Mikko Jalas

Professor of Practice, Sustainable Consumption at Aalto University School of Business

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Aalto University School of Business

I currently work on sustainable consumption and the use of renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency technologies in households. My latest grant application will direct my future work towards institutional analysis of emerging business actors in the field of new energy solutions. My second interest is in time use and rhythms in everyday life. My responsibilities in teaching and administration relate to the Creative Sustainability - Master's programme. In addition I am a member of the board at Lumituuli Oy, a small citizen owned windpower company.

BACKGROUND

I have a degree in Industrial management from the Helsinki University of Techonology. After graduation I worked in the industry as a environmental expert. In 1999 I started my PhD studies at the Helsinki School of Economics. Equally important for me, I have a background in arts and craft, and continue to spend much of my time in practical and material engagements.

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

Small streams, diverse sources: Who invests in renewable energy in Finland during the financial downturn?

Heiskanen, Eva; Jalas, Mikko; Juntunen, Jouni; Nissilä, Heli
2017 in ENERGY POLICY (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0301-4215

Moving home houses, new occupants and the formation of heating practices

Rinkinen, Jenny; Jalas, Mikko
2017 in BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION (Routledge)
ISSN: 0961-3218

The rhythms of infrastructure

Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny; Silvast, Antti
2016 in ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY (Wiley-Blackwell)
ISSN: 0268-540X

Everyday experimentation in energy transition A practice-theoretical view

Jalas, Mikko; Hyysalo, Sampsa; Heiskanen, Eva; Lovio, Raimo; Nissinen, Ari; Mattinen, Maija; Rinkinen, Jenny; Juntunen, Jouni K.; Tainio, Pasi; Nissilä, Heli
2016 in JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0959-6526

Stacking wood and staying warm Time, temporality and housework around domestic heating systems

Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny
2016 in JOURNAL OF CONSUMER CULTURE (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD)
ISSN: 1469-5405

How building users can contribute to greenhouse-gas emission reductions in Finland comparative study of standard technical measures, user modifications and behavioural measures

Mattinen, M. K.; Tainio, P.; Salo, M; Jalas, M.; Nissinen, A.; Heiskanen, E.
2016 in ENERGY EFFICIENCY (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 1570-646X

Energy intensive lifestyles: time use, the activity patterns of consumers, and related energy demands in Finland

Jalas, Mikko; Juntunen, Jouni K.
2015 in ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0921-8009

Object relations in accounts of everyday life

Rinkinen, Jenny; Jalas, Mikko; Shove, Elizabeth
2015 in SOCIOLOGY: THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (SAGE Publications Ltd)
ISSN: 0038-0385

The local community as "low-carbon lab": Promises and perils

Heiskanen, Eva; Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny; Tainio, Pasi
2014 in ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS (Elsevier BV)
ISSN: 2210-4224

Self-building courses of solar heat collectors as sources of consumer empowerment and local embedding of sustainable energy technology

Jalas, Mikko; Kuusi, Helka; Heiskanen, Eva
2014 in SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (The Finnish Society for Science and Technology Studies)
ISSN: 0786-3012

Situated lifestyles: II. The impacts of urban density, housing type and motorization on the greenhouse gas emissions of the middle-income consumers in Finland

Heinonen, Jukka; Jalas, Mikko; Juntunen, Jouni K.; Ala-Mantila, Sanna; Junnila, Seppo
2013 in ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Situated lifestyles: I. How lifestyles change along with the level of urbanization and what the greenhouse gas implications are - a study of Finland

Heinonen, Jukka; Jalas, Mikko; Juntunen, Jouni K.; Ala-Mantila, Sanna; Junnila, Seppo
2013 in ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Paikallisen ilmastotoiminnan muodot ja mittakaavat: tapaustutkimus hiilineutraaliksi pyrkivästä kunnasta

Heiskanen, Eva; Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny; Kuusi, Helka
2013 in ALUE JA YMPÄRISTÖ (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)
ISSN: 1235-4554

