Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation. 

Our teaching and research cover a broad spectrum of fields from economics and management to technology and design. We are a department that sees innovation, development and innovation as fundamentally necessary to strengthen a sustainable society. Collaboration and dialogue permeate our operations, making positive and productive relationships with companies and other organisations possible. This in turn helps to make our students highly sought-after, and ensures that research can be used to increase competitiveness and sustainability.

 

The Department of Management and Engineering has more than 500 co-workers and 20 divisions. More than 9,000 students take our courses and programmes every year.

 

Our co-workers are the driving force for our unceasing improvement.

 

“By creating a feeling of ‘togetherness’, we create the conditions required for all to flourish and grow – and this in turn contributes to genuine commitment.”

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Extensive research in many fields is carried out at IEI, ranging from the social sciences to technology. Central fields are sustainability, the circular and behaviour-based economy, management, goods and services production, digitalisation, technical systems and processes, and the development of operations, products and services.

Much of the research is carried out in close collaboration with the society around us, with the expressed goal of translation and utilisation. Research is often multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, and is characterised by creative collaboration in which researchers from different disciplines work together. The methods used in IEI research are distinguished by the diversity and breadth of analysis methods and types of data.

Explore our research – you’ll be stimulated.

 

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A department with a broad spectrum of its education – from economics and management to technology and design.
IEI offers courses at both basic and advanced (master’s) levels.

Teaching in the department is characterised by deep knowledge of the subject and high quality, in close collaboration with industry and organisations in the region. Our students have ample opportunities to apply their theoretical knowledge to practical work in our modern workshops and laboratories.

Are you interested in gaining new expertise? Take one of our 200 single-subject courses. We also offer tailored commissioned education. Contact the relevant division for more information.

 

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Research education places high demands on those who take it. It comprises courses, own study, research, and in many cases teaching in undergraduate education. Those who thrive as doctoral students are independent, ambitious, and have the ability to formulate and work through scientific problems.
 
IEI has approximately 250 teachers/researchers, and more than 100 research students spread across two faculties. The research here lies in a wide range of fields from economics and management to technology and design.

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Upcoming events

22 November 2021

Public disputation i Industrial Engineering and Management: Per Staffan Boström

9.00 am – 11.00 am Campus Valla, Building T, TEMCAS and digital

Per Staffan Boström, at the Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis "Resursbaserad ledning och styrning - Ett nytt synsätt på resurs- och värdetillväxt av företagets innovationskapital." Opponent is Niklas Myhr, Assistant professor, Chapman University, Southern California. The event is open to the public. Language: Swedish. Zoom link: https://liu-se.zoom.us/j/67384671673?pwd=cTFoTEVqRTViT0xjV2FFUjd3QnluZz09 Meeting ID: 673 8467 1673,  Passcode: 980300

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25 November 2021

The International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Category formation in social networks

4.00 pm – 5.30 pm Zoom

Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Douglas Guilbeault, University of California, Berkeley, USA. The seminar is open for the public. Language: English. Please contact madelene.topfer@liu.se for Zoom link.

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2 December 2021

The Analytical Sociology Seminar: Daniel Redhead

2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Zoom

Welcome to the Analytical Sociology Seminar with Daniel Redhead, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany. The seminar is open for the public. Language: English. Please contact madelene.topfer@liu.se for Zoom link.

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8 December 2021

Public disputation in Sustainable Systems: John Laurence Esguerra

9.00 am – 11.00 am ACAS, A-building, Campus Valla and via Zoom

John Laurence Esguerra, at the Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis entitled "Developing strategies for improved economic performance and reduced climate impact of landfill mining in Europa". Opponent is Anders Damgaard, PhD, Technical University of Denmark. The event is open to the public. Language: English.

