Ines Simoes de Brito Peixoto

University Teacher
D.Sc.(Econ) Organization and Management
University of Vaasa / School of Technology and Innovations / Industrial Management

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Introduction

Teaching

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

Responsible teacher: TUTA2270 Innovative Product Development, TUTA2240 Sales Management and Negotiation Skills, TUTA1150 Introduction to Operations Management, TUTA3330 Analysis of Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains / Co-teacher: ISAN3070 Systems Engineering

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

Research

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

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

ORCID

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

Member of Scientific Board of SPOT Nordic (Association of Graduate Professionals and Portuguese Researchers in the Nordic Countries), 2024-

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