Marileena Mäkelä
DI, KTM
sustainability, sustainability reporting, sustainability and employees
I have Master's Degrees in Engineering (2002, majoring in occupational safety engineering) and in Economics (2009, majoring in corporate environmental management). Currently (2019) I'm finishing my Doctoral studies with the topic of environmental reporting in the Finnish forest industry.
I have worked in Tampere University of Technology (2002-2007). There I studied occupational safety engineering and tought environmental management. Since 2007, I have worked in Turku School of Economics in Finland Futures Research Centre.
I have worked in Turku School of Economics since 2007. My research interests are in corporate sustainability. Most of my studies have focused on either environmental or sustainability reporting in different companies. Also, I'm interested in employees perspectives on sustainability. I have published my research in journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Business Strategy and the Environment and Forest Policy and Economics.
I'm responsible for two course in Turku School of Economics, namely Responsible Business: An Introduction and Global Responsible Business. Also, in Tampere University of Applied Sciences, I'm responsible for the course of Risk Assessment and Management. In addition, I give visiting lectures of corporate environmental management in Tampere University of Technology and of futures research in Turku School of Economics. In addition, I have given executive lectures in the field of risk management in Aalto Pro and in sustainability reporting in Turku School of Economics. I have vocational teacher qualifications from Tampere University of Applied Sciences.
- Transitioning to the circular economy: shifting from a technical to a cultural perspective (2022) Social and Cultural Aspects of the Circular Economy: toward solidarity and inclusivity Mäkilä Marileena, Onkila Tiina, Teerikangas Satu, Sarja Milla, Valkjärvi Mira, Koistinen Katariina
- Tulevaisuuskuvat: merkitykset, roolit ja käyttötavat tulevaisuudentutkimuksessa (2022) Tulevaisuudentutkimus tutuksi – Perusteita ja menetelmiä Mäkelä Marileena, Karjalainen Joni, Parkkinen Marjukka
- Considering sustainability in cruise vessel design and construction based on existing sustainability certification systems (2020)
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Futures images of woodchips as an energy source in Finland (2020)
- Futures
- The past, present and future of environmental reporting in the Finnish forest industry (2020) Mäkelä Marileena
- A literature review of Circular Economy obstacles and catalysts in organizations
(Esitys Corporate Responsibility Research Conferencessa, Tampere, 11.-13.9. 2019) (2019) Milla Sarja, Tiina Onkila, Marileena Mäkelä - Forward-looking sustainability collaboration within a shipbuilding network
(Paper presented in Corporate Responsibility Research Conference CRRC 2019, Tampere Finland) (2019) Leena Jokinen, Marileena Mäkelä, Helka Kalliomäki, Katariina Heikkilä, Oana Apostol, Jouni Saarni, Tuire Palonen - Sustainability agency: actors attributes and strategies- a systematic review of CSR literature
(Esitys Corporate Responsibility Research Conferencessa, Tampere 12.-13.9. 2019) (2019) Tiina Onkila, Satu Teerikangas, Marileena Mäkelä, Katariina Koistinen - Sustainability in shipbuilding: Observations from project-oriented supply network in cruise ship construction (2019) Jouni Saarni, Katariina Heikkilä, Helka Kalliomäki, Marileena Mäkelä, Leena Jokinen, Oana Apostol
- The debate regarding agents and sustainability transitions – review of the literature
(Esitys Corporate Responsibility Research Conferencessa, Tampere 12.-13.9. 2019) (2019) Katariina Koistinen, Satu Teerikangas, Tiina Onkila, Marileena Mäkelä



