Antti Hautamäki
Bridging Innovation, Philosophy, and Sustainable Growth
I’m Antti Hautamäki, a professor, researcher, and author with a passion for sustainable innovation and philosophical inquiry.
Through my work, I explore how innovative thinking and deep philosophical perspectives can drive sustainable societal growth.
The focus of this Sustainable Innovation site is twofold:
Sustainable Innovation and Societal Development
I have studied innovation since the early 1990s, especially during my time as Professor of Service Innovation at the University of Jyväskylä (2009–2013).
My book Sustainable Innovation: A New Age of Innovation and Finland’s Innovation Policy (2010) summarizes my core ideas on the topic.
Sustainable innovation means balancing the long-term impacts of the innovation process and its outcomes with the needs of people, societies, the economy, and the environment.
A further development of this work is my concept of sustainable wellbeing, based on three pillars:
- Happiness and belonging
- A balanced relationship between society and nature
- Sustainable economic growth
Philosophy: Epistemology and Philosophical Logic
I studied philosophy at the University of Helsinki, where I earned my PhD in 1987.
My dissertation, Points of View and their Logical Analysis (1986), introduced the concept of representing objects through different aspects or viewpoints.
My recent philosophical work includes the book Näkökulmarelativismi, Tiedon suhteellisuuden ongelma (2018), and its English edition Viewpoint Relativism: A New Approach to Epistemological Relativism Based on the Concept of Points of View (Springer, 2020).
I have also expanded on these ideas in my article Disagreement, Points of View, and Truth-Relativism (Acta Analytica, 2022).
To date, I have published over 200 articles and 30 books on sustainable innovation and philosophy (see Publications).
Through this blog, I continue to explore emerging intersections between innovation and philosophy — bringing fresh perspectives to global challenges.
I am also the founder of Consulting Sustainable Innovation (Konsultointi Kestävä Innovaatio), offering expert services in research, development, and innovation.
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