This seminar explores reflections on managing university industry centres. Two speakers will share their insights. Emil Gustafsson, PhD, is Senior Project Manager, BioProducts Institute, at University of British Columbia, Canada. Lena Gipperth, Professor & Deputy Dean, served as Director for the Sea & Society Centre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
This Gothenburg U-GOT KIES seminar has two prominent speakers, who will share their insights about managing and running interdisicplinary, university industry centres.
Our speakers will discuss their different reflections about how and why to manage university industry centres, including the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary centres in the context of universities and interactions with society..
From the perspective of our centre, this type of academic engagement remains an interesting topic, given that through the years, we have developed conceptual frameworks, learnt from case-studies and run larger scale interventions on specifically such centres.
Please read the article: Brunnström et al (2025) https://www.cogitatiopress.com/oceanandsociety/article/view/8886
Emil Gustafsson, PhD
Emil Gustafsson is Senior Project Manager, BioProducts Institute, at University of British Columbia, Canada.
Emil has a broad research background in renewable forest based materials, both in the emerging nanocellulose field as well as in more traditional pulp and paper applications.
The BioProducts Institute (BPI) is an innovative ecosystem of high-impact fundamental and applied researchers working on solutions to today’s climate and environmental challenges. The Institute brings together inter- and multi-disciplinary researchers comprised of scientists, engineers, and market and policy experts to unlock the full potential of materials, chemicals and fuels produced in nature. Based on the guiding principles of circularity, sustainability and renewability, BPI seeks to reduce society’s footprint and tackle rampant environmental challenges such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and plastic waste. See more about the centre at: https://bpi.ubc.ca
Lena Gipperth
Lena Gipperth is Professor of Law & Deputy Dean at School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg.
Her research interests are within the fields of Environmental law, primarily related to Marine governance, Water management and Biodiversity, by relating to legal implementation of environmental quality objectives, e.g. by environmental quality standards.
Between 2015-2021 Lena was appointed as Director for the Center of Sea and Society at the University of Gothenburg, a cross-faculty center supporting marine/maritime research and education. See more about the centre at https://www.gu.se/en/sea-society