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Collaborative Research Seminar Series: The creation and control of annual report disclosures

1.15 pm – 3.00 pm A Building, Campus Valla, Room 3C:817 and online

Presenters: Linus Axén, Assistant Lecturer and Pernilla Broberg, Senior Lecturer, at the Division of Business Administration (FEK), Department of Management and Engineering (IEI). Public procurement is an important policy tool to stimulate innovation for the circular economy because it represents 17% of Sweden’s GDP and thereby half of the public sector’s spending. It has the potential to transform markets through demand, and especially those markets in which the government is an important customer. However, public procurement has been largely overlooked by policy makers and scholars alike and has only recently started gaining traction as an area of interest. Our practical aim for this research is therefore to uncover the challenges that procurers and suppliers face when circularity is included as a requirement in the procurement process. From these challenges we dive deeper into practice to unpack how circular markets are shaped through public procurement and circular business models. We adopt an abductive approach and focus on the case of the market for circular work clothing. Our data collection includes 1) a qualitative process study in which we follow the procurement process of a municipality for a year; and 2) a qualitative study on the wider market and its main actors. We have thus far collected about 45 interviews, numerous observations and over 1000 pages of secondary archival data, including company circularity goals, policy briefs and tender documents. Our data collection is still ongoing and will be finalized in May 2022. Our preliminary findings show that both suppliers and procurers face a challenge of perceived complexity in relation to the process. For suppliers this is the perceived complexity of the procurement process, while for the procurers this mainly lies in the perceived complexity of the procurement law. These perceptions lead to a restrained dialogue between procurers and suppliers, because of which the two actors may not achieve an optimal circular solution.

9 December 2021

International Roundtable on Computational Social Science: Quantifying the biases of scientific impact

2.30 pm – 4.00 pm Zoom

Welcome to the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with Roberta Sinatra, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The seminar is open for the public. Language: English. Please contact madelene.topfer@liu.se for Zoom link.

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10 December 2021

Public Disputation in Sustainable Systems: Tharaka Gunaratne

9.00 am – 12.00 pm ACAS, A-huset, Campus Valla, Linköping University

Tharaka Gunaratne, at the Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis entitled "Valorisation of heterogeneous industrial residues". Opponent is Docent Jouni Korhonen. The event is open to the public. Language: English.

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Public Disputation in Logistics: Olle Olsson

1.15 pm – 3.00 pm ACAS, A-building, Campus Valla, Linköping University

Olle Olsson, at the Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis entitled "Managing variability in patient flows". Opponent is Daniel Ekwall, Professor, University of Borås. The event is open to the public. Language: Swedish.

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14 December 2021

Public disputation in Mechanical Engineering: Anton Wiberg

10.15 am – 12.00 pm ACAS, A-building, Campus Valla, Linköping University

Anton Wiberg, at the Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis entitled "Design Automation for Additive Manufacturing - A multidisciplinary Design Optimization Approach". Opponent is Kristina Shea, Professor, ETC Zürich. The event is open to the public. Language: English.

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15 December 2021

Public disputation in Analytical Sociology: Selcan Mutgan

1.15 pm – 3.00 pm K1, Kåkenhus, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University and Online

Selcan Mutgan, at the Department of Management and Engineering, defends her thesis entitled "Free to choose? Studies of Opportunity Constraints and the Dynamics of School Segregation". Opponent is Francesco Candeloro Billari, Professor, University of Bocconi. The event is open to the public. Language: English. The dissertation can also be viewed online on Zoom. For more information, contact Madelene Töpfer, madelene.topfer@liu.se

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16 December 2021

Public disputation in Mechanical Engineering: Robert Casper

9.00 am – 11.00 am ACAS, A-huset, Campus Valla, Linköping University

Robert Casper, at the Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis entitled  "Automotive Remanufacturing Business in a Changing Market". Opponent is Amir Rashid, Professor, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm. The event is open to the public. Language: English

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17 December 2021

Seminar: A hundred years of design and democracy – Visions for the future

9.00 am – 11.30 am Online via Zoom

The fourth and final seminar in the series Hundred years of design and democracy takes place on Friday, Dec 17. The seminar will be looking ahead towards the roles of design in the next hundred years of democracy. Moderator: Dan Hill, VinnovaA panel discussion between: Kieran Long, ArkDes, Jonas Olsson, SVID, Mats Widbom, Svensk Form

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Collaboration with companies and organisations outside of the university is an important part of operations at IEI, and has been since the department was formed. Collaboration allows IEI researchers to contribute to the development of companies and society, while at the same time obtaining valuable knowledge and experience. In other words – a win-win situation.

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Linköping, Sweden

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