JONAS SÖDERLUND, PhD
CV
April 20, 2012
Born 1971 in Stockholm, Sweden
CURRENT EMPLOYMENTS:
Professor
Department of Leadership and Management
BI Norwegian School of Management
Oslo, Norway
Professor/Senior Research Fellow
KITE
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
HOME ADDRESS:
Gustav Adolfsgatan 17, SE-58220 Linköping,
SWEDEN
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +47 46 410862 (Norway), +46 (0)70-7837176
(Sweden)
EMPLOYMENTS AND MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS
 Professor in Project Management, BI Norwegian School of Management, Department of Leadership and
Management, 2007-date
 Professor of Business Administration (‘Företagsekonomi’), Department of Management and Engineering,
2010-date
 Founding Member and Theme Manager, KITE Excellence Center, Linköping University, 2007-date
 Head of Project Management Group, BI Norwegian School of Management, 2010-date
 Adjunct Professor, SKEMA, Lille, France, 2008 Member of the Department Council, Department of Leadership and Management, BI, 2008-date
 Member of the Advisory Group, Project Management Institute, 2010 External Examiner, University College London, Bartlett School, 2008 External Examiner, University of Limerick, Ireland, 2011 Member of the board, Norwegian Center of Project Management, 2007-2011
 Member of the board, Swedish Project Academy, 2000-2010
 Member of the steering committee, Academy of Management, Project Management Interest Group, 2009-date
 Research Fellow, IMIT, 2002-date
 Director, Svenska Projekt, Research and Education Network, IMIT, 1999-2010
 Member of Core Faculty and Examiner, PMEX, Linköping University, 1996-2010
 Member of the IPMA Research Committee, 2008-date
 Associate Professor (Docent, habilitation), Business Administration, Linköping University, 2003-date
 Declared qualified as “Chaired Professor in Project Management” at BI Norwegian School of Management.
Ranked first among four applicants, 2006
 Declared qualified as “Full Professor of Industrial Management” at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.
Ranked first among six applicants, 2006
 Vice Chairman, Doctoral Studies Committee, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Linköping University, 2005-2008
 Visiting Professor, BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway, 2006
 Director, Linköping Project Center, Linköping University, 2003-2007
 Visiting Professor, CRG, l’Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 2004
 Visiting Professor, CRG, l’Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 2003
 Assistant Professor, School of Management, Linköping University, 2000-2003
 Vice Program Director, PMEX (Executive MBA Program), Linköping University, 2001-2003
 Co-founder and chairman of university spin-off “com-onweb International AB”, 2000-2003
 Visiting Scholar, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University, UK, 1999-2000
 Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA, 1998
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 PhD, International Graduate School of Management and Industrial Engineering (IMIE), Linköping University,
Sweden, (Dissertation: “Time-limited and complex interaction – studies of industrial projects”), 2000
 Pedagogical training: 37 credits in total. Pedagogy A-level and B-level undergraduate courses in Pedagogy (30
credits), Basic Teaching at Linköping University (3 credits) and Supervising PhD students (4 credits), Linköping
University, 1995-2003
 Leadership Training (in total 8 training days plus preparation and tests), IMIE/Lorensbergs
Organisationskonsulter, 1999
 Licentiate of Business Administration, Department of Management and Economics, Linköping University,
Sweden, 1998
 Visiting Doctoral Student, Program in General Management, Harvard Business School, USA, 1998
 Master of Science, Business Administration and Economics, Linköping University, Sweden, 1995
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
 International Project Management Association (IPMA) Research Award 2011. Together with Dr Karin Bredin.
Award given for outstanding research on HRM in project-based organizations.
 Best Paper Award EURAM, 2011.
 Career Contract, Future Leaders of Research, Linköping University, 2011.
 Nominated for the Pedagogical Development Award at BI Norwegian Business School for the development of
the Online Master Program in Project Management, 2011
 HR Research Award, Award for Best Research on HRM 2009, Uppsala University and IPF.
 IRNOP Best Paper Award, IRNOP Conference 2009, Chaired by Professor Hans Georg Gemünden, Berlin.
 IRNOP Best Reviewer Award, IRNOP Conference 2009, Chaired by Professor Hans Georg Gemünden, Berlin.
