Adeepa Chandrawansa’s student blog text from Master’s degree programme of Sustainability Leadership. My professional life revolved around quality management, operational efficiency, financial performance, customer satisfaction and strategic management for more than a decade. With an Entrepreneurship and Management bachelor’s degree along with 11 years professional experience in the Revenue Cycle management industry , I expertise […]

Summary: This article examines the role of Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Intelligence as a method of inquiry and thematic analysis of sustainability and circular economy research. This paper also discussed how these methods were used in the launch of UEF CECE. Usefulness of the results: This article presents the Appreciative Inquiry and Appreciative Intelligence methods for organizational […]

Summary: The article explores how socio-cultural and spatial trajectories shape industrial circular economy (CE) ecosystems by integrating economic geography with CE research to understand the contextual factors influencing CE development. The study employed a qualitative case study approach, focusing on the regional electric vehicle battery metal ecosystem in Finland, where researchers analyzed complex regional factors governing […]

Summary: This article is related to my dissertation that studied the worker social practices during early stage innovation of a complex medical device. This topic was studied as a longitudinal, at-home ethnography with multiple methods of data gathering. The research provided an ethnography of the site and participants. Additionally, the analysis demonstrated how four philosophically bound […]

Summary: The dissertation studied the early paths of multistakeholder innovation. It examined the expectations of private and public sector stakeholders regarding the future of personalized medicine in Finland. The research provides a rich, data-driven analysis of the nuanced process in which stakeholder interests and values shape the potential future paths of multistakeholder innovation. The results show […]

Summary: This dissertation explores the role of storytelling in fostering multistakeholder innovation, using an antenarrative approach. Through qualitative research on personalized medicine in Finland from a business perspective, it found that storytelling is used to align diverse stakeholder interests and anticipate future paths of multistakeholder innovation. This work brings value for those studying systemic and sustainable […]