Runar Solberg (School of Economics and Business) will defend his PhD thesis "Resource consolidation as a structural lever in organization design: Analytical decision criteria, tools, and methods" on 2 June 2026.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis:
Resource consolidation as a structural lever in organization design: Analytical decision criteria, tools, and methods
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Ressurskonsolidering som et strukturelt virkemiddel i organisasjonsdesign: analytiske beslutningskriterier, verktøy og metoder
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
Beyond resource utilization and coordination: The behavioral aspects of resource consolidation decisions
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
2 June 2026, 12:15 at room T401, the Tower Building (4th floor), NMBU, Christian Magnus Falsens vei 30, Ås.
MazeMap: T401, Tårnbygningen, NMBU - MazeMap
Program:
12:15 Welcome and trial lecture
13:05 Break
13:20 Presentation of the thesis and public defence
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Lasse B. Lien, Norwegian School of Economics
Second opponent: Assistant Professor Jerry M. Guo, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany
Committee coordinator: Professor Dag Einar Sommervoll, School of Economics and Business
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Nicolay Worren
Co-supervisor: Professor Joachim Scholderer and Special Advisor Jan Bråten, Statnett SF
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number: 2026:9, ISBN 978-82-575-2324-4