Karl Wennberg

Professor in Business Administration at Linköping University and researcher at Stockholm School of Economics

Entrepreneurship is a rapidly spreading academic discipline throughout the world. The modern economic landscape is increasingly being driven by change coming from new innovative enterprises. Students, teachers, and policymakers are attracted to entrepreneurship as a potential engine of economic and social change.

As a phenomenon-driven field, entrepreneurship research tends to draw upon theories from various social science disciplines. My own research shares such an interdisciplinary zeal and is situated in the intersection between economic sociology, regional development, and organization theory. I study theoretical, practical and policy implications of these streams of research and seek to communicate findings in articles, books, case studies and public policy papers. I am also interested in social science methodology and philosophy of science.

Current research programs include cultural and demopgrahic diversity in both new and established firms, interpersonal group dynamics in startup-firms, and the potential relationship between entrepreneurship and economic inequality.

Education

• B.Sc. University of Gothenburg (2000 — 2003)
• M.Sc. University of Gothenburg (1997 — 2003)
• exch. studies Hokkaido University (1997 — 1998)

Companies

• Professor Stockholm School of Economics (2021)
• Professor of Management Linköpings universitet (2018)
• Professor Institute for Analytical Sociology (2014)
• Professor Institute for Analytical Sociology (2014)
• Professor Institute for Analytical Sociology (2014)
• Professor Institute for Analytical Sociology (2014)
• Consulting work (Self-Employed) (2005)
• Professor Institute for Analytical Sociology (2014 — 2021)
• Deputy Director Institute for Analytical Sociology (2014 — 2018)