Ingrid Svensson
Assistant Professor
E-mail: ingrid.svensson.2@ki.se
Telephone: +46852487033
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 MMC von Knorring, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am currently an SFO-V Fellow, working within the Research Group Leadership for Health Care and Academia
My research interests concern the lived experiences of employees and managers in public organizations and the relationships between organizing, leadership and individual practices.
I have been involved in various projects concerning public organizing. For example, I have been involved in Magnet4Europe, a European Horizon 2020 funded project that aimed to evaluate the introduction of Magnet in over 60 hospitals across Europe. I have also studied leadership practices in well-functioning Regions, and the development of strategic measures in public facilities management organizations.
Currently I am studying the relationship between those that organize care and those that deliver care
I am also involved in teaching concerning leadership and qualitative methods, both at bachelor's and master's levels and for industry. I am also part of the KI course for new research group leaders where I supervise research group leaders.
Articles
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONS AND ORGANIZATION. 2025;12(3):joaf002Svensson I; Andersson T
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT. 2025;25(1):11-30Svensson I; von Knorring M
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2024;24(1):1212Hagsten K; Eriksson A; Svensson I; Palm K
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES. 2024;154:104754Svensson I; Bridges J; Ellis J; Brady N; Dello S; Hooft J; Kleine J; Kohnen D; Lehane E; Lindqvist R; Maier CB; Carthy VJCM; Sjetne IS; Eriksson LE; Alenius LS
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2024;14(2):e079931Aiken LH; Sermeus W; McKee M; Lasater KB; Sloane D; Pogue CA; Kohnen D; Dello S; Maier CBB; Drennan J; McHugh MD; Magnet4Europe Consortium
- Journal article: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW. 2024;26(2):466-487Svensson I; Brorstrom S; Gluch P
- Journal article: FACILITIES. 2023;41(15/16):52-65Gluch P; Svensson I; Bröchner J
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2023;121:95-102Dello S; Bruyneel L; Kohnen D; De Witte H; Schaufeli WB; Mchugh MD; Aiken LH; Sermeus W
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2023;23(1):321Svensson I; von Knorring M; Hagerman H; Fagerstrom C; Ekstedt M; Smeds Alenius L
- Journal article: CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS. 2022;40(5):343-358Svensson I
- Journal article: CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS. 2022;40(1):41-55Svensson I; Gluch P
- Journal article: FACILITIES. 2021;39(11/12):737-758Svensson I; Löwstedt M
- Journal article: CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS. 2018;36(5):259-275Gluch P; Svensson I
All other publications
- Published conference paper: 2024Privilege production and performance among clinicians and organizational professionals in healthcare: negotiations of time, place and spaceSvensson I; Andersson T
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022Svensson I; von Knorring M; Hagerman H; Fagerström C; Ekstedt M; Alenius LS
Grants
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026Research problem and specific questionsThe purpose of the project is to increase understanding of how both ´the administration´ as well as clinicans (hereafter labeled professional practitioners and organizationl professionals) contribute to the creation of tensions and conflicts in their work, and what organizational, as well as individual, consequences these tensions and conflicts create. The research questions are: 1. What potential aspects hinder the possibility of collaboration and cooperation? 2. In what ways are tensions and conflicts constructed between professional practitioners and organizational professionals in daily work? 3. How do professional practitioners and organizational professionals perceive tensions and conflicts between them and their impact on the development of healthcare? 4. How do professional practitioners and organizational professionals perceive tensions and conflicts impact on their worklife?Data and method The main method for data collection will be observations of professional practitioners and organizational professionals. The observations will be supplemented with interviews/conversations, organizational documents, and focus groups. The method is qualitative, and the unit of analysis is work practices. Societal relevance and utilisationTo offer good health and equal healthcare to the entire population, where the organization also promotes cost-effectiveness, requires an understanding and nuance of different groups´ roles and ways of functioning within healthcare for them to develop healthcare together. However, tensions between organizational and professional practitioners are common in public organizations around the world, including Sweden.For healthcare professionals, the research will clarify which logics and work methods dominate within each field for different types of professionals. It will also be revealed how both groups contribtes to these tensions. The research is expected to be beneficial for healthcare professionals, patients, and their families. In the long run, the research will contribute to the organization of healthcare, where different competencies are utilized. This way, the public will benefit from the research.Plan for project realisationThe project will start as soon as the applicant´s ethical application is approved and will last for three years. The applicant will be based at the institution at which the applicant is now hired as a post-doc.
Employments
- Assistant Professor, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2031
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2025
Degrees and Education
- PhD, Technology Management and Economics, Service Management and Logistics, Chalmers University of Technology, 2021