Irene Bernhard

Guest editorial: Learning capabilities for future work practices

One foot in academia and one in work-life : the case of Swedish industrial PhD students

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the benefits and barriers for learning in industrial PhD education through the perspectives of...

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

The increasing use of automated systems for decision-making and decision support in public administration is forming new practices and challenging...

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

Aim/Purpose: The aim is to explore the benefits and challenges of industrial PhD education through the perspectives of industrial PhD students who...

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

The aim of this study is to further expand research on cross-boundary organisational collaboration for learning by focusing on industrial PhD...

Retailing and cultural heritage as means for the future city

What are the prerequisites for a successful industrial PhD education collaboration?

Background University-industry collaboration is a widespread phenomenon in response to complex societal challenges. All sectors of society struggle...

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

Purpose – The purpose is to develop a work-integrated learning (WIL) model for university-society research collaboration facilitating societal impa...

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

Purpose: Within the ongoing digitalization of society and dimensions of integration, equality, citizen needs, sustainability and quality of life ar...

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

Contemporary societal issues often call for the inclusion of many perspectives and competences hence there is a demand for increased academia-socie...

Editorial

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

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

Purpose – This study aims to explore how women entrepreneurs in small businesses encounter digitalization and learn to use social media at work by...

Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship : The potential for increasing capacities

23 years of the Uddevalla Symposium 1998-2020

Diversity, Innovation and Clusters : Spatial Perspectives

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

This paper examines the relation between municipalities' social media performance and citizen satisfaction withthe municipality. An observational...

Inclusive place innovation as a means for local community regeneration

This chapter contributes knowledge on the challenges of collaboration within local community regeneration in order to identify innovative approache...

Introduction: diversity, innovation and clusters : spatial perspectives

Network collaboration for local and regional development the case of Swedish women entrepreneurs

The aim of this study is to explore women entrepreneurs participation in networks with focus on local community collaboration. In recent years...

Samverkansmodell för Arbetsintegrerat Lärande i Forskarutbildning : En ökad samhällsrelevans genom interaktiva flöden

Universiteten i Sverige och övriga världen måste ständigt se över former för förbättrat utbyte med det omgivande samhället. Strategier för samverka...

Stakeholder Involvement in City Transformation : Towards a Smart Old Town

The ongoing digitalization of society is of increasing importance for city transformation and a driving force for cities to become smart. The aim o...

University-Industry Collaboration in Higher Education : Exploring the Informing Flows Framework in Industrial PhD Education

Aim/PurposeThe aim is to explore the informing flows framework as interactions within aPhD education practicing a work-integrated learning approach...

University-Industry collaboration in higher education : Industry views on investing in industrial PhD students

University collaboration and networking with society and practice are of crucial importance in contemporary society. Contemporary societal...

Work-Integrated Learning and Collaboration in Higher Education 3rd Cycle : The Case of Industrial PhD Students

Today universities and higher education face challenges related to collaboration with the society. Societal impacts and innovation from academia ar...

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

The concept of digital divides has been on the agenda in research and policy making for at least the last 20 years. But it is still, a challenge to...

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

The increasing use of automated systems for decision making and decision supportin public administration is forming new practices and challenging...

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

Drawing from the experiences of student projects organized and developed in accordance with work integrated learning, this paper contributes to the...

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

With an increased use of external online platforms, digital government logics are gradually intertwined with external, algorithmic, crowd-influence...

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

In this chapter, the focus is on incentives for inclusive e-government. Five case studies of the implementation of contact centers in Swedish...

Uddevalla Symposium 2019 : Unlocking the Potential of Regions Through Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Revised papers presented at the 22nd Uddevalla Symposium,27–29 June, 2019, L’Aquila, Italy

Understanding Women Entrepreneurs' Encounters with an Increasingly Digitalized Workplace

This study aims to explore how women entrepreneurs encounter and learn to use ICT at work in response to calls for further research regarding ICT a...

Work-Integrated Learning : Impact of Individual and organizational Digitalization on Knowledge management and Expertise Sharing

The primary aim with this study was to examine the impact of digitalization and the use of ICT for knowledge sharing in an organization. A secondar...

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

The aim of this study is to further explore and deepen research in place development with focus on inclusive networking related to renewal processe...

Att utveckla Lysekils centrum tillsammans : utmaningar och möjligheter

Denna studie designades och analyserades av Högskolan Väst 2016-2017. Undersökningen kompletterar den besökar- och boendestudie som Högskolan Väst...

Besökar- och boendestudie i Lysekil sommaren 2017

Denna studie designades och analyserades av Högskolan Väst 2016-2017. Undersökningen kompletterar den besökar- och boendestudie som Högskolan Väst...

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

Universities need to constantly accommodate new forms of collaboration with society. Interaction with and impacts on society and practice are of...

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

Collaboration and learning are vital for development in all sectors of society and there is a constant need for new ideas, innovation and...

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

The aim was to investigate whether there is a relationship between degree of e-government in Swedish municipalities and perceived satisfaction amon...

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

Developed countries must be incredibly innovative to secure incomes and welfare so that they may successfully compete against international rivals....

Introduction : Geography, Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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

This paper draws on the experiences of work-integrated learning from a Swedish-Norwegian cross-sector research project where actors from university...

Stakeholder Collaboration for Place Innovation : Challenges and Visions in Local Regeneration

This paper takes its point of departure from urban place innovation studies with focus on stakeholders' interests and involvement in developing loc...

Uddevalla Symposium 2018: Diversity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship – Regional, Urban, National and International Perspectives : Revised papers presented at the 21st Uddevalla Symposium, 14–16 June, 2018, Luleå, Sweden

Work-integrated Learning : Increasing societal impact by decreasing the gap between research and practice

In this paper we outline models for conducting work-integrated learning research. Our experiences from two decades of doing research in close...

Challenges of collaboration in old townscapes

Challenges of collaboration in old townscapes Contemporary cities are increasingly viewing cultural/heritage tourism as an area of tourism with gre...

Samverkan och utveckling i Gamlebyen

Högskolan Västs Rapport 3 - Samverkan och utveckling i Gamlebyen består av en studie av Gamlebyen Fredrikstads kommune, Norge. Denna studie baseras...

The Old Town District : Not Just a Scenic Backdrop - Stakeholders' Perspectives in Urban Re-generation

This paper takes its point of departure from an urban place innovation study with focus on local stakeholders with particular interest in the Old...

Transgressions and Transformations at Work : Towards a Social Media Practice among Swedish Municipality Communicators

This paper discusses how communicators at the municipality, in their work, negotiate the tension between a traditional role of an 'informative...

Twenty Years of Uddevalla Symposia : 1998-2017