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HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY

Halmstad University prepares people for the future by creating values, driving innovation and developing society. Since the beginning in 1983, the University has been characterised as forward-thinking and cross-border. Halmstad University is known for its popular and reality-based programmes and small student groups.

The research at Halmstad University is internationally renowned and is pursued in interdisciplinary innovation and research environments. The University takes an active part in the development of society through extensive and recognized collaboration with both the private and public sector.

Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning research (CIEL)

NBM@Halmstad 2021 is hosted by the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning research (CIEL), Halmstad University, Sweden. The conference will be hosted entirely online by Halmstad University, Sweden, from 9th to 11th June 2021.

CIEL is one of two research environments at the Academy of Economics, Technology and Science. The goal of the environment is to create opportunities for internationally outstanding research on innovation, entrepreneurship and learning.

The research environment is divided into four research groups – Business Model Innovation (BMI), Center for International Marketing and Entrepreneurship Research (CIMER), Knowledge Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Research (KEEN), Sustainability, Innovation and Management in Building (SIMB). The activities of the groups overlap to some extent, and the unity within the research environment promotes interdisciplinary research projects.

Halmstad University Profile Areas

Halmstad University has two profile areas, Health Innovation, and Smart Cities and Communities. The profile areas are the base for the Knowledge and Competence Center called Research for Innovation.

Health Innovation

Health Innovation is a profile area of interdisciplinary education and research that addresses health challenges through trans-disciplinary and value-creating research and education in collaboration with stakeholders in society. Health concerns us all, and the health challenges that society is facing must be solved by collaboration between multiple societal actors.

Public organisations, industry, non-governmental organisations and representatives from different target groups need to contribute with different perspectives. The academic world has a big responsibility to produce and ensure knowledge regarding health challenges, the needs among target groups and prerequisites for different solutions. Halmstad University is working to take on this responsibility through research, education and collaboration.

The profile area is characterised by three principles. The innovations should be:

needs-oriented, and create value for society,
sustainable and applicable,
developed in co-production with the final users and actors.

Health Innovation is one of the two University profile areas. The other is Smart Cities and Communities.

Smart Cities and Communities

Smart Cities and Communities is a university wide profile area including the focus areas Smart Mobility and Smart Energy. Focus is on small and medium sized cities. Many aspects of the profile area include working with businesses and the surrounding society, and taking local conditions into consideration.

Within the profile area Smart Cities and Communities, research is conducted in several different areas. Many research projects are multi- and interdisciplinary. The focus of the profile area is directed towards the areas of Smart Mobility and Smart Energy, but also touches upon Smart Education and other areas. The research includes all five of the University’s research environments and its four schools.