Hannele Mäkelä

Hannele Mäkelä holds a PhD in accounting (2013) and currently works as a Senior Researches in accounting at the University of Tampere. In general she’s interested in the role of business in society and the impact of accounting in our everyday lives. Hannele’s research is primarily in the areas of sustainability and critical accounting studies, examining the relationships between accounting and society and drawing on literatures from sustainability, accountability, ethics and critical studies. Currently she is interested in how the alternative and more inclusive understandings of economic operation and giving economic accounts may help tackle social injustice.