Sustainability: Impact and Complexity

During the event, you will be introduced to the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework, dive into the impact companies have and start building an understanding of what it means to think critically about entrepreneurship and sustainability.

Dr. Paula Schönach is the Senior Advisor in sustainable development at Aalto Sustainability Hub. She works especially in advancing multidisciplinary sustainability research and education. Paula has also participated e.g. in the recent evaluation of Finnish Sustainable Development Policy, commissioned by the Prime Minister's Office.

Dr. Marleen Wierenga is a postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University School of Business and startup co-founder. She is interested in entrepreneurship as a means of facilitating social change. In the future, she sees herself as a professor of Sustainability in Business and working in close collaboration with actors from the Global South.