I am an innovation and entrepreneurship researcher and have been since I started my PhD studies here at LiU in 2003. Over the years, I have worked with evaluation of policy initiatives, biomedical engineering innovation ideas and invention-driven innovation. I have also worked a lot with innovation and entrepreneurship in green industries and agriculture.
Right now, I work a lot with the combination of entrepreneurship/innovation, education and business development and how it can strengthen the regional innovation system and contribute to sustainable welfare in society. I also study how SMEs can be supported in order to scale.
Teaching innovation and entrepreneurship
I teach entrepreneurship, innovation and idea development mostly at the Faculty of Technology, but also at other parts of LiU, e.g. the Healthcare faculty. I am interested in pedagogy and especially experimentally oriented pedagogy that connects to entrepreneurship and what is called "challenge-based learning". This has a close connection to ECIU-university, the European educational initiative in which LiU is one of more than a dozen universities involved parties. At ECIU@liu I work as CBL-expert, developing the CBL practice and helping teachers that want to start use CBL in their courses. Working internationally is fun and provides perspective and inspiration for development at home. I am also involved in the CDIO network and have written several conference papers presented at the annual CDIO conference.
Supporting innovation and entrepreneurship
I work part time at LiU Innovation and in my role as innovation coach I support the valorisation processes of researchers and staff at LiU. I also, since spring 2025 and together with Ali Moshfegh, give the hands on PhD course in idea valorisation “Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice” (OFIEI05).
Spread of knowledge
At my google scholar profile you can find examples of my work.
I also like to spread my findings and ideas orally, so contact me if you are interested in what I do.
