Courses and conferences
PhD courses
The PhD courses are free of charge and open for all PhD students as far as space allows. The courses are held in English and in real life if nothing else is specified.
You can sign up to the courses via the link below each course until the last date of application. Those who have signed up will get an answer soon after the deadline.
Before you can be registered to the course you need to hand in a certificate of registration from your home university which shows that you are registered as a PhD student. To get access to the course page you need to activate a student account at Uppsala University.
Do you have questions about the content of the course? Please contact the course director.
Do you have questions about the application to the PhD courses? Please contact Golondrian Janke administrator, third-cycle studies.
Obligatory research school courses in the autumn
Perspectives on Science and Research - FHS0021, 7,5 hp
The course will be given: 2025-08-28 -- 2025-09-24 in real life in Uppsala (the last day will be online).
Course director: Fredrik Tell
The course is obligatory within the SUBS programme (Stockholm Uppsala Business Studies) and within the Research School of Management and IT and these PhD students are given priority.
You can apply to Perspectives on Science and Research until 2025-01-15.
Seminars and Thesis Work - FHS0040, 7,5 hp
The next time the course will be given: In the autumn (ca December) 2025 in real life in Uppsala.
Course director: Christina Keller
The course is obligatory within the Research School of Management and IT and these PhD students are given priority.
You will soon be able to apply to Seminars and Thesis Work here.
Obligatory research school courses in the spring
Research in Information Systems and Informatics - FHS0091, 7,5 hp
The next time the course will be given: In the spring 2026 in real life in Visby, Uppsala and Lund.
Course director: Pär Ågerfalk
The course is obligatory within the Research School of Management and IT and these PhD students are given priority.
You will be able to apply to Research in Information Systems and Informatics here during the latter part of the autumn 2025.
Research on Information Technology in Organization and Management - FSA0002, 7,5 hp
The next time the course will be given: In the spring 2026 Uppsala, in real life in Stockholm, Karlstad and the last day online.
Course director: Einar Iveroth
The course is obligatory within the Research School of Management and IT and these PhD students are given priority.
You will be able to apply to Research on Information Technology in Organization and Management here duering the latter part of the autumn 2025.
Other courses offered to PhD students in the research school
Here you can see information about other courses which are offered to PhD students in the research school.
Theories for the Organisation of Firms - the Classics 7,5 hp
The course will be given 2025-08-22 -- 2026-01-16.
Course directors: Cecilia Lindh & Tobias Johansson-Berg
The course is offereed in the Research School of Management and IT.
You can apply to Theories for the Organisation of Firms - the Classics via e-mail to cecilia.lindh@mdu.se.
Emerging Topics in Information Systems - EIN003F, 7,5 hp
The course will be given 2025-09-15 -- 2025-11-25.
Course director: Saonee Sarker
The course is offered in the Research School of Management and IT. K
You can apply to Emerging Topis in Information Systems via e-mail to carla.bohme@ics.lu.se until 2025-09-01.
Qualitative Methods - FHS0022, 7,5 hp
The course will be given: 2025-09-25 -- 2025-10-24 in real life in Uppsala.
Course director: Linda Wedlin
The course is obligatory for PhD students from the Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University as a part of the SUBS programme (Stockholm Uppsala Business Studies) and is offered within the Research School of Management and IT and these PhD students are given priority.
You can apply to Qualitative Methods until 2025-08-31.
Introduction to Philosophy of Technology - EIN005F, 7,5 hp
The course will be given: 2025 - januari 2026.
Course directors: Osama Mansour & Amir Haj-Bolouri
The course is offered in the Research School of Management and IT. K
You can apply to Introduction to Philosophy of Technology via e-mail to carla.bohme@ics.lu.se until 2025-09-15.
Introduction to Multivariate Statistics - FHS0024, 7,5 hp
The next time the course will be given: 2025-11-03 -- 2025-11-20.
Course director: James Sallis
The course is obligatory within the SUBS programme (Stockholm Uppsala Business Studies) and is offered within the Research School of Management and IT and these PhD students are given priority.
You can apply to Introduction to Multivariate Statistics until 2025-10-05.
Other conferences
Other conferences to which research school participants are invited
To be announced.
