I hold a PhD in business administration, especially organizational theory. I am a senior lecturer at Uppsala University and previously been working at Score, Stockholm School of Economics, University of Alberta (CA) and Northwestern University (US).
At the Institute, I have two main research interests. Firstly, I am studying policy professionals, and especially public affairs professionals. How does the business sector approach policymakers in Sweden today? What channels and arguments do they use when lobbying, and how do politicians on the receiving end perceive the same contact attempts?
In parallel, I am also conducting a larger, interdisciplinary research project on the importance of social networks for business students' careers. Together with Nils Gustafsson, Sofiya Voytiv and Gergei Farkas, I follow how students at top-ranked business schools in Sweden and Finland socialize with each other, over time - from the first weeks of education into working life - and what long-term influence such social connections may have on students' careers. We are also investigating the consequences of the covid pandemic for the formation of students' networks. This research is financed by the Riksbanken Jubileumsfond, the Swedish Research Council, the Crafoord Foundation and the Handelsbanken Research Foundation.
