Bengt Köping Olsson, Senior Lecturer

E-mail:
bengt.koping.olsson@mdh.se
Room:
L3114
Phone:
+46 (0)16 155158
Division:
Division of Innovation Management
Research groups:
Value-Driven Innovation and Foresight
Workplace Innovation and Quality Management
Web:
Official university homepage



Bengt Köping Olsson holds a PhD and is lector and researcher in innovation management at Mälardalen University. He has the background of an engineer and a degree in psychology. He has a Master of Fine Arts in piano and has been teaching piano and also worked as a musician on a freelance basis for several years. In 2008 he earned a PhD degree in Innovation and design. His research deals with creative activity in an intense group effort. One might say that what he is studying the handover of the creative spark from one person to the next, inspiration at best accelerating, driven by descriptive languages, e.g. figurative arguing and conceptual reasoning; that stimulates development of creative group ideas and, at the same time, supporting group interactions.

In his research project Bengt Köping Olsson is trying to come to grips with creative activity in an intense group effort, such as when musicians improvise or when a group of industrial designers brainstorm to solve a clients problem. One might say that what he is studying is the handover of the creative spark from one person to the next, inspiration at best accelerating.

PhD students supervised as assistant supervisor:

Carina Sjödin
Lena Stenberg (former)
Nina Bozic Yams