Larry Abdullai is a Fulbright Visiting PhD Scholar with the Erb Institute School for Environment and Sustainability and a final-year PhD Candidate in Software Engineering at the LUT University of Finland. His research focuses on the intersection of technology, sustainability, and ecosystems and explores how companies (particularly technology and software-intensive companies) implement and adopt sustainability practices through collective action with their internal and external stakeholders.

Larry holds a Master of Science in Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability from LUT University Business School in Finland and a bachelor’s degree in business management studies from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. Before moving to Finland for further studies, Larry worked for an electronic payment system startup before joining FedEx Ghana as a sales and business development territory manager. Larry is looking forward to meeting his new colleagues at the University of Michigan and collaborating, exploring new things, exchanging different ideas and cultures, and contributing to the development of his community. His diverse interests include playing soccer, fitness, bowling, and sightseeing, and he is excited about developing new hobbies.