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Research

Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour has its core competence within organizational psychology, management of change, organization management and project management.

Organizational Psychology

Organizational psychology is the study of psychological factors in organizational settings. Research efforts in this field span a wide range of topics.

Key areas of focus include decision-making, negotiations, reward systems, stress and burnout, positive psychology, human personality, leadership behavior, power and influence, organizational learning, creativity, and motivational psychology, among others.

The application of knowledge from this research field can have significant implications for the effectiveness of leaders, productivity of employees, and for well-being and overall satisfaction.

The organizational psychology faculty group includes many active researchers with publications in a variety of journals, including those highly ranked in the field.

The teaching activities of the group cover courses and programs at all levels, from bachelor’s to doctoral degrees. A Master of Science program in organizational psychology and leadership is central to the group’s offerings. Additionally, the group shares responsibility for BI’s doctoral program in Leadership and Organization, as well as several programs within the Master of Management and various modules within the EMBA program, both in Norway and China. Many members of the group are also involved in company-specific programs and frequently serve as guest speakers both within and outside of BI.

Associate Professor Erik Løhre heads the faculty group.

The organizational psychology faculty group includes the following individuals: 

Employees in the faculty group

  • MA

    Mette Marthinussen Aanes

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4799494258
    mette.m.aanes@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Elisabeth Andvik

    Elisabeth Andvik

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    elisabeth.andvik@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Mads Nordmo Arnestad

    Mads Nordmo Arnestad

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4741042103
    mads.n.arnestad@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Jan Ketil Arnulf

    Jan Ketil Arnulf

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410706
    jan.k.arnulf@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Cecilie Asting

    Cecilie Asting

    Senior Lecturer, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410822
    cecilie.asting@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Lina Daouk-Öyry

    Lina Daouk-Öyry

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    lina.daouk-oyry@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Nicky Dries

    Nicky Dries

    Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    nicky.dries@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Kari Einarsen

    Kari Einarsen

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    kari.einarsen@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Roya Esfandiari

    Roya Esfandiari

    PhD Candidate, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    roya.esfandiari@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Kjersti Berge Evensen

    Kjersti Berge Evensen

    Associate Professor, Campus Stavanger, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    kjersti.b.evensen@bi.no
    Stavanger
  • Image of Anne Gjertrud Fure

    Anne Gjertrud Fure

    Lecturer, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4791864272
    anne.g.fure@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Hallvard Føllesdal

    Hallvard Føllesdal

    Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410212
    hallvard.follesdal@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Anders Gautvik-Minker

    Anders Gautvik-Minker

    Lecturer, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410719
    anders.gautvik-minker@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Mats Glambek

    Mats Glambek

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    mats.glambek@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Anton Gollwitzer

    Anton Gollwitzer

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    anton.gollwitzer@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Jon Magnus Frostad Haakonsen

    Jon Magnus Frostad Haakonsen

    Visiting phd candidate, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4790917196
    jon.m.haakonsen@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Øivind Hagen

    Øivind Hagen

    Associate Professor, Campus Trondheim, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4798251769
    oivind.hagen@bi.no
    Trondheim
  • Image of Elisabeth Holien

    Elisabeth Holien

    PhD Candidate, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    elisabeth.holien@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Øystein Løvik Hoprekstad

    Øystein Løvik Hoprekstad

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    oystein.l.hoprekstad@bi.no
    Bergen
  • ØH

    Øyvind Husby

    Adjunct Lecturer, Campus Trondheim, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    oyvind.husby@bi.no
    Trondheim
  • Thorvald Hærem

    Thorvald Hærem

    Head of Department, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410720
    thorvald.harem@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Ole I Iversen

    Ole I Iversen

    Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4799236296
    ole.i.iversen@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Kathrine Johannesen

    Kathrine Johannesen

    Lecturer, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4741471841
    kathrine.johannesen@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Karoline M. Hofslett Kopperud

    Karoline M. Hofslett Kopperud

    Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    karoline.m.h.kopperud@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Dominique Kost

    Dominique Kost

    Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    dominique.kost@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Bård Kuvaas

    Bård Kuvaas

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410731
    bard.kuvaas@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Linda Lai

    Linda Lai

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4795845711
    linda.lai@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Emilie Lapointe

    Emilie Lapointe

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    emilie.lapointe@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Erik Løhre

    Erik Løhre

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    erik.lohre@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Øyvind Lund Martinsen

    Øyvind Lund Martinsen

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410737
    oyvind.martinsen@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Stig Berge Matthiesen

    Stig Berge Matthiesen

    Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4793282491
    stig.b.matthiesen@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Farzaneh Mazaheri

    Farzaneh Mazaheri

    PhD Candidate, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4748509194
    farzaneh.mazaheri@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Odd Arne Nissestad

    Odd Arne Nissestad

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    odd.a.nissestad@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Morten Nordmo

    Morten Nordmo

    Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4798001568
    morten.nordmo@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Olav Kjellevold Olsen

    Olav Kjellevold Olsen

    Adjunct Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    olav.k.olsen@bi.no
    Bergen
  • RR

    Richard Markussen Rekdal

    Visiting phd candidate, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4790633145
    richard.m.rekdal@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Ingrid Steen Rostad

    Ingrid Steen Rostad

    Associate Professor, Campus Trondheim, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    ingrid.s.rostad@bi.no
    Trondheim
  • Image of Ihor Rudko

    Ihor Rudko

    Visiting phd candidate, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    ihor.rudko@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Elizabeth Solberg

    Elizabeth Solberg

    Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410199
    elizabeth.solberg@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Katrine Biering Sonnenschein

    Katrine Biering Sonnenschein

    Associate Professor, Campus Trondheim, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410769
    katrine.b.sonnenschein@bi.no
    Trondheim
  • DS

    Daniel Sunde-Hansen

    Industrial phd candidate

    +4795135931
  • Image of Torhild Sørengaard

    Torhild Anita Sørengaard

    Associate Professor, Campus Trondheim, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    torhild.sorengaard@bi.no
    Trondheim
  • Image of Per-Magnus Thompson

    Per-Magnus Thompson

    Associate Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410605
    per-magnus.thompson@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Elin Akre Trønnes

    Elin Akre Trønnes

    Lecturer, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4746410238
    elin.a.tronnes@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Lena Aadnevik Zahlquist

    Lena Aadnevik Zahlquist

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    lena.a.zahlquist@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Kari Ågotnes Wik

    Kari Wik Ågotnes

    Associate Professor, Campus Bergen, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    kari.w.agotnes@bi.no
    Bergen
  • Image of Sahizer Samuk Carignani

    Sahizer Samuk Carignani

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    sahizer.s.carignani@bi.no
    Oslo
  • Image of Trond Stiklestad

    Trond Stiklestad

    Adjunct Lecturer, Campus Trondheim, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

    +4799583810
    trond.stiklestad@bi.no
    Trondheim
Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

Faculty group: Leadership, change and sustainability
Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour

Faculty group: Project Management