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Dr. Roger Sørheim

Professor

Roger Sørheim is cofounder of NTNU School of Entrepreneurship. He holds a position as professor in entrepreneurship at Norwegian University of Science and Technology(NTNU). Sørheim is the director NORSI – The Nordic Research School in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (www.norsi.no) and is the head of research in Engage – centre for excellence in entrepreneurship education (www.engage-centre.no). The primary focus in his research relates to early-stage finance, commercialization of technology and entrepreneurship education. Sørheim has published in a number of peer reviewed journals, including; Nature Biotechnology, Journal of Small Business Management, Venture Capital, Technovation. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.”

Dr. Øystein Widding

Professor

Professor Widding is a cofounder of NTNU School of Entrepreneurship . He holds a dr. oecon (2003) and a cand. merc (1999) degree from Bodø Graduate School of Business, cand. mag from Lillehammer College (1995). Widding is currently working as a Director at SFU Engage, a Centre of Excellence through Entrepreneurship Education. Besides his academic career, Widding has several years of management experience, e.g. as managing director, business angel, infantry officer, business angel, entrepreneur and from executive boards.

His special research interests are entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. The context for his research is technology based firms in early stage with growth ambitions, where there are challenges to attract resources, such as knowledge and risk capital, e.g. through business angels, seed capital and venture capital. Widding’s vision is that all students at universities are introduced to entrepreurship, which will reveal learning energy, and empower the candidates to become change agents in different contexts for the better of the society.

Dr. Lise Aaboen

Professor

Lise Aaboen is Professor of technology-based entrepreneurship at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She received her PhD from Chalmers University of Technology. Her research interests include incubators, new technology-based firms, entrepreneurship education and early customer relationships. She has published in a range of journals, including Technovation, Industrial Marketing Management and European Journal of Engineering Education.

Dr. Torgeir Aadland

Associate Professor

Associate Professor Aadland is a former student of the School of Entrepreneurship, where he enrolled after studying Industrial Economics and Technology Management at NTNU. Aadland later did his dissertation on entrepreneurship education while being affiliated at Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, working at the School of Entrepreneurship and in Engage – Centre for Excellence in Higher Education. Aadland’s research focus is on outcomes and impact from entrepreneurship education. Aadland also has extensive experience in working with several start-ups and holds a special interest in finances and strategy for early-stage businesses.

Dr. Dag Håkon Haneberg

Associate Professor

Dag Håkon Haneberg graduated from the NTNU School of Entrepreneurship in 2015 and worked with the startup Morpho Solar AS developing and commercialising a thermal heat storage for solar cooking. Dag Håkon had graduated with an MSc. in nanotechnology in 2011, hence his duties in Morpho Solar AS were to lead the technology and product development processes. Dag Håkon later completed a PhD degree on student entrepreneurs’ learning as a part of the Engage centre at NTNU. He has been involved in the creation and development of multiple student organisations and has coached more that 30 student entrepreneurs. Today, Dag Håkon is an associate professor in entrepreneurship at the department of industrial economics and technology management, NTNU.

Ingrid (Oline) Berg Sivertsen

Assistant Professor

Ingrid is an assistant professor in entrepreneurship. She teaches different modules and topics from entrepreneurship across all of NTNU. She guides students at the NTNU School of Entrepreneurship with activities related to assignments but also start-ups. Sivertsen has done research on student organizations and technical student-run organizations, as well as assessment methods in higher education and entrepreneurship education for design students and engineering students.

Bess Olluri

Assistant Professor

After completing his Master's in Entrepreneurship at the NTNU School of Entrepreneurship in 2020, he co-founded a battery startup, contributing significantly across fundraising, strategy, marketing, and patenting. His entrepreneurial journey continued in 2023 with a pivotal role at 6AM, one of the Nordic region's leading accelerator programs, where he leveraged his expertise to support early-stage ventures.

In August 2023, he transitioned to academia as an Assistant Professor at the NTNU School of Entrepreneurship. Specializing in pragmatic approaches and theoretical frameworks, he teaches and organizes multiple courses within entrepreneurship, bridging his rich startup experience with academic rigor to inspire and equip the next generation of entrepreneurs.