 14 online lectures will provide impactful insights into creating a sustainable life and society across various domains, including work, business, leadership, administration, legislation, social imagination, well-being, and education.
These Studia Generalia lectures are based on an open Sopuli PhD course organised by SusTra Doctoral Education Pilot, a collaboration of 10 universities and Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, www.uef.fi/sustra

• Osallistu luennolle tästä: https://uef.zoom.us/j/64857640310

Mon 22.9. Leena Aarikka-Stenroos, Tampere University: From linear to circular economy: Circular, low carbon business perspective

• Theme of the lecture: As a response to climate change and other sustainability challenges, society and businesses are seeking resource efficiency and decarbonization through Circular Economy. This implies that companies, public organizations, and sectoral value chains and ecosystems need to harness circular, low carbon business models, renew their strategies and reorganize. Therefore, this lecture builds a picture of circular, low carbon business in our society in the light of relevant theoretical approaches (management, strategy, innovation, value creation, sustainability). The lecture gives also illustrative practical examples on low-carbon, circular business in different industries.
• Leena Aarikka-Stenroos is professor in industrial management at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Hervanta Campus. Her expertise is in sustainable technology business. Her research interests are on value creation and strategy in innovation and technology business, particularly in the Circular Economy and carbon management; collaboration for innovation and interplay between technology developers and stakeholders in the market; and chains and ecosystems. She collaborates actively with diverse stakeholders (companies, ministries) for the CE transition.

Further information

Responsible course leader: Professor Arto O. Salonen, UEF 

Course coordination: Research manager Meri Löyttyniemi, UEF