Project studies beyond the straitjacket
It is often claimed that “the sequel is never as good as the original“. This might be true for movies or book sequels, but when it comes to research publications, […]
Distinguished teacher [Excellet lärare]
Today, I was promoted to “Distinguished teacher” [Swe. Excellet lärare], the second level (out of two) in the pedagogical qualification model at Umeå university. The qualification model is a way […]
2018 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award Winner
I think it is a sign that we have done something right. Today, my former doctoral student Virginia Rosales was announced as the WINNER of the 2018 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral […]
Special Issue published
Even crooked roads come to an end! Today, our special issue on “World views on projects and society” was finally published in International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. When […]
Final report: Wolves hunt better in a pack
Yesterday the final report from our research project “Barriers and drivers for a digitally driven industry development” was published. The report was written during the fall of 2018 and summarizes […]
Pilot of Development programme
Starting from the first of January 2019, I am working as Project Manager to set up a new (pilot) development programme for doctoral students at Umeå university. The focus of the […]
Using Retrospective Data
On the third day of the new year, Markus Hällgren and I got our teaching case on “Using Retrospective Data” published. That is what I call a good start into […]
Transformation from the inside
Money, money, money… Today, Henrik Linderoth and I received funding for yet another research project. This time for a project called “Transformation from the inside: the importance of pockets of […]
Back in Melbs…
It took longer than I expected when I left RMIT and Melbourne the last time, but now I’m finally back! Unfortunately, this time it is “only” for six weeks. Still, […]
PhD # 3 done
Today was a big day! It was big for me, but even bigger for my doctoral student Virginia Rosales who successfully defended her thesis. Congrats, well done! You did an […]
Mattias Jacobsson 