<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Swedish Center for Digital Innovation offers a 7,5 credit PhD course on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://scdi.se/frontiers-in-digital-innovation-research/" title="https://scdi.se/frontiers-in-digital-innovation-research/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Frontiers in Digital Innovation Research</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">. The course is designed for PhD students engaged in digital innovation research or closely related fields but should be of interest to broader audiences. To deliver varied, relevant, and contemporary content, we engage approximately 20 faculty members and affiliated researchers </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">that are active at our three founding member institutions in Gothenburg, Umeå, and Stockholm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">The course is given spring 2024 (mid-March to mid-May) and includes a 5-day retreat in Riksgränsen,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>an internationally renowned ski resort in the very northern parts of Sweden, combined with online sessions. This year, we are able to offer the retreat free of charge.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">For more information, see: </span><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scdi.se%2Ffrontiers-in-digital-innovation-research%2F&data=05%7C01%7CAnna.Essen%40hhs.se%7Ca3bd8436643944a0499f08dbd07d24f3%7Cbb8ce15bd4e14149ad64662d32c03d02%7C0%7C0%7C638333008267125022%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XfYj7Mqii34m%2F8bAqbYkUBIyf2LJaGZDizvP6X0qjNY%3D&reserved=0" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.scdi.se/frontiers-in-digital-innovation-research/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">application<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is open until December 15<sup>th</sup> 2023 at: </span><a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-aZLWjH1Mk-UZzmPGead5GKT-LjYq1hLvy6LL11LzMlUQzNWODNUSDRUSlNaSVhKV0lJOTkyMk1NQi4u" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-aZLWjH1Mk-UZzmPGead5GKT-LjYq1hLvy6LL11LzMlUQzNWODNUSDRUSlNaSVhKV0lJOTkyMk1NQi4u</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Johan Sandberg (</span><a href="mailto:johan.sandberg@umu.se" title="mailto:johan.sandberg@informatik.umu.se" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">johan.sandberg@umu.se</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">), Umeå University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Johan Magnusson (</span><a href="mailto:johan.magnusson@ait.gu.se" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">johan.magnusson@ait.gu.se</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">), University of Gothenburg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Anna Essén (</span><a href="mailto:anna.essen@hhs.se" title="mailto:anna.essen@hhs.se" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 212);">anna.essen@hhs.se</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">), Stockholm School of Economics<o:p></o:p></span></p><div>
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