Collaborative R&D Projects
Good news before the summer holiday is always appreciated. Today, I signed the copyright transfer form for our newly accepted book chapter on Collaborative R&D Projects. The title of the […]
When the sequel is better than the original
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, […]
Ten Commandments (for Construction industry digitalization)
A few weeks ago, Skanska made and interview with Henrik and me regarding our research on digitalization in the Construction industry. The result of this was “ten commandments” for digitalization […]
Societate crescimus
Yesterday I had the great honor of being elected to the Swedish Project Academy which aims to promote development and application of the project form of organizing. The Academy is […]
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 […]
Mattias Jacobsson 