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Sanna Lehtinen

Senior University Lecturer
Senior University Lecturer
A899 School common, ARTS

Sanna Lehtinen (PhD 2015, Univ. of Helsinki) is a Senior University Lecturer in the Transdisciplinary Art Studies unit (TAITE) at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. She has also the title of a Docent of Aesthetics at the University of Helsinki. Sanna's research focuses on philosophical and applied aesthetics, specifically in the context of urban and environmental issues. Her current research interests include aesthetic sustainability, transgenerational aesthetics, and aesthetics of new urban technologies. Sanna’s publications include journal articles published in Open Philosophy, Essays in Philosophy, Philosophical Inquiries, Sustainability Science, and Behaviour & Information Technology, invited articles in edited volumes published by Routledge, Bloomsbury, Springer, and Oxford University Press, as well as editing special issues for Environmental Values, Contemporary Aesthetics, ESPES, East Asian Journal of Philosophy, and Open Philosophy. Sanna was the President of the Finnish Society for Aesthetics and a Delegate in the Executive Committee of the International Association of Aesthetics in 2019–21. She was a Codirector in the Board of the international Philosophy of the City Research Group (PotC) in 2019–24. She is currently an affiliate member in 4TU. Centre for Ethics and Technology (NL). Sanna co-founded Philosophy of the City Jounal (Groningen University Press) and was its Co-Editor-in-Chief in 2022–25. Currently she is a member of the editorial board of ESPES and the Assistant Editor of Contemporary Aesthetics. Sanna teaches c. 5 courses annually at Aalto ARTS and advises Doctoral and Master's level students at Aalto ARTS and at the University of Helsinki. 

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Areas of expertise

Aesthetics, Philosophy of art, Environmental aesthetics, Urban aesthetics, Sustainability science, Philosophy of Technology, Postphenomenology, Pragmatism, Applied Philosophy, Philosophy of the City, Philosophy of Architecture, Practical philosophy

Honors and awards

Shortlisted for the Pavilion of Finland at the Biennale Architettura 2023

Invitation or ranking in competition Department of Art and Media Jan 2022

Publications

Sanna Lehtinen 2025

Sanna Lehtinen 2025 Aesthetics and the City

Antti Lehto, Sanna Lehtinen 2025 Architectural Thinking in a Climate Emergency

Matti Kuittinen, Sanna Lehtinen, Panu Pihkala 2024 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Architecture, Research, Care and Health (ARCH24), Espoo, Finland, 17–19 June 2024

Chiara Lecce, Sanna Lehtinen 2024 Aesthetics, Design and Social Innovation

Sanna Lehtinen 2024 Maintenance and Philosophy of Technology: Keeping Things Going

Sanna Lehtinen 2024 Iride

Sanna Lehtinen 2024 The Historical City. A Critical Reference and Role Model

Ville Paananen, Elina Kuosmanen, Sanna Lehtinen, Simo Hosio 2024 MAB '23: Proceedings of the 6th Media Architecture Biennale Conference

Ryan Wittingslow, Sanna Lehtinen 2024 The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Architectural Reconstruction