Previous conferences held by the research school
MITAC 2024 Uppsala University, Uppsala 2024-10-01 13:00--2024-10-03 12:00
Best Reviewer Award: Lovisa Annerwall Mälardalen University and Mathias Forsgren, Uppsala University
During the conference it was possible to listen to the Uppsala Lectures in Business with Johanna Mair, Professor of Organization, Strategy, and Leadership, Hertie School, Berlin.
MITSC 2024 Uppsala University, Uppsala 2024-04-16 13:00--2024-04-18 12:15
Best Reviewer Award: Amirhossein Gharaie, Linköping University
MITAC 2023 Uppsala University, Uppsala 2023-10-17 13:00--2023-10-19 13:00
Best Reviewer Award: Oscar Swinden, Uppsala University
Ott Velsbergs webinarium (video) (från 231017).
Uppsala Lectures in Business 2023 2023-10-18--2023-10-19. The lecturer 2023 was Bruce Kogut, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Columbia Business School och Professor of Sociology, Columbia University.
MITSC 2023 Mälardalen University, Västerås 2023-04-18--2023-04-20
Best Reviewer Award: Panagiota Peggy Koukouvinou, Umeå University
Welcome to MITSC 2023 in Västerås.
MITAC 2022 Uppsala University, Uppsala 2022-10-04--2022-10-06
Best Reviewer Award: Kristin Svärd, Karlstad University
Uppsala Lectures in Business 2022 2022-10-03--2021-10-05. The lecturer 2022 was Professor Sarah Kaplan, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada.
MITSC 2022 Umeå University, Online 2022-03-22--2022-03-24
Best Reviewer Award: Sara Bomark, Umeå University
MITAC 2021 Uppsala Universitet, Online 2021-10-05--2021-10-06
Best Reviewer Award: Tim Kastrup, Uppsala University
Uppsala Lectures in Business 2021 2021-10-05--2021-10-06. The lecturer 2021 was professor Eero Vaara, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK.
MITSC 2021 Linnaeus University, Online 2021-05-18--2021-05-20
Best Reviewer Award: Jakob Westergren, Uppsala University
Gerald Midgleys keynote (pdf), Gerald Midgleys keynote (pptx), An Introduction to Systems Thinking for Tackling Wicked Problems (a video from the lecture held at Linnaeus University 2021-03-12).
Jim Spohrer's keynote (slides).
MITAC 2020 Uppsala University, Online 2020-09-29--2020-10-01
Best Reviewer Award: Emil Åkesson, Lund University, LTH, Faculty of Engineering
MITSC 2020 Mälardalen University, Västerås Online 2020-03-18--2020-03-20
Best Reviewer Award: Frida Magnusdotter Ivarsson, University of Gothenburg
MITAC 2019 Uppsala University, Uppsala 2019-10-21--10-23
Best Reviewer Award: Sebastian Dehling, Karlstad University & Oskar Lundberg Umeå University.
MITSC 2019 Karlstad University 2019-03-27--03-29.
Best Reviewer Award: Anton Borell, Stockholm University & Anna Uhlin, Mälardalen University,
MITAC 2018 Uppsala University, Campus Gotland 2018-09-19--2018-09-21.
Best Reviewer Award: Daniel Skog, Umeå University.
MITSC 2018 Lund University, LTH, Faculty of Engineering 2018-03-12--2018-03-14.
Best Reviewer Award: Chelsey Jo Huisman, Uppsala University & Christina Ghita, Uppsala University.
MITAC 2017 Uppsala University, Uppsala 2017-09-25--2017-09-27
Uppsala Lectures in Business 2017-09-26--2017-09-27
The lecturer 2017 was Nicole Coviello, the Betty and Peter Sims Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Marketing at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.
- Lecture 1: "Informing the dynamics of effectuation with network theory"
- Lecture 2: "No business experience required? The influence of pre-founding R&D collaboration on early internationalization".
MITSC 2017 Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), Karlskrona 2017-03-13--2017-03-15
MITAC 2016 Uppsala University, Uppsala 2016-10-03--2016-10-05
Uppsala Lectures in Business 2016-10-04--2016-10-05
Lecturer: Professor Andrew Van de Ven, University of Minnesota.