Ines Simoes de Brito Peixoto

Contact

ines.simoes.de.brito.peixoto [at] uwasa.fi

Wolffintie 32
65200 Vaasa
Finland

Tervahovi B326

Fields of expertise

Innovation, Organization Theory, Risk, Sustainability Transitions

Research

My research focuses on industry transformations driven by sustainability and on understanding strategic, technology, and regulatory change that enables ambitious organizational and industry change. I am interested in sustainability transitions, innovation, transition risks, and the resilience of organizations and industries.

Current research project (2025-2028): Alliance for Socially-acceptable and Actionable Plants (ASAP) In this project we focus on standards and production practices enabing or disabling the development and uptake of GMO-based biofuels for the sustainable aviation fuels market.

Research group: Networked Value Systems

Most recent publications:

Peixoto, I. (2025) Risk. in Elgar Encyclopedia of Organizational Sociology (forthcoming)
Välikangas, L., Vaara, E., Peixoto, I. (2024) Temporal Intentionality: Prompting Time-Related Deliberations in Strategic Action. Academy of Management Discoveries, 10(4): 521-526. https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2024.0217

Previous research project: T-Risk - Managing transition risks in risk-bearing value chains (Aalto University and University of Vaasa; Funded by Wallenberg Foundation) 2020-2024

Teaching

I teach a set of courses in Industrial Management at the intersection of business and technology as well as focus on sustainability in business and operations, using learning-oriented methods.

Undergraduate courses: TUTA1150 Introduction to Operations Management, TUTA2270 Innovative Product Development, TUTA2240 Sales Management and Negotiation Skills

Master's courses: TUTA3330 Analysis of Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains, ISAN3070 Systems Engineering (as co-teacher)

Supervision of Master's thesis in Industrial Management / Industrial Systems Analytics

Co-supervision of PhD research