Charlie Karlsson

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Biography

Charlie Karlsson is Professor of the Economics of Technological Change at Jönköping Inter­national Business School (JIBS), Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden and Guest Pro­fessor of Economics at Trollhättan-Uddevalla University. At JIBS he is director of the Insti­tute of Industrial Research and of JIBS/CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innova­tion Studies). He is also Associate Professor (“docent”) in Regional Planning at the Depart­ment of Infrastructure at the Royal Institute of Technol­ogy, Stockholm. He holds a BSc and an MSc in Economics from the University of Gothen­burg and a PhD in Economics from Umeå University. During his career he has been Assistant Professor of Economics at the Uni­versity of Gothenburg, the University College of Karlstad, and the University College of Jönköping, expert on workers’ co-operatives at the Ministry of Industry in Stockholm and senior research fellow at the Centre for Regional Research at Umeå University (CERUM) and at the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. He has also served as a researcher for the Delegation for Metropolitan Development at the Prime Minis­ter’s office between 1988 and 1990. Between 1990 and 1994 he worked full time as project leader for the project that led to the establishment of Jönköping International Business School in 1994. From 1994 till 2000 he served as Associate Dean at JIBS responsible for developing internationalisation including agreements on student exchange with foreign universities. He has for many years worked as an independent consultant on regional and industrial develop­ment.