Innovation Management

The research group consists of an international team of researchers with a mixed research background and collaborates with both the private and public sectors to co-produce knowledge. Together, the group strives to contribute to research, new practices and policy by providing possible solutions to individual, organisational and societal challenges.

Seminar dates 2025

• 16 January 15:00 – 16:30
  Ricardo Gallego, Open innovation
  
• 13 Februay 15:00 – 16:30
  Anders Wikström & Simon Lindbom, Using technology in research – a workshop.
  
• 13 March 15:00 – 16:30
  Barrett Sauter, Virtual reality adoption
  in the manufacturing industry.
  
• 4 April 10:00 – 12:00 Thesis proposal Simon Lindblom (room A5-011)
• 10 April 15:00 – 16:00
  Chris Ivory, AI technologies in banking and their impact on workers
• 19 May 14:30 – 16:30
  Annual event. Mini-conference. Collaboration between the innovation management research department & The Association for Innovation Management Professionals in Sweden (https://www.innovationsledarna.se/ External link, opens in new window.) .
  Welcome to an afternoon full of inspiring talks, panel debates and networking. Not to be missed!
• 15-18 June ISPIM conference. External link.
• 16 June 15:15 (in the room “Empirin” floor 6 at Eskilstuna Campus)
  PhD Candidate Bengt Wahlström will discuss his coming thesis: “Inspired or disturbed by the outside world - How small owner-managed companies relate to the outside world and how they use external signals in their innovation work”.
• 18 September 14:30 – 16:00 Tomas Böjegård
  Presentation of PhD research
• 16 October 14:30 – 16:00 Martin Schüler External link.
  ”The military misconception of military operations” From three perspectives: 1) The military work; 2) collaboration and co-creation; 3) posibilities for innovation.
• 12 November 14:30 – 16:00 Professor Chris Ivory
  The case of worker welfare when introducing AI in the Banking sector
• 18 December 14:30 – 16:00 Frida Antonsson
  Co-designing user-centered smart home applications

All seminars are held at Campus Eskilstuna, floor 5, room A5 – 010 unless otherwise stated.

Focus

• Innovation, creativity and change at individual, group and organisational level.
• Innovation in intra- and inter-organizer.
• Enabling creativity, learning, entrepreneurship, innovation and quality.
• Change processes related to creativity, learning, entrepreneurship, innovation and quality management.