Debating the proper pace of life: sustainable consumption policy processes at national and municipal levels

Jalas, M.
2012 in ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS (Routledge)
ISSN: 0964-4016

Path creation for sustainable consumption: promoting alternative heating systems in Finland

Heiskanen, Eva; Lovio, Raimo; Jalas, Mikko
2011 in JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0959-6526

Making time - The art of loving wooden boats

Jalas, M.
2006 in TIME AND SOCIETY (SAGE Publications Ltd)
ISSN: 0961-463X

Reducing the Natural Resource Intensity of Private and Organisational Consumption: The Potential of ICT and Service Innovations

Heiskanen, E.; Jalas, M.; Timonen, P.
2005 in PROGRESS IN INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)
ISSN: 1476-8917

Vastuusta voipuneena - puuveneilyn ajallinen jäsennys

Jalas, Mikko
2005 in KULUTUSTUTKIMUS.NYT (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)
ISSN: 1797-2345

The Everyday Life Context of Increasing Energy Demands.Time Use Survey Data in a Decomposition Analysis

Jalas, M.
2005 in JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY (WILEY-BLACKWELL)
ISSN: 1088-1980

Can Services Lead to Radical Eco-Efficiency Improvements? -A Review of the Debate and Evidence

Heiskanen, E.; Jalas, M.
2003 in CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (John Wiley and Sons Ltd)
ISSN: 1535-3958

A Time Use Perspective on the Materials Intensity of Consumption

Jalas, M.
2002 in ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0921-8009

Book section, Chapters in research books

Clean Energy Lumituuli

Jalas, Mikko; Mäkinen, Jukka
2017 in Palgrave Studies in Sustainable Business In Association with Future Earth (PALGRAVE MACMILLAN)
ISBN: 978-3-319-58804-9

User involvement and radical innovation: the case of heat pumps in Finland

Heiskanen, Eva; Hyysalo, Sampsa; Jalas, Mikko; Juntunen, Jouni; Lovio, Raimo
2014
ISBN: 978-87-90775-74-2

Käyttäjät kestävien innovaatioiden kehittäjinä

Heiskanen, Eva; Jalas, Mikko
2011
ISBN: 978-952-495-213-2

Craft production

Jalas, Mikko
2011
ISBN: 9780872896017

Making time; reciprocal object relations and the self-legitimising time of wooden boating

Jalas, M.
2009

Time-use rebound effects: an activity-based view of consumption

Jalas, Mikko
2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-52534-4

Hours which do not count; a review of consumer representations in the leisure and culture industries

Jalas, M.
2005
ISBN: 951-698-120-8
ISSN: 0788-5415

The art of loving wooden boats

Jalas, M.
2005
ISBN: 951-698-120-8
ISSN: 0788-5415

Sustainability in Everyday Life - A Matter of Time?

Jalas, M.
2004
ISBN: 1843765128

Kuluttajat ympäristöjohtamisen kohteina ja osapuolina

Jalas, Mikko
2004
ISBN: 951-662-904-0

Tuotteet näkökulmana ympäristöjohtamiseen

Jalas, Mikko
2004
ISBN: 951-662-904-0

Conference proceedings

Local experimentation and societal learning for sustainability transitions - Does it work in practice?

Heiskanen, Eva; Hyysalo, Sampsa; Jalas, Mikko; Juntunen, Jouni; Kuusi, Helka; Lovio, Raimo; Rinkinen, Jenny
2012

Stacking wood and staying warm: the rhythms of domestic woodbased heating practices

Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny
2012

Good food in exchange: social movement organizations making markets for local food

Kallio, Galina; Jalas, Mikko
2012

The temporal orientations of ecological modernization and sustainable consumption

Jalas, M.
2005
ISBN: 8279480463
ISSN: 1501-6155

Hours which do not count; a review of the consumer representations in the leisure and culture industries

Jalas, M.
2003

The everyday life -context of increasing energy demands: time-use and the ‘technology’ of everyday life

Jalas, Mikko
2003

The biased plan of eco-efficiency: temporality and intrinsic meanings in the debate of sustainable consumption

