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R. Edward Freeman Journal of Business Ethics Philosophy in Practice Best Paper Award 2024 

Tehtävät tieteellisissä journaaleissa: 

Yritysetiikka, päätoimittaja

Journal of Business Ethics, Member of the editorial review board

Business & Society, Member of the editorial review board

Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility (BEER), Member of the editorial review board

Peer-reviewed journal articles and articles in edited books

Blomberg, A., Hannula, A. & Kujala, J. 2026. The grey zone of stakeholder engagement: Misalignment as a manifestation of greyness in stakeholder collaboration. Business Strategy and the Environment, Online First. (Open Access)

Hannula, A., Kujala, J. & Sachs, S. 2026. Stakeholder theory beyond humanism: Categorizing nonhuman nature stakeholders. Journal of Business Ethics, Online First. (Open Access)

Gulari, N., Dziuba, A., Hannula, A. & Kujala, J. 2025. Artist-led practices for the inclusion of nonhuman stakeholders. Journal of Business Ethics, 199, 231–253. (Link to article)

Hannula, A., Kujala, J. & Sachs, S. 2025. Opportunity creation with nonhuman stakeholders in ecological entrepreneurship. In Markovic, S., Lindgreen, A., Maon, F. & Sancha, C. (Eds.), The Routledge companion to responsible business. Routledge, p. 311-327. (Link to article)

Kortetmäki, T., Heikkinen, A. & Jokinen, A. 2023. Particularizing nonhuman nature in stakeholder theory: The recognition approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 185, 17–31. (Open Access )

Kujala, J., Sachs, S., Leinonen, H., Heikkinen, A. & Laude, D. 2022. Stakeholder engagement: Past, present, and future. Business & Society, 61(5), 1136–1196. (Open Access )

Tapaninaho, R. & Heikkinen, A. 2022. Value creation in circular economy business for sustainability: A stakeholder relationship perspective. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(6), 2728–2740. (Open Access)

Blomberg, A., Heikkinen, A. & Kujala, J. 2021. Sidosryhmävuorovaikutus kestävän liiketoiminnan mahdollistajana [Stakeholder engagement in sustainable business]. In Eräranta, K. & Penttilä, V. (Eds.) Vastuullinen viestintä. Helsinki: ProComma Academic. pp. 60–75. (Open Access)  

Gonzalez-Porras, L., Heikkinen, A., Kujala, J. & Tapaninaho, R. 2021. Stakeholder engagement in sustainability transitions. In Teerikangas, S., Onkila, T., Koistinen, K. & Mäkelä, M. (Eds.) Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 214–229 (Open Access)  

Mattila, M., Mesiranta, N. & Heikkinen, A. 2020. Platform-based sustainable business models: Reducing food waste in food services. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 24(4/5), 249–265. (Open Access)

Heikkinen, A., Mäkelä, H., Kujala, J., Nieminen, J., Jokinen, A. & Rekola, H. 2019. Urban ecosystem services and stakeholders: Towards a sustainable capability approach. In Bonnedahl, K. J. & Heikkurinen, P. (eds.) Strongly Sustainable Societies. Organising Human Activities on a Hot and Full Earth. New York, NY: Routledge, 116-133 (Open Access )

Heikkinen, A., Kujala, J., Laine, M. & Mäkelä, H. 2017. Discourse analysis as a method for business ethics and corporate responsibility research. In Werhane, P. H., Freeman, R. E. & Dmytriyev, S. (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Research Approaches to Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 138–153. (Link to article)

Kujala, J., Heikkinen, A. & Lehtimäki, H. 2012. Understanding the nature of stakeholder relationships: An empirical examination of a conflict situation. Journal of Business Ethics, 109(1), 53–65. (Link to article)

Books, edited books and journal special issues

Eriksson, P., Montonen, T., Laine, P.M. & Hannula, A. (Eds.). 2025. Elgar encyclopedia of innovation management. Edward Elgar Publishing. 352 pp. (Open Access)

Kujala, J., Heikkinen, A., & Blomberg, A. (Eds.) 2023) Stakeholder engagement in a sustainable circular economy: Theoretical and practical perspectives. Springer Nature. (Open Access)

Kudłak, R., Barkemeyer, R., Preuss, L., & Heikkinen, A. (Eds.) 2022. The impact of corporate social responsibility: Corporate activities, the environment and society. Taylor & Francis (Open Access)

Närvänen, E., Mesiranta, N., Mattila, M. & Heikkinen, A. (Eds). 2020. Food Waste Management: Solving the Wicked Problem. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan

Jokinen, A. & Heikkinen, A. (Eds.). 2019. Special issue: Luontopohjaiset ratkaisut [Nature-based solutions]. Alue ja Ympäristö, 48(2). 

