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Viktor Werner

Assistant Professor

What is the role of established firms in switching from fossil fuels to smarter and cleaner solutions?
My research explores how to accelerate innovations that make city logistics silent, smarter, and more sustainable.

From fossil fuels to smarter and cleaner solutions

What is the role of established firms in switching from fossil fuels to smarter and cleaner solutions? And how can electrified trucks become a reality?

My research explores how to accelerate innovations that make city logistics silent, smarter, and more sustainable. I have a background in public administration and innovation management and study how a broad range of stakeholders collaborate to electrify urban distribution systems. The central question is how truck manufacturers cooperate with logistic firms, utility companies, municipalities, and end-customers to realise fossil-free transport solutions.

Teaching 

Next to my research, I teach in Master-level courses on Innovation Management, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Corporate and Social Responsibility. One central element for me is using insights from my research on sustainability transitions in the Swedish industrial sector to connect students' learning with the great challenges of our time. I enjoy teaching at IEI because our students' diverse backgrounds and creativity enable me to learn more about our multifaceted and fast-changing world.

 

Courses

  • TEIO06 Innovative Entrepreneurship
  •  TEIO13 Leadership and Organizational Change
  • TEIO41 Corporate Social Responsibility
  • TEIO90 Innovation Management

Publications

2024

Viktor Werner, Karin Wigger, Anna Yström, Solmaz Filiz Karabag, Thomas Magnusson (2024) Navigating ambidextrous programs towards net-zero emissions: Evidence from a Swedish process industry firm

2023

Viktor Werner (2023) Ghosts of the Past or Facilitators of the Future?: Firm-System Interactions in the Transition to Electrified Goods Transportation
Thomas Magnusson, Viktor Werner (2023) Conceptualisations of incumbent firms in sustainability transitions: Insights from organisation theory and a systematic literature review Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 32, p. 903-919 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI

2022

Viktor Werner, Ksenia Onufrey (2022) If electric trucks are the solution, what are the problems? A study of agenda-setting in demonstration projects Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 91, Article 102722 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Viktor Werner, Alexander Flaig, Thomas Magnusson, Mikael Ottosson (2022) Using dynamic capabilities to shape markets for alternative technologies: A comparative case study of automotive incumbents Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 42, p. 12-26 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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