Description
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this open access edited collection is to discuss the role and importance of stakeholder engagement in a sustainable circular economy from multiple theoretical and practical perspectives. Developing and maintaining a circular economy is an essential step to a more environmentally friendly and socially inclusive society. In addition to redesigning products and business models to minimise waste and increase the reuse of materials, a transition towards a sustainable circular economy requires collaboration and co-operation between various stakeholders from all parts of society. An international team of contributors explore how stakeholder engagement can foster and support sustainable change, assessing current literature and laying out guidance for future study. The collection is of interest to academics and students of sustainability management and sustainable business models, stakeholder theory and practice, and the circular economy.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Authors: Johanna Kujala, Anna Heikkinen, Annika Blomberg
In the introductory chapter, the concepts of stakeholder engagement and circular economy are presented and discussed. Next, previous research on the intersection of stakeholder engagement and circular economy research is discussed. Finally, a framework for the book is presented along with a synthesis of contributions of the chapters.
Part I: Processes and practices of stakeholder engagement in a circular economy
This section includes theoretical and empirical articles examining the processes and practices involved in stakeholder engagement. The topics of this section will cover, but are not limited to the following:
Elisabet Garriga, Associate Professor, EADA Business School in Barcelona, Spain: Stakeholder networks in a circular economy
Satu Teerikangas, Professor, Turku School of Economics, Finland
: Stakeholders as agents for a circular economy Malla Mattila, Senior Lecturer, Tampere University, Finland: Circular economy business models
Hannele Mäkelä, Senior Lecturer, Tampere University, Finland: Stakeholder accounting in a circular economy
Part II: Theorizing stakeholder engagement in catalyzing a sustainable circular economy
This section includes articles that aim to further conceptual and theoretical understandings of stakeholder engagement in a circular economy.
R. Edward Freeman, Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, USA, Stakeholder theory and circular economy
Sybille Sachs, Professor, HWZ University of Applied Sciences and at the University of Zurich, Switzerland: Conceptualizing stakeholder relationships and engagement in the context of a circular economy
Jacob Hörisch, Professor, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany:
Stakeholder engagement, sustainability and a circular economy Laura Albareda, Associate Professor, LUT University, Finland: Collective stakeholder action for a circular economy
Pekka Jokinen, Professor, Tampere University, Finland: Understanding accelerators and catalysts in a circular economy
Part III: Methodological advances in research on stakeholder engagement in a circular economy
This section invites articles with an interest in new and even surprising methodologies and in advancing and developing extant methodologies used to study stakeholder engagement in sustainable circular economies.
Tojo Thatchenckery, Professor, George Mason University, USA: Appreciative intelligence as a method for circular economy transitions
Marileena Mäkelä, Research Fellow, University of Jyväskylä, Finland: Futures research methods for understanding circular economy transitions
Hanna Lehtimäki, Professor, University of Eastern Finland & Ari Jokinen, Senior Research Fellow, Tampere University, Finland:
Visual methods for catalyzing stakeholder engagement in a circular economy