Jalas, Mikko
2003

Material underpinnings of Finnish patterns of everyday life

Jalas, M.
2002

The dematerialization potential of services and IT

Heiskanen, E.; Jalas, M.; Kärnä, A.
2000

Non-refereed scientific articles

Unrefereed journal articles

Pyöräilypolitiikka: arkitieto ja suunnitteluammattilaiset Tieteiden talolla 1.4.2008

Jalas, M.
2008 in YHDYSKUNTASUUNNITTELU (Finland Futures Research Centre)
ISSN: 1459-6806

Book section

Academic portfolio as a self-technique

Jalas, Mikko
2015
ISBN: 978-952-60-6265-5
ISSN: 1799-4799

Infrastruktuurit järjestävät aikaa

Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny; Silvast, Antti
2015
ISBN: 978-952-244-541-4

Nuukuus - eilispäivän ruokaa ympäristöpolitiikan pitopöytään?

Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny
2012
ISBN: 978-951-669-902-1

Kirje Tarjalle: Ammatti-identiteetti itseohjautuvissa verkostoissa

Jalas, Mikko
2012
ISBN: 978-952-60-4771-3
ISSN: 1799-4799

Refleksiivinen ammattikäytäntö ja poliittinen sitoutuminen

Jalas, Mikko
2010
ISBN: 978-952-60-1026-7
ISSN: 0356-889X

Miten majakka toimii?Ympäristötutkimuksen käytännöllinen vaikuttavuus

Jalas, M.; Heiskanen, E.; Lovio, R.; Anttonen, M.; Halme, M.; Kivisaari, S.; Kuisma, M.; Kärnä, A.
2006
ISBN: 951-791-982-4
ISSN: 0356-889X

Punaviiniä sohvalla

Jalas, M.
2002
ISBN: 951-581-082

Unrefereed conference proceedings

Solar heater self-building courses as sources of consumer empowerment and local embedding of sustainable energy technology?

Jalas, Mikko; Kuusi, Helka; Heiskanen, Eva
2012

Stacking wood and staying warm: the rhythms of domestic woodbased heating practices

Jalas, Mikko; Rinkinen, Jenny
2012

Scientific books (monographs)

Book

Dematerialization through services : a review and evaluation of debate

Heiskanen, Eva; Jalas, Mikko
2000
ISBN: 952-11-0787-1

Book (editor)

Vastuullinen liiketoiminta kansainvälisessä maailmassa

Joutsenvirta, Maria; Halme, Minna; Jalas, Mikko; Mäkinen, Jukka
2011
ISBN: 978-952-495-213-2

Publications intended for professional communities

Published development or research report

Energiamurroksen ennakoidut vaikutukset 2030 Biomassapohjaiset energiaratkaisut

Marttila, Tatu; Jalas, Mikko; Kangas, Hanna-Liisa; Primmer, Eeva
2016 in Aalto-yliopiston julkaisusarja CROSSOVER (AALTO-YLIOPISTO)
ISBN: 978-952-60-7143-5
ISSN: 1799-4950

Dematerialization: the potential of ICT and services

Heiskanen, Eva; Halme, Minna; Jalas, Mikko; Kärnä, Anna; Lovio, Raimo
2001

Immateriaalisen tuotekulttuurin edellytykset - teknologian arviointia ympäristö- ja kuluttajanäkökulmasta

Timonen, P.; Heiskanen, E.; Jalas, M.; Niva, M.
2001

Text book or professional handbook or guidebook or dictionary

Kopista ulos - tutkijat käytäntöteoreettisen tajun jäljillä

Räsänen, Keijo; Ruuska, Toni; Katila, Saija; Ketola, Tanja; Nahi, Tytti; Jalas, Mikko; Jalonen, Meri; Lempiälä, Tea
2015 in Aalto-yliopiston julkaisusarja KAUPPA + TALOUS (AALTO-YLIOPISTO)
ISBN: 978-952-60-6266-2
ISSN: 1799-4799

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