Thomas Magnusson

Professor, Head of Division

Publications

2026

Solmaz Filiz Karabag, Thomas Magnusson, Viktor Werner, Karin Wigger (2026)

The Futures of the Event Industry: Perspectives on Digitalization, Sustainability, and Transportation (Report)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789181186550

Anders Hylmo, Eugenia Perez Vico, Thomas Magnusson (2026)

Entangling abilities and supporting environments: A contingency analysis of enabling conditions for multi-system interaction Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 60, Article 101137 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2026.101137

Thomas Magnusson, Wisdom Kanda, Hans Andersson, Sofia Dahlgren (2026)

Cumulative processes in multi-system transitions: expanding value chains and limits to growth for sustainable alternatives Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 60, Article 101124 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2026.101124

Viktor Werner, Karin Wigger, Anna Yström, Thomas Magnusson, Solmaz Filiz Karabag (2026)

Niche-regime negotiations in transition-oriented programs: aiming for net-zero in a petrochemical firm International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 44, Article 102831 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2026.102831

2025

Thomas Magnusson, Ksenia Onufrey, Viktor Werner, Henrik Gillström (2025)

Inter-system linkage formation in multi-system transitions: Incumbents, asymmetries and learning cycles Research Policy, Vol. 54, Article 105293 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105293

Research

UPSCALED: Ecocycle analysis for upscaling of future energy conversion technologies

The UPSCALED project conducts circularity analyses for the large-scale use of future energy conversion technologies and examines how perovskite-based solar cells can be scaled up sustainably from laboratory to industry.

Digitalization and organizational innovation

At Linköping University, our research group explores how digitalisation and organisational innovation together drive sustainable transformation across industries.

Sustainability transitions in urban goods distribution

The project adopts a systems perspective on electrified freight transport with the aim of contributing to knowledge on how to accelerate transitions.

Graduate School in Energy Systems

Graduate School in Energy Systems purpose is to increase understanding of how energy system depends on the interaction between technology and society's regulatory framework, policy development and operators interests and behavior.

News

Three happy male researchers in lab coats.

17 January 2024

From the lab to a commercial product – a long and difficult road

Researchers at Linköping University are working to create the material for the solar cells of the future. The goal is to produce a commercially viable product. An interdisciplinary research project is to try to find out what it takes.

28 March 2023

When technology exists but humans hesitate

Electric trucks are the future, don’t you agree? And yet there are so few of them on our roads and in our cities, while goods transports keep increasing. LiU’s researchers are trying to find out why.

20 January 2020

Sustainable markets must be created and defended

Creating sustainable markets poses particular obstacles: a sustainable market must be continuously shaped and reshaped. This is the conclusion of three LiU researchers in business administration, who have used the Swedish biogas market as a case.