Cecilia Bjursell

Research

Dr. Cecilia Bjursell is the Director of Encell, the National Centre for Lifelong Learning at the School of Education and Communication at Jönköping University. Her research interests are organization, learning, metaphors, organizational ethnography and narrative perspectives in various empirical contexts. Her earlier studies focused on post-merger integration processes and women’s enterprise in family businesses.

Current research projects involve stories and older-adult learning, intergenerational learning, knowledge management in technology companies, quality work in adult education, and collaboration as part of an academic portfolio. Bjursell has received several awards for her research.

Biography

Cecilia Bjursell received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Occupational Psychology and a master’s in Business Administration with a focus on Management Control from Lund University. In 2007, she defended her doctoral dissertation on post-merger integration processes in mergers and acquisitions and was awarded a PhD in Business Administration by Linköping University.

Prior to joining Encell, Bjursell worked at Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) on both research and practical development projects. She also has longstanding experience in teaching and was programme manager for the Business Administration programmes at JIBS. As Director of Encell, networking and collaboration are central to her activities, and Bjursell is involved in several boards, councils and networks.