Kangas, A., Kujala, J., Heikkinen, A., Lönnqvist, A., Laihonen, H., & Bethwaite, J. (Eds.) 2019. Leading Change in a Complex World: Transdisciplinary Perspectives. Tampere: Tampere University Press (Open Access )

Heikkinen, A. 2014. Discursive Constructions of Climate Change Engagement in Business Organisations. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1996. Tampere: Tampere University Press. 167 pp. ISBN 978-951-44-9633-2 Doctoral dissertation   

Centre for Social and Environmental Accountability Research: Executive Council Co-Convenor 2023- (member 2007-)

European Accounting Review: Co-Editior 2024-2027

European Accounting Association: Standing Scientific Committee Member 2019-2024

European Accounting Association: Conference Committee Chair 2015-2021

European Accounting Association: Management Committee Member 2020-2021

Social and Environmental Accountability Journal: Co-Editor 2016-2019

Editorial Board member for several journals, including Accounting, Organizations and Society, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal and Critical Perspectives on Accounting.

Selected publications:

Laine, M. & Tregidga, H. (2026). Sustainability Accounting and Accountability. 4th Ed. Routledge.

Laine, M. (2024). Accounting, reporting and verification of impact: Implications for sustainability: A commentary on Adams et al. (2023) “Styles of verification and the pursuit of organisational repair: The case of social impact”. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 101540.

Bebbington, J., Laine, M., Larrinaga, C. & Michelon, G. (2023). Environmental Accounting in the European Accounting Review: A Reflection. European Accounting Review, 32(5), 1107-1128. 

Correa, C., Laine, M. & Larrinaga, C. (2023). Taking the world seriously: Autonomy, reflexivity and engagement research in social and environmental accounting. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 102554.

Laine, M., Tregidga, H. & Unerman, J. (2022). Sustainability Accounting and Accountability. 3rd Ed. Routledge.

Järvinen, J., Laine, M., Hyvönen, T. & Kantola, H. (2022). Just Look at the Numbers: A Case Study on Quantification in Corporate Environmental Disclosures. Journal of Business Ethics, 175, 23-44.

Tregidga H. & Laine, M. (2022). On crisis and emergency. Is it time to rethink long-term environmental accounting. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 82, 102311. 

Laine, M., Scobie, M., Sorola, M. & Tregidga, H. (2020). Special Issue Editorial: Social and Environmental Account/Ability 2020 and Beyond. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 40(1), 1-22.

André, K., Cho. C.H. & Laine, M. (2018). Reference points for measuring social performance: A case study of a social business venture. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(5), 660-678.

Vinnari, E. & Laine, M. (2017). The moral mechanism of counter accounts: The case of industrial animal production. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 57, 1-17.

Ylönen M. & Laine M. (2015). “For logistical reasons only? A case study of tax planning and corporate social responsibility reporting”. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 33, 5-23.

Cho C.H., Laine M., Roberts R.W. and Rodrigue M. (2015). “Organized Hypocrisy, Organizational Façades, and Sustainability Reporting”. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 40(1), 78-94.

Albu, N., Albu, C.N., Apostol, O. and Cho, C. (2021), The past is never dead: the role of imprints in shaping social and environmental reporting in a post-communist context. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 34(5), 1109-1136.

Apostol, O., Mäkelä, M., Heikkilä, K., Höyssä, K., Jokinen, L. and Saarni, J. (2021), Triggering sustainability communication in a B2B context: combining action research and sensemaking. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 34(4), 849-876.

Apostol, O. & Pop, A. (2019), ‘Paying taxes is losing money’: A qualitative study on institutional logics in the tax consultancy field in Romania, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 58, 1-23.

Apostol, O. (2015), A project for Romania? The role of the civil society’s counter-accounts in facilitating democratic change in society, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 28(2), 210–241.

Apostol, O. and Näsi, S. (2014), Firm - employee relationships from a social responsibility perspective: Developments from communist thinking to market ideology in Romania. A mass media story, Journal of Business Ethics, 119(3), 301–315.

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• Accounting, accountability and animals: Negotiating the promises and pitfalls of quantification

Recent publications:

Mäkelä, H., Apostol, O. & Vinnari, E. (forthcoming). Coping with cognitive dissonance in critical environmental accounting research and education. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 

Vinnari, E. (forthcoming). Treading on a tightrope: balancing the roles of an academic activist. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969160X.2025.2546882

Kingston, K., Luke, B. & Vinnari, E. (2025). Understanding beneficiary evaluative capacity within nonprofit organisations through an immanent perspective. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 38(2), 643-673. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-02-2024-6906

Apostol, O., Mäkelä, H. & Vinnari, E. (2023). Cultural sustainability and the construction of (in)commensurability: cultural heritage at the Roşia Montană mining site. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 97, 102577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2023.102577

Lukka, K., Modell, S. and Vinnari, E. (2022). Exploring the “theory is king” thesis in accounting research: the case of actor-network theory. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 35(9), 136-167.

Vinnari, E. & Vinnari, M. (2022). Making the invisibles visible: including animals in sustainability (and) accounting. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 82, 102324.

Vinnari, E., Baxter, J. & Chua, W.F. (2022). Accounting, accountability and animals. Editorial. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 84, paper 102412.

Vinnari, E. (2021). Animals, activists and accounting: On confronting an intellectual dead end. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, 41(3), 194-200.

Peda, P. & Vinnari, E. (2020). The discursive legitimation of profit in public-private service delivery. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2019.06.002

Dillard, J. & Vinnari, E. (2019). Critical dialogic accountability: From accounting-based accountability to accountability-based accounting. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 62, 16-38.