About
Mikko Laamanen is Head of Research and Research Professor with the Technology and Sustainability research group at Consumption Research Norway (SIFO). He received his PhD from Hanken School of Economics (Finland) and has held academic positions in Finland, France, Germany and United Kingdom.
His research programme is situated at the intersection of sociologies of consumption, organization and social movements. He is an expert in the everyday politics of technology, inclusion and social change. His current projects investigate
- the organising of local production and consumption practices in urban areas as well as developing and conflict economies
- the platformisation of sharing
- resistance to digitalisation and digital surveillance
- sustainable and responsible consumption and production of arts
Mikko has published in leading journals and edited volumes in marketing and management, organizational sociology, sociology of consumption, social movement and environmental studies. He is an editorial board member of Consumption and Society and Journal of Macromarketing.
Mikko is the co-coordinator of the European Sociological Association research network on the Sociology of Consumption (RN05). He is research fellow at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute SERI (Germany), the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (Germany) and the Center for Organizational Research COR at the University of California, Irvine (USA).
Field of study
Social movements Organizational theory Digitalization Sustainability Social practice theory Political consumption Platform economy
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Laamanen, Mikko
; Kok, Erlend;
Dulsrud, Arne
;
Slettemeås, Dag
(2025).
Digital agency and vulnerability: a study on young adult consumers in personalised advertising ecosystems.
Wilska, Terhi-Anna; Nyrhinen, Jussi (Ed.).
Young People in Digital Environments: Agency, Opportunities and Risks. p. 141-159.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035329250.00019
Wahlen, Stefan; Forno, Francesca;
Laamanen, Mikko
(2024).
Neo-materialist movement organisations' scaling through strategies and consumer collective action: Comparing three European food movement scenes.
Jacobsen, Eivind; Strandbakken, Pål; Dulsrud, Arne; Skuland, Silje Elisabeth (Ed.).
Consumers and Consumption in Comparison (Volume 37). p. 93-113.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020240000037005
Charitsis, Vassilis;
Laamanen, Mikko
(2024).
When digital capitalism takes (on) the neighbourhood: Data activism meets place-based collective action.
Social Movement Studies.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2022.2123314
Laamanen, Mikko ; Campana, Mario; Micheli, Maria Rita; Venkatraman, Rohan; Duffy, Katherine (2024). Drag as Marketplace: Contemporary Cultures, Identities and Business. ISBN: 9781529237443. 226 p. Bristol University Press.
Campana, Mario; Venkatraman, Rohan; Duffy, Katherine;
Laamanen, Mikko
; Micheli, Maria Rita
(2024).
Conclusion: Studying Drag Marketplace Cultures - Critical Reflections and Future Directions.
Laamanen, Mikko; Campana, Mario; Micheli, Maria Rita; Venkatraman, Rohan; Duffy, Katherine (Ed.).
Drag as Marketplace: Contemporary Cultures, Identities and Business. p. 169-186.
Bristol University Press.
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529237474.ch009
Laamanen, Mikko
; Micheli, Maria Rita; Campana, Mario; Venkatraman, Rohan; Duffy, Katherine
(2024).
Introduction: What are Marketplace Cultures of Drag?.
Laamanen, Mikko; Campana, Mario; Micheli, Maria Rita; Venkatraman, Rohan; Duffy, Katherine (Ed.).
Drag as Marketplace: Contemporary Cultures, Identities and Business. p. 1-18.
Bristol University Press.
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529237474.ch001
Charitsis, Vassilis;
Laamanen, Mikko
; Lehtiniemi, Tuukka
(2024).
Towards Algorithmic Luddism: class politics in data capitalism.
Information, Communication & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2435996
Laamanen, Mikko
; Mikołajewska-Zając, Karolina
(2024).
Ecologies of friction in digital platform investment.
Information, Communication & Society.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2024.2352631
Eckhardt, Giana M.; Atanasova, Aleksandrina;
Laamanen, Mikko
; Kittinger-Rosanelli, Christine
(2024).
Responsible Platforms: Aiming for Social Value Rather than Scale.
NIM Marketing Intelligence Review.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.2478/nimmir-2024-0017
Atanasova, Aleksandrina; Eckhardt, Giana M.;
Laamanen, Mikko
(2024).
Platform cooperatives in the sharing economy: How market challengers bring change from the margins.
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-024-01042-9
