1. The nuanced examination of workers in organizations
2. Ontological assumptions and examinations of the workplace
3. Practice orientations
4. Navigation of the enactments in the field: Ethnographic vignettes form the field of medical device development
5. Model and frameworks for social practice trades
6. Looking back, going forward
Biography
Kristina Leppälä is a post-doctoral researcher affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland Business School. Her current research primarily concentrates on the navigation and enactments of sustainability and the circular economy. Her research interests include practice theoretical approaches to multi-actor collaboration, materials, technology, and industrial transitions towards sustainability. Leppälä joined academia after a long career in the high-tech industrial sector. Leppälä is affiliated with the Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy, based in Finland. She has been a visiting researcher at Exeter University (UK) and twice to Stanford University's Institute for Research on the Social Sciences (IRiSS) (USA), the latter as a Fulbright Finland scholar (2025). She serves on many boards and is frequently a visiting speaker at academic of public events. Leppälä has made her home in Finland for decades, and maintains close ties to the US where she was born and raised.
