About FIH
The School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability (FIH) has about 120 coworkers divided between five departments.
Management, administration and teachers/researchers have offices in the S-building on the campus area. Most of the teaching is also conducted in that building, but it may also happen that lectures are held in other buildings on campus.
The School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability trains the economists, engineers, environmental scientists and biologists of the future.
Education
The School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability (FIH) offers education on all levels, from undergraduate to PhD education, plus education for professional.
Research
The research at the School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability is multidisciplinary and, like other research at Halmstad University, is often carried out in collaboration with business and society. Focus is on innovative change and organization of primary resources such as water, materials and energy, but also of people, organizations, cities and communities.
Research at the School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability
Innovative environments
The Rydberg Laboratory is part of the School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability. The manufacturing lab “Fab Lab” is part of the Rydberg Laboratory.
Organisation
Management and administration
- Dean: Catherine Legrand
- Deputy Dean: Jonas Gabrielsson
- Vice Dean with responsibility for education and internationalisation: Jonas Bäckman
- Vice Dean with responsibility for research: Jeaneth Johansson
- Vice Dean with responsibility for collaboration: Joakim Tell
- Safety representative: Navid Ghannad
- Controller: Jenny Wagnemark
- Senior Analyst: Anna Thornberg
- Financial officer: Jimmy Lönn
- Human Resources Specialist: Malin Brandqvist
- Communications Officer: Lovisa Essunger
- Internationalisation: Jonas Bäckman
- Gender equality, intersectionality and diversity: Jeanette Gullbrand
- Administrator: Anna-Lena Magnusson Möller
- Director of Doctoral education in Innovation Science: Thomas Magnusson
- Supplemental Instruction (SI) coordinator: Heidi Norrström
Department heads
- Business Studies: Per-Ola Ulvenblad
- Construction and Energy Engineering: Erik Möllerström
- Engineering and Innovation: Lina Lundgren and Maya Hoveskog
- Environmental and Biosciences: Charlotte Olsson
Advisory board
- Chair: Catherine Legrand
- Board Secretary: Anna Thornberg
Faculty representatives 2022–2025
- David Green
- Niklas Karlsson
- Heidi Norrström
- Eugenia Perez Vico
- Mohsen Soleimani Mohseni
- Jan-Olof Eriksson
Student representatives
- Emma Rasmusson
- Karl Thore-Svensson
- Josephine Ålenius
Education programme directors
Undergraduate level
- Biomedicine – Exercise Physiology: Emma Haglund External link.
- Business Administration and Economics: Vjollca Turjaka
- Conservation and Diversity: Göran Sahlén
- Construction and Real Estate Economics: Svitlana Nardus
- Construction Engineer: Robert Ågren
- Environment, Innovation and Sustainability: Martin Melin
- International Marketing: Olga Rauhut Kompaniets
- Innovation Engineering: Jeanette Gullbrand
- Sustainable Energy Engineer: Helge Averfalk
Master level
- Accounting and Bank Management (60 credits): Per-Ola Ulvenblad
- Applied Environmental Science (60 credits): Antonia Liess
- Completing Courses for Real Estate Agents (60 credits): Magnus Lindberg
- Exercise in Biomedicine – Health and Performance (60 credits): Åsa Andersson
- Mechanical Engineering (60 credits): Aron Chibba
- Energy Smart Innovation in the Built Environment (120 credits): Mohsen Soleimani Mohseni
- Industrial Management and Innovation (120 credits): Deycy Sanchez and Anders Hylmö
- Strategic Entrepreneurship for International Growth (120 credits): Per-Ola Ulvenblad
- Study Programme in Business and Economics (240 credits): Vjollca Turjaka
- Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Sustainable Design and Innovation (300 credits): Håkan Vadst
Doctoral education
- Innovation Sciences: Thomas Magnusson