Areas of responsibility
Øystein Tønnessen is an Industrial PhD Research Fellow in Management at the School of Business and Law, University of Agder (UiA), and an Advisor in Egde Consulting. His reseqrch interests include creativity, innovation, remote work, hybrid work, coworking spaces, digitalization and digital interaction. He holds a Master´s degree in Public Administration from UiA with a thesis on organisational culture and change management in NRK and DR. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor´s degree in Business Administration from UiA as well as a Cand.mag. degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music and University of Oslo. As an entrepreneur and project manager, he has been involved in companies within the conference and event sector as well as the coworking industry.
Research
Creativity, employee creativity, creative performance, and innovation.
Remote work, work from home and hybrid work
Coworking spaces, and corporate coworking.
Organizational culture and creative climate.
Digitalization and digital interaction.
Knowledge sharing, social interaction and serendipity.
Academic interests
Creativity, employee creativity, creative performance, innovation, innovative processes, knowledge management, knowledge sharing, organization of work, new work practices, remote work, flexible work, working from home, coworking spaces, social interaction, networks, digitalization, management
Short biography
Industrial PhD, Egde Consulting and UiA
Adviser, Egde Consulting
Project Manager, CoWorx
General Manager and Founder, Progress Conference & Event
Freelance pianist