Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division

The Division of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is among the leading research groups in entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries and conducts basic research and more applied research on various topics within entrepreneurship and innovation. Entrepreneurship and innovation is among the top strategic areas of Nord University and the Nord University Business School. The Division has teaching and research activity at campuses in Bodø, Mo i Rana and Steinkjer.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Our research activity is characterized by a high level of external financing, an international environment and strong international collaborations. 

Key research topics are related to the emergence and growth of new businesses and their role in society, innovation and entrepreneurial activity in different sectors, collaboration for innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as innovation and entrepreneurship connected to digitalization, circular economy, sustainability and education. 

Overall, the group's research has led to a wide scope of articles published in leading scientific international journals, books, articles in books and popular science publications. 

Team


​Gry Agnete Alsos
​Professor / dean
​Tommy Høyvarde Clausen
​Professor
​Einar Rasmussen
​Professor
​Roger Sørheim
​Professor
​Bjørn Willy Åmo
​Professor
​Marianne Terese Steinmo
​Professor
​Sujith Nair
​Professor
Andrew Coleman Corbett
 Adjunct Professor
​Riccardo Fini
 Adjunct Professor
​Paul Westhead
 Adjunct Professor
​Lars Øystein Widding
 Adjunct Professor
​​Johan Wiklund
​Adjunct Professor
​​Arild Aspelund
​Adjunct Professor
Ingebjørg Vestrum Associate Professor
Erlend Bullvåg
Associate Professor ​
Jorunn Grande Associate Professor
Espen John Isaksen
 Associate Professor
Siri Jakobsen
 Associate Professor
Svenn Are Jenssen Associate Professor
Thomas Andre Lauvås Associate Professor
Dolores Modic
 Associate Professor 
Sølvi Solvoll Associate Professor
​Marianne Arntzen-Nordqvist
 ​Associate Professor
​​Raj Krishnan Shankar
​Associate Professor
​Lars Hovdan Molden
​Associate Professor
​Rannveig Edda Hjaltadóttir
​Associate Professor​
​Krister Salamonsen
​Associate Professor
​Marta Gulli Lindvert
 Associate Professor
​Irina Isaeva
 Associate Professor
​Marit Breivik Meyer
​Associate Professor
​Iselin Kristine Mauseth
 Associate Professor​
Markus Andreas Fitza
Adjunct Associate Professor
Frode Heldal Adjunct Associate Professor
​Anna Brattström 
​Adjunct Associate Professor
​Karin Andrea Wigger
​​Adjunct Associate Professor
​Henrik Dvergsdal
 Assistant Professor​​​
​​Rune Bostad
 Associate Professor II
​Alan R. Johnson
Researcher with phd
​Lidia Kritskaya
​Postdoctoral Fellow
​Hareem Arshad
​Postdoctoral Fellow
Eleni Georgladou
PhD Candidate
Cecilie Haukland
 PhD Candidate
Micaela Heselius PhD Candidate
Phuc Hong Huynh
 PhD Candidate
Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen      
 PhD Candidate
Jenny Sofie Kjemphei Larsen PhD Candidate
Sanaa Talha
 PhD Candidate
Tina Løvsletten Troset PhD Candidate
Lill-Beathe Håpnes PhD Candidate
Beathe-Kristin Behrns Uttakleiv PhD Candidate
​Maiken Nilsen Stensaker
 PhD Candidate
Reda Hemdan Mahmoud Hassan        
 PhD Candidate
Filip Lestan
​PhD Candidate
​Shashwatashish Pattna​ik
 PhD Candidate
​Roberto Vivona
 PhD Candidate​
Aleksander Millang
Research Assistant​​
Ida Matilde Fauske
​Research Assistant​​
​Line Mathilde Karlsen
​Higher Executive Officer

Research projects




IP linked open data: building bridges (EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE)

Digital transformasjon i min virksomhet DiVi

Innodrive: Drivere og barrierer for innovasjon i offentlig sektor

DIGINN​ Digital innovasjon og grønn bærekraft


University-Industry Collaboration in Northern Norway: Drivers and Barriers

Project period: 2017-2020

PROJECT AIM:
The main goal of the project is to contribute to new research-based knowledge of the importance of university-industry collaboration for innovation and value creation in Northern Norway. The project will
develop knowledge on the factors that hinder and promote successful university-industry processes in Northern Norway.

PROJECT TEAM:
Roger Sørheim (project leader), Tommy Høyvarde
Claussen, Siri Jakobsen, Krister Salamonsen, Thomas
Lauvås, Maryna Vakulenko, Marit Breivik, Marianne
Steinmo, Are Jensen, Raj Krishnan Shankar.

COLLABORATING PARTNER:
Nordland Research Institute, Norut, INGENIO,
University of Valencia, CHEPS, University of Twente

FINANCING:
RFF Nord


Arctic Cluster Team (ACT)

Project period: 2018-2021

PROJECT AIM:
ACT aims to be a driving force for the sustainable transition of Norway. Through increased innovation capacity and competitiveness for the industry, ACT will help fulfill Norway’s obligations under the Paris agreement.

PROJECT TEAM:
Irina Isaeva, Marianne Steinmo, Siri Jakobsen, Thomas
Lauvås, Jenny K. Larsen, Maryna Vakulenko, Marit
Breivik-Meyer.

COLLABORATING PARTNERS:
50 partners in total; industry partners (process and supply industry, logistics, infrastructure and finance),
entrepreneurs and academic institutions.

FINANCING:
Arctic Cluster Team is part of the national programme
Norwegian Innovation Clusters. The program is organized by Innovation Norway, in joint effort with Siva (The Industrial Development Corporation


INTPART
Developing entrepreneurial mind-sets across cultures: A Norway - South-Africa collaboration

Project period: 2019-2022

PROJECT AIM:
Enhancing our entrepreneurial education through practice based approaches adding cross-cultural perspectives. With this INTPART project, we want to
build knowledge in order to advance our entrepreneurship education and research further through:
1) cross-cultural long-term strategic collaboration, and
2) a practice-based approach closely involving industry partners.

PROJECT TEAM:
Bjørn Willy Åmo (project leader), Espen Isaksen, Lars Kolvereid.

COLLABORATING PARTNERS:
Nord University Business School, Norwegian University of Life Science, Western Norway University of Applied Science (Norway), University of Pretoria, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa).

FINANCING:
Research Council of Norway/DIKU

Teaching

The Division of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is responsible for teaching and mentoring in innovation and entrepreneurship at bachelor's, master's and PhD levels, including executive education (MBA). 

The Division is responsible for profiles at bachelor's level, an MBA in Technology Management and major in entrepreneurship and innovation in the Master of Science programme. 

We annually supervise a high number of bachelor's and master's theses. Every year, several doctoral students graduate with a PhD in innovation and entrepreneurship and the Business School is an active partner in the Nordic Research School in Innovation – NORSI. 

The staff is also involved in teaching and mentoring in other subjects such as research methods, organization, management, strategy, communications and information technology, and circular economy. The development of new courses and teaching methods are core activities, for example as part of Engage - a Norwegian A Centre for Excellence in Higher Education in the area of entrepreneurship.

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 Division leader
​You can find more information about research by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Division in this brochure. ​
Published:12. June 2020 kl. 13:10
Updated:06. March 2023 kl. 14:34