The University of Eastern Finland’s Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy (UEF CECE) is celebrating its third anniversary, marking a period of remarkable growth, vibrant collaboration, and concrete societal impact. Since its establishment, CECE has evolved into a multidisciplinary hub uniting researchers from the Business School, Law School, and Geographical and Historical Studies within UEF […]

Ville-Veikko Piispanen’s blog text on the intersection of digitalization and sustainability. What we learned from studying an industrial front-runners? Across industries, two major forces are reshaping how companies operate: digitalization and sustainability. Traditionally, organisations have treated these as separate strategic tracks one focused on efficiency and automation, the other on climate goals, circularity, and social […]

Ville-Veikko Piispanen’s blog text on sustainable startups. Sustainable startups often step into markets that seem unwelcoming at best and hostile at worst. Customers hesitate, regulations lag behind, and established players hold tight to old habits. Still, these entrepreneurs move forward with determination. In our recent research by Ville-Veikko Piispanen, Hanna Lehtimäki and Kaisa Henttonen Navigating […]