Irene Bernhard

Senior Lecturer

Staff member at Division of media production.

Conducts research in social sciences, informatics, community planning.

Dr. Iréne Bernhard is an Assistant Professor in Informatics at School of Business, Economics and IT, University West, Sweden. She holds a PhD in planning and decision analysis, with specialization in urban and regional studies, from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. During 2015-2020 she was deputy head of School of Business, Economics and IT, University West, with special responsibility for research.

Her research focuses on the effects of digitalization for citizens as well as for public administrators and for small businesses. Recent publications cover issues such as research on digitalization, effects on women entrepreneurs as well as for citizens, social media, work-integrated learning, university-society research collaboration, innovation, network, and stakeholder collaboration for local and regional development. Besides, she has extensive experience of editorship, project leadership and organizing international scientific conferences. She has e.g. been responsible for running more than twenty yearly scientific international conferences named Uddevalla Symposium (www.symposium.hv.se )

Publications

Irene Bernhard

Senior Lecturer

23 years of the Uddevalla Symposium 1998-2020

A conceptual model for university-society research collaboration facilitating societal impact for local innovation

A digital society for all? : Meanings, practices and policies for digital diversity

A Nordic Perspective on Co‐Operation for Sustainable Destination and Regional Development

A Study of Small Enterprises with Focus on Entrepreneurship and E-government in a Regional Development Context

A Study of Small Enterprises with Focus on Entrepreneurship and E-government in a Regional Development Context

Approaches to inclusive networking in place development : an illustration from six smaller Scandinavian cities

Att utveckla Lysekils centrum tillsammans : utmaningar och möjligheter

Automation of Digital Public Services : Challenges when Working with Automated Systems and Striving for Inclusion of End-Users

Bachelor students in research projects : boosting WIL and University-Society Collaboration

Becoming a smart old town : How to manage stakeholder collaboration and cultural heritage

Besökar- och boendestudie i Lysekil sensommaren 2016

Besökar- och boendestudie i Lysekil sommaren 2017

Boundaries of Logics in Municipality Communicators' Facebook Practice : Towards a New Public Service Competence

Bringing all clients into the system : Professional digital discretion to enhance inclusion when services are automated

Challenges of collaboration in old townscapes

Challenging Organizational Issues When Municipal Contact Centers are Implemented in Sweden

Collaboration for Learning - Industrial PhD-students in the Intersection of Academia and Work-life

Collaboration Model for Work-Integrated Learning in Higher Education 3rd Cycle

Conceptualizing University-Society Collaboration : A Literature Review Focusing on Drivers of Collaboration

Degree of Digitalization and Citizen Satisfaction : A Study of the Role of Local e-Government in Sweden

Diversity, Innovation and Clusters : Spatial Perspectives

Do Municipal Facebook Performance and Citizen Satisfaction go Hand in Hand?

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

E-government and E-governance - Swedish Case Studies with Focus on the Local level

E-government and E-governance : local implementation of E-government policies in Sweden

En gränsöverskridande workshop om : Hvordan kan vi bruke undersøkelser til å skape et bedre sentrum?

En kritisk analys av IT-visioner inom hälsa och kultur

Entrepreneurs and Policy Networks : A Study of the Implementation of two Swedish Municipal Contact Centers

Establishment of Customer Centres in the Public Sector in Sweden : the Citizens' Views

Evaluation of Customer Centre and e-Services in a Swedish Municipality with Focus on the Citizens' Perspective

Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship : New Horizons in Regional Science series

Guest editorial: Learning capabilities for future work practices

Implementation of a Contact Centre : a Local eGovernment Initiative

Incentives for Inclusive e-Government : The Implementation of Contact Centers in Swedish Municipalities

Incentives for Inclusive E-Government : The Implementation of Contact Centers in Swedish Municipalities

Inclusive place innovation as a means for local community regeneration

Industrial PhD Education : Exploring Doctoral Students Acting in the Intersection of Academia and Work-Life

Industrial PhD students spanning the boundaries between academia and practice : a collaboration for organisational learning, Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities.

Innovation focusing on regional development in a European context : towards a new research agenda

Innovative Networks and Entrepreneurship : Special Issue: Innovative Networks and Entrepreneurship

Introduction: diversity, innovation and clusters : spatial perspectives

Introduction : Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Introduction to Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship : The Potential for Increasing Capacities

IT-Supported Work Processes for Contact Services in Swedish Municipalities : The Initial Design Steps

Keeping up the pace of digitalization in small businesses : Women entrepreneurs' knowledge and use of social media

Kompetensstrategier vid införande av kundcenter i kommuner

Lessons Learned From A Cross-Sector Development Project : An Integrative Research Approach