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Astrid Huopalainen

Astrid Huopalainen

Assistant Professor (tenure track) in 'Leadership for Creativity'

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2739-2115
    20222026

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    Artistic and research interests

    Astrid Huopalainen is an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the field of Leadership for Creativity, in the Department of Management Studies and the Department of Art and Media. Her research is within organization theory, Animal Organization Studies, and critical management studies, with a particularly keen interest in arts-based, posthumanist practice-based and processual approaches to issues of work and more-than-human organizing.

    She serves as the Consortium Principal Investigator of the Research Council of Finland-funded multidisciplinary consortium project "PAWWS - People and Animal Wellbeing at Work and in Society" (2023-2027). The PAWWS project is a pioneering multidisciplinary collaboration, advancing research in Animal Organization Studies (AOS), Veterinary Science, and Social and Healthcare Sciences in novel and ground-breaking ways. PAWWS aims to develop insights into interconnected human-animal wellbeing at work; improve ethical working conditions for animals, and advance a multispecies approach to wellbeing in policy and practice.

    Huopalainen also studies issues related to embodiment at work, everyday creativity, creative labour in the post-industrial era, and gender and diversity-related inequalities in organizations.

    Education/Academic qualification

    Adjunct Professor (Title of Docent in Organization and Management)

    Award Date: 29 Jun 2021

    Doctor of Science in Economics and Business Administration (Organization and Management)

    Award Date: 20 Dec 2016

    Keywords

    • arts
    • organizing
    • aesthetics
    • embodiment
    • posthumanism
    • gender
    • ethics
    • animal organization studies

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
    2. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
      SDG 5 Gender Equality
    3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    4. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
      SDG 14 Life Below Water
    5. SDG 15 - Life on Land
      SDG 15 Life on Land
    6. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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