FUNDED RESEARCH
Project name: MILESTONE (Making Circular Economy Socially Inclusive Through Entrepreneurship)
Role: Principal investigator and Academy Research Fellow
Grant awarding agency: Academy of Finland
Grant amount: € 248 060
Start and end dates: 01/09/2022 – 31/08/2025
Role in grant application: Sole grant writer and applicant
Collaborators: Prof. Hanna Lehtimäki, UEF Business School; Prof. Rauno Sairinen, Department of Environmental Policy, UEF; Prof. David Murillo, Institute of Social Innovation, ESADE Business School; Prof. Erik Hansen, Institute of Integrated Quality Design, Johannes Kepler University.
About project: The project aims to create a framework on how sustainability-driven social businesses and start-ups innovatively combine social and environmental sustainability in circular economy.
2. Mobility grant: Grant from Paulon Säätiö for post-doctoral research mobility, € 7000 (2024)
3. Project name: CESMI (Circular Economy Solutions for Microplastics), Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2024
Role: Work Package Leader/Co-Investigator
Principal investigator: Prof. Hanna Lehtimäki, Business School, UEF
Grant awarding agency: FICORE (Finland India Cooperation for Research & Education), Ministry of Education and Culture
Grant amount: € 70 000 (series 1 funding for 2022) + € 64 000 (series 2 funding for 2023 & 2024)
Start and end dates: 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2024
Role in grant application: Joint writing with PI on the work package related to the business and society aspects
About project: Multi-disciplinary research cooperation between UEF, University of Tamper, and three IITs in India, to study the microplastic and plastic pollution challenge, and how to address it with scientific techniques and circular economy solutions connecting business and society.
4. Project name: TRANSSITioN (Transforming Cold Food Chains in India through Space Science and Technologies)
Role: Work Package Leader/Co-Investigator
Principal investigators: Prof. (Dr.) Sonal Choudhary, Sheffield Management School, University of Sheffield, UK; Dr. Bryan Shaughnessy, Programme Director, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK
Grant awarding agency: STFC-GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund), UK
Grant amount: € 840 000
Start and end dates: 01/10/2019 – 31/01/2021
Role in grant application: Joint writing with PI on the work package related to business model and policy
About project: Multi-disciplinary research cooperation between academic and industry partners in India and the UK, identifying innovation systems solutions, sustainable business model implementations, and policy recommendations, for reducing post-farm food loss and waste.
5. Mobility grant: Grant from EDUFI (Finnish National Agency for Education) for visiting PhD researcher mobility from India to Finland, € 7500 (2017-2018)