Jakob Trischler has been promoted to associate professor in Business Administration at ¹û¶³´«Ã½. His research revolves around user involvement in innovation activities – how citizens can be an innovation source in sustainability transitions.
Congratulations to the promotion, Jakob! Can you tell us about your research?
– Thank you! My research looks at issues around user involvement in innovation activities.
A compilation of the number of applicants to Swedish higher education institutions show that half of the ten most popular programmes at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ are taught at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School.
The Law ProgrammeÂ
The Programme in Business and Economics
Study Programme in IT, Project Management and ERP Systems
Real Estate Management
Human Resource Management and Working Life
The list speaks for itself.
As editor, Robert MacKenzie at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School has added new chapters to an already well-established book on International Human Resource Management (IHRM).
The book covers issues related to work and employment in a global perspective, focusing on the importance of context.
Christina Öberg, Professor of Business Administration at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School, has been granted research funding for an interview study on the issues related to the distribution of environmental effects.
– Our rural areas has a purpose, while society at large has an environmental objective, says Christina Öberg. The problem is that these two do not go together well.
Kristina Palm at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School and Calle Rosengren at Lund University have received an award for their research on the boundary between work and personal life in a digitalised working environment.
The conflicts fall into three categories – easy, difficult and impossible. A collaboration between working life science and sociology has led to a book for students.
Jonas Axelsson, Senior Lecturer in working life science at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School, and Markus Arvidson, Senior Lecturer in sociology at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, have a long-term interest in matters of loyalty. They have known each other for more than ten years and had many discussions on the topic.
What drives, limits and enables growth in people in the music industry outside the big cities? What is the role of social media? What is the importance of having a network when the physical arenas close down? And how can you create value in an ecosystem of different players? These are some of the questions included in the research project MECO.
MECO has looked at what is needed in order to stimulate, educate and develop the industry in a sustainable and inclusive way.
David Johansson successfully defended his thesis on tort and intellectual property law at Uppsala University in 2020. Today, he works as senior lecturer at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School.
- Intellectual property law is the law that deals with the protection of, for example, trademarks, designs, patents and copyright, David Johansson explains, newly appointed senior lecturer at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School.
A model for servitization in practice and a model for collaboration between research and the business community. These are some of the results of the project ServzChall where researchers from CTF at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have collaborated with companies in the manufacturing industry to develop new knowledge on servitization.
In 2019, Federico Artusi was tied to ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School to work on his doctoral thesis. Now he is back to teach.
When large companies decide to make big changes in the way they are perceived, great efforts are required. This transformation process has captured Federico Artusi’s interest.
- My current research revolves around this field. One example is when McDonald’s wanted a more sustainable image.
Per-Ola Wiklander, Senior Lecturer in Public Law and Programme Director at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School, is pleased with the development of the law programme. And the students find jobs right away.
- I have been involved from the start as a teacher and I took on the role of programme director 2.5 years ago. It has been quite a bit of development work, as a degree in law is very comprehensive. Our students have been both ambitious and capable, however.
The border between Sweden and Norway presents a number of legal challenges. Students enrolled in the law programme have come a long way in mapping potential issues.
What are the police authorised to do on each side of the border between Sweden and Norway? What are the differences between the legislations of the two countries?
CTF, Service Research Center at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, are expanding their range of flexible courses for professionals. Registration is now open for courses in digitalisation, customer journey and idea management, two of which are offered for the first time. The courses will start at the end of January and registration is open until 18 January.
Registration is now open for the first courses of the spring term aimed at working professionals.
In his doctoral thesis, Proactivity in Service Failure and Service Recovery, Jasenko Arsenovic has focused on the process of managing customer complaints.
Taking care of your customers is at the core of the retail business. A greeting or just a friendly smile can make people open their wallets a little bit more. The first 30 seconds in a store is crucial for the customer’s impression of the place. But it is possible to rectify a bad first impression.
Edgardo Luna is from El Salvador and has also lived in Mexico. Thanks to the double degree programme in Mathematics with ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Università degli Studi dell’Aquila he has now also experienced living in Italy and Sweden.
- During the programme, I became fluent in Italian and learnt the basics of Swedish. At the moment, I am working as an academic writer for a university back in El Salvador.
Female Leader Engineer is a development programme for female engineering students with the potential to acquire leading positions in the business world. Dilan Kilic, student at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, was one of the ten finalists.
Female Leader Engineer is an award based on a vision of a gender equal power balance in the world of business.
Jan Ch Karlsson is a former Professor of Sociology at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Business School. Although he is now retired, his interest for working life issues is as strong as ever.
- Now more than ever, research needs to point out what the situation actually is for employees today, says Jan Ch Karlsson.
Gardening is not Jan Ch Karlsson’s cup of tea.
