Gunnar Andersson

Background

About Gunnar Andersson

Dr. Gunnar Andersson received his PhD in Enterprise Development and WOrklife Research in 2011 at the Norwegian University of science and Technology (NTNU). He continued at Østfold University College as associated professor and coordinator of the Innovation and project management program at the Institute of Engineering. He has conducted research on innovation processes and value creation in collaboration with regional public and private businesses for more than 10 years. He is author of the book The Assembly of Lean Production ISBN 978-82-471-2894-7 and partaker in the book-project The book of innovation – the art of renewal (No: Innovasjonsboka – Fornyelsens kunst) ISBN 978-82-690362-5-1. Both the PhD and later research are funded within a series of regional innovation programs by the Research Council of Norway (RCN) including Value Creation 2010 and Regional R&D and Innovation 2007-2017. Presently, his research explores innovation processes and the effects on organizing work inside the green shift and with digitalization as a driver of more sustainable business models (the HiØ research initiative the digital society). He is from fall 2022 researcher in the EU Interreg-funded research project FREIIA on developing a design thinking-based & practice-oriented framework for sustainable development. FREIIA's objective is to create skills, resources, competences, capabilities & structures that support the public sector in becoming effective and successful in transformative policies & in building resilience, with a focus on the GSCs/ SDGs. Dr Andersson is Head of the Innovation Research Group. He has supervised PhD-candidates Frode Ramstad Johansen and Matthew Lynch that defended their thesis’ at Aalborg University (AaU) and the NTNU. He now supervises PhD-candidate Mirielle Torgersen at Aarhus University. His supervising mindset is about positioning the PhD-candidates within international research projects, with intensive supervision both local and within the research community, enabling the candidates to conclude relevant research and complete on time. Dr. Andersson is a regular reviewer in international peer reviewed journals including Operations Management Research, Systemic Practice and Action Research and Production Planning & Control. He is regular assessment committee member for academic positions at NTNU (2019, 2020) and AaU (2016). He is also co-founder of the yearly Strømtangen Lighthouse sustainability project in collaboration with Visit Fredrikstad & Hvaler, Friends of the earth Fredrikstad and Hvaler and the NGO Miljøstiftelsen elv og hav.