 IPMA Best Paper Award, IRNOP Conference, 2007
 Dean’s Letter, Excellent Course Evaluation, Institute of Technology, Linköping University. For courses on
Advanced Project Management and Advanced Project-based Management, 2001-2004
 Finalist Book of the Year, HR Society, 2005
 STINT scholarships, FAS scholarship: 2003, 2004 and 2005
 The Tom Hedelius Scholarship, Handelsbanken, 1999
 Sweden-America Foundation Scholarship, the Atlas Copco Scholarship, 1997
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS
 Project Manager, “Organizing Engineering Knowledge and R&D in Technical Consultancies,
Vetenskapsrådet/Swedish Research Council (3 900 000 SEK), 2012-2015.
 Program Manager, “Consultants in Technology”, Handelsbankens forskningsstiftelser (1 500 000 SEK), 20112014
 Project Leader, “Project Portfolio Management in Practice”, Norwegian Center of Project Management
(200 000 NOK), 2010-2012
 Project Leader, “Service Innovation” (200 000 NOK), 2010, Excellence Research Initiative at BI (with Dr
Ragnhild Kvålshaugen)
 Project Leader, IMIT, “Project Portfolio Management in Practice” (250 000 SEK), 2007-2009
 Project Leaders, VINNOVA, “Project Competence Phase II: Diffusion” (371 000 SEK), 2007-2009
 Project Leader, VINNOVA, “Competitive Project Operations” (3 000 000 SEK), 2007-2011
 Institutional Grant, STINT. Collaboration with SPRU/CENTRIM and LiU (with Professor Lars Lindkvist and
Dr Fredrik Tell), (2 000 000 SEK), 2006-2009.
 Member of KITE Core Team, Excellence Center Proposal, Finalist, VINNOVA and Riksbanken. Awarded
grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (together with i.a. Professors Lars Lindkvist and Christian Berggren,
Associate Professor Fredrik Tell) (29 000 000 SEK), 2007-2014
 Project Leader, VINNOVA, “Project competence in Swedish industry” (2. 300 000 SEK), 2003-2006
 FAS, “Working life in Swedish projects,” (with Professor Torbjörn Stjernberg, Gothenburg University). (3 000
000 SEK), 2002-2005
 Director, “Svenska Projekt: Research and Education Initiative”, in cooperation with Swedish industry (2 500
000 SEK), 2000-2004
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS (SELECTED)
 Member of the editorial board: International Journal of Product Development, International Journal of
Managing Projects in Business, International Journal of Project Management, International Journal of Quality
and Service Sciences, International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, International
Journal of Project Organisation and Management, Engineering Project Organization Journal.
 Co-founder of International Journal of Project Organisation and Management.
 Ad-hoc reviewer for academic journals: Organization Studies, Research Policy, R&D Management, European
Management Journal, Construction Management & Economics, International Journal of Innovation
Management, International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, Industrial Marketing Management,
International Journal of Technology Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management, Economic Geography.
 Book manuscript reviewer: Pearson, Oxford University Press, Liber, Taylor & Francis, Routledge.
 Workshop organizer, Svenska Projekt: Workshops on Project Business, Project-based Firms, Employment in
Project-based contexts, Teaching in Project Management, etc.
 Conference organizer: IRNOP VIII Conference 2007 in Brighton (in cooperation with Dr Tim Brady (chair),
University of Brighton, and Andrew Davies, Imperial College), R&D Management Advanced Workshop 2008
(with members from KITE), National Workshop on HRM 2008 (with Karin Bredin and Cecilia Enberg).
 Conference track organizer: EURAM Conference, 2002, 2005, Scandinavian Academy of Management
Conference, 2003.
 Member of Task Forces (Dean’s assignments): Master Programs Bologna, Linköping University, 2005, 2006; HR
Professor at Linköping University, 2005-2006.
 Core Team Researcher: Value of Project Management, Project Management Institute (Project Manager: Dr
Janice Thomas, Canada), Service Innovation Excellence Center, BI Norwegian School of Management (CoDirector).
 Invited speaker/lecturer: Stockholm School of Economics, Royal Institute of Technology, ESC Amiens, ISM
Lithuania, Karlstad University, Umeå School of Business and Economics, Baltic Business School, University of
Sussex, Cranfield School of Management, Gothenburg University, Chalmers University of Technology, SKEMA
Business School, Tilburg University, University College London.
 Industrial collaboration: ABB, AstraZeneca, Combitech, Ericsson, IFS, Lawson, Posten, Saab, Sandvik, Scania,
Skanska, TeliaSonera, Tetra Pak, Volvo Aero, Volvo Car Corporation, IPF, Wenell Management.
 Member: Project Management Institute, Scandinavian Academy of Management, Academy of Management,
Norwegian Center of Project Management, Swedish Project Academy, Swedish Project Management Society.