Justice with Sonja Lahtinen

Reframing Obligation as an Opportunity

”Reframing is the conscious effort to push the pause button, contemplate the crisis from different points of view, and then come up with a new way to handle it.”

Companies say they want to do sustainable business, but they tend to do it in an unsustainable way. Grand sustainability challenges require novel ideas and unconventional approaches from companies, but also from citizens, researchers, non-profits, and policymakers – everyone keen to tackle them. This talk is about how to stimulate critical and creative problem solving in the quest for environmental innovations, social justice and economic prosperity.

Sonja is a doctoral researcher, lecturer and speaker with a focus on the role of companies within society. She has experience in advancing sustainability on multiple levels: as a researcher, teacher, business advisor, community organiser and as a consumer-citizen. She is currently finishing her PhD on the ways companies can act as a driving force for sustainability transitions in society. In her work, she combines academic rigour with creative thinking to reframe the relationship between business and sustainability.

This talk aims to inspire all that seek to reframe their own role of being in relation with the world that is facing the looming threat of sustainability crisis – and to impress ideas on how to become a part of the creative solution.

Justice with Sonja Lahtinen
Friday, 30th of August at 8:30
Design Museum
Helsinki