Lunch Lectures

Celebration Weeks with Lunch Lectures
Meet our new professors and honorary doctors

What are our new professors researching? Which societal challenges do they want to help solve? And what does the path to a successful career in academia, business or society look like? In connection with the university’s Academic Ceremony on 4 December, Högskolan Väst is holding its Celebration Weeks. All new professors who will be inaugurated at the ceremony are invited, in keeping with tradition, to give an inaugural lecture. They will present their fields of research and academic journeys as a way of sharing knowledge with a wider audience. We have also invited our two new honorary doctors to give presentations about their backgrounds, fields of expertise and collaboration with the university.

Registration and practical information
All lectures are open to everyone and will be held in Swedish or English. Högskolan Väst will provide light refreshments at the lectures. Places are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The registration deadline to receive lunch and secure a place is one week before each lecture.

Register here
Subject to availability, you may also come without registering in advance to listen to the lecture. You can participate online via Zoom at this link: https://hv-se.zoom.us/j/62490857471

Inaugural lectures by new professors
12:15–12:55

23 Nov — Kristina Eriksson, Professor of Production Systems
Crossing boundaries between research, education and industry: transdisciplinary knowledge creation and collaboration (in English)
Technology alone is not enough to address the challenges facing industry and society today. Developing production systems that are human-centric, resilient and sustainable requires us to cross disciplinary boundaries and bring together diverse perspectives, from e.g., technology and engineering to social sciences, leadership and health. This lecture explores how crossing boundaries between research, education and industry can foster transdisciplinary knowledge creation and collaboration, opening new possibilities for addressing complex challenges and shaping the future of production systems.

24 Nov — Maria Spante, Professor of Informatics with a focus on work-integrated learning
Contradictions are engines of creativity (in English)
My research examines situations where established practices no longer suffice. Using Activity Theory and formative interventions in work-integrated learning, I conduct collaborative research with practitioners on contradictions, collective agency and digitalisation. Theory and methods develop through practice, contributing to knowledge-driven societal development grounded in rigorous critical inquiry.

25 Nov — Amir Haj-Bolouri, Professor of Informatics with a focus on work-integrated learning
Meaning in the making: technology, experience, and the spaces we shape (held in English)
What happens when technology becomes part of how we experience, understand, and a