Klas Palm

Researcher at Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering; Industrial Engineering and Management

Telephone:
+46 18 471 73 11
Mobile phone:
+46 72 999 92 34
E-mail:
klas.palm@uu.se
Visiting address:
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
Postal address:
Box 524
751 20 Uppsala

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Affiliated Researcher at Uppsala University Future Institutes (UUniFI); Uppsala University Conflicting Objectives Research Nexus (UUniCORN)

Mobile phone:
+46 72 999 92 34
E-mail:
klas.palm@uu.se
Visiting address:
Segerstedthuset, Dag Hammarskjölds v 7
751 05 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 256
751 05 Uppsala

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Academic merits:
docent
ORCID:
0000-0002-7409-8966

Short presentation

I am an Associate Professor in Engineering Physics with a specialization in Industrial Engineering. My research focuses on systems thinking and collaboration processes for sustainable development. I work with innovation management, design thinking, systems theory, and change management. I lead the research group "SPARK – Societal Partnerships for Action, Research & Knowledge", as well as the research program Socio-Technical Goal Conflicts within the UUniCORN research initiative.

Keywords

  • innovation
  • organisational ambidexterity
  • sustainable development
  • design thinking
  • implementation research
  • transformation management
  • systems theory
  • socio technological systems

Biography

My research focus is on exploring innovation space in service organizations. I am involved in several Formas and Vinnova-funded research projects within public administrations. My background is as an organizational and communication consultant, and I have worked with global sustainability issues for over 20 years. I have a foundational education in Social Psychology from Uppsala University.

Research

My research focuses on increasing knowledge about how we can drive co-create new solutions. Many of the research projects I lead have the overarching goal of contributing to sustainable societies and are clearly linked to the fulfillment of one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals within Agenda 2030.

Media

Here are some examples of my media contributions about innovation snd societal development. (In Swedish.)

Innovationsledning inom omsorg, hälso och sjukvård

En liten praktisk HANDBOK om sex verktyg i förändringsverktygslådan.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LZ30eqmVOA0W_WEZoublGdtz2Pei0kwT/view?usp=sharing

Förbättra vs. Innovera

Ett KAPITEL i forskningsantologin; Innovation och Stadsutveckling. Kapitlet handlar om skillnaden mellan att arbeta med föräbättringsarbete och innovation.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VvxyKvWMLpeyblELBX7N9bnjSGYP3qxR/view?usp=sharing

Om Innovationsledning i kommun och region

En FILM där jag beskriver underlättande faktorer för innovationsledning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYKe6LlJyzQ&t=2s&pp=ygUJa2xhcyBwYWxt

Heja Innovation!

En HEMSIDA om Innovation i offentlig förvaltning.

https://hejainnovation.se/om-heja/

Forskning och Innovation, samverkanspodden

En PODD om att digitalisering och samverkan går hand i hand.

https://samverkanspodden.podbean.com/e/digitalisering-och-samverkan-gar-hand-i-hand/

En film om juste energiomställning.

https://youtu.be/VBo19accx08?si=fKHfcBiWUeBrwDgb

Klas Palm

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