Ulrika H. Westergren

Professor i informatik och Vicedekan med ansvar för utbildningsfrågor vid den Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten. Forskar om samhällets digitalisering.

Pedagogisk meritering: Excellent lärare

Kontakt

ulrika.westergren@umu.se

090-786 74 67

Verksam som

Professor vid Institutionen för informatik Roll: Biträdande prefekt, Studierektor

MIT-huset, Campustorget 5, MIT.A.490 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Anknuten som professor till Kansliet för samhällsvetenskap

Förvaltningshuset, plan 3, Universitetstorget 16 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Jag är professor i informatik och forskar om samhällets digitalisering med fokus på organisationsförändring, nya affärsmodeller, värdeskapande och tillitsfrågor i relation till införandet av ny teknik. Jag är medlem i Swedish Center for Digital Innovation och har under många år bedrivit forskning inom området Internet of Things (IoT), där jag projektleder och genomför studier inom både privat- och offentlig sektor.

Från den 1 juli 2025 är jag Vicedekan med ansvar för utbildning vid den Samhällvetenskapliga fakulteten.

Mellan 2016-2025 har jag varit ställföreträdande och biträdande prefekt, samt studierektor vid Institutionen för informatik. Jag ingick då i institutionens ledningsgrupp och var gruppsuppleant i Samhällsvetenskapliga fakultetens utbildningskommitté.

Paper was never the problem: the paperless idea as a persistent symbol for organizational digitalization and sustainability

Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2025 : 6360-6369

Bomark, Sara; Öbrand, Lars; Westergren, Ulrika H.

Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-58

Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2025 : 6318-6319

Vieru, Dragos; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Vidolov, Simeon; et al.

Digital sustainability projects: organizational convergence of digitalization and sustainability outcomes

Proceedings - 2024 10th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability, ICT4S 2024, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2024 : 65-75

Bomark, Sara; Westergren, Ulrika H.

Becoming data-driven: exploring IoT as an enabler for operational agility

AMCIS 2024 Proceedings

Shenouda, Ramy; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Skog, Daniel A.

Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-57

Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society 2024 : 6665-6666

Vieru, Dragos; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Vidolov, Simeon; et al.

Enabling digital transformation: Organizational implementation of the internet of things

Information & Management, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 61, (6)

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Mähler, Viktor; Jadaan, Taline

Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack organizational systems and technology track HICSS-56

Proceedings of the annual Hawaii international conference on system sciences, IEEE 2023 : 6238-6239

Vieru, Dragos; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Vidolov, Simeon; et al.

Likvärdig bedömning av examensarbeten: med uppsatsen i fokus

Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2023: högskolepedagogiska pärlor - 30 år av utveckling och erfarenheter, Umeå: Umeå University 2023 : 59-60

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Jonsson, Katrin

Introduction to the socio-technical issues in organizational information technologies

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2022: Proceedings, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2022 : 6942-6943

Vieru, Dragos; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Vidolov, Simeon

IoT Triggers: How municipalities are transforming to smarter cities through IoT use

Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 33, (1) : 17-64

Velsberg, Ott; Jonsson, Katrin; Westergren, Ulrika H.; et al.

IoT Triggers: How municipalities are transforming to smarter cities through IoT use

Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, IRIS Association 2021, Vol. 33, (1) : 17-64

Velsberg, Ott; Jonsson, Katrin; Westergren, Ulrika H.; et al.

Introduction to the social-technical issues in organizational information technologies

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE Computer Society 2021 : 6420-6421

Vieru, Dragos; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Vidolov, Simeon

Digital transformation: Five recommendations for the digitally conscious firm

Business Horizons, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 63, (6) : 825-839

Saarikko, Ted; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Blomquist, Tomas

Here, there, but not everywhere: adoption and diffusion of IoT in Swedish municipalities

Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020: Digital Government > Digital Government and the Internet of Things (IoT), IEEE Computer Society 2020 : 2030-2039

Saarikko, Ted; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Jonsson, Katrin

Exploring smartness in public sector innovation: creating smart public services with the Internet of Things

European Journal of Information Systems, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 29, (4) : 350-368

Velsberg, Ott; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Jonsson, Katrin

Introduction to the social-technical issues in organizational information technologies minitrack

Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020, IEEE Computer Society 2020 : 5921-

Vieru, Dragos; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Vidolov, Simeon

The Internet of Things: opportunities, challenges, and social implications of an emerging paradigm

Unimagined futures: ICT opportunities and challenges, Cham: Springer 2020 : 84-93

Westergren, Ulrika H.

Facilitating Organizational Adoption of Sensor-Based Systems: Espoused Beliefs, Shared Assumptions and Perceived Values

Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-52): Maui, Hawaii, Jan. 8-11, 2019, HICSS 2019 : 6470-6479

Mähler, Viktor; Westergren, Ulrika H.

Change Agents and Resilient Practices: The Power of Symbolic Capital in a Post-Merger Integration Context

Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2019 : 6509-6518

Vieru, Dragos; Rivard, Suzanne; Westergren, Ulrika H.; et al.

Partnering to create IT-based value: A Contextual Ambidexterity Approach

Information and organization, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 29, (4)

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Holmström, Jonny; Mathiassen, Lars

Internet of Things in the Public Sector: Perspectives from Northern Europe

Research reports in informatics, RR 19.02

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Jonsson, Katrin; Velsberg, Ott

Working with IoT: A Case Study Detailing Workplace Digitalization Through IoT System Adoption

Internet of Things. Information Processing in an Increasingly Connected World

Mähler, Viktor; Westergren, Ulrika H.

Initiating the Internet of Things: early adopters' expectations for changing business practices and implications for working life

The internet of people, things and services: workplace transformations, New York: Routledge 2018 : 111-131

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Saarikko, Ted; Blomquist, Tomas

The Internet of Things: are you ready for what's coming?

Business Horizons, Elsevier 2017, Vol. 60, (5) : 667-676

Saarikko, Ted; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Blomquist, Tomas

The IoTguide: a business guide to the Internet of Things

Umeå: Umeå University 2017

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Saarikko, Ted; Blomquist, Tomas

IoTguiden

Umeå: Umeå universitet 2017

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Saarikko, Ted; Blomquist, Tomas

Hur skapar vi samsyn i handledning och examination av examensarbeten?

Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2017: Undervisning i praktiken – föreläsning, flexibelt eller mitt emellan?, Umeå: Universitetspedagogik och lärandestöd (UPL), Umeå universitet 2017 : 79-81

Ågren, Per-Olof; H. Westergren, Ulrika

The Inter-organizational Dynamics of a Platform Ecosystem: Exploring Stakeholder Boundaries

2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2016), IEEE Computer Society 2016 : 5167-5176

Saarikko, Ted; Westergren, Ulrika H.; Blomquist, Tomas

Att höja kvaliteten på examensarbeten på avancerad nivå

Universitetspedagogiska konferensen 2015: gränslös kunskap, Umeå: Universitetspedagogik och lärandestöd (UPL), Umeå universitet 2015 : 61-62

Westergren, Ulrika H

Exploring service system resources: the role of technology

Proceedings of the 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), IEEE Computer Society 2013 : 1317-1326

Westergren, Ulrika H; Wennerholm, Elin

Exploring preconditions for open innovation: value networks in industrial firms

Information and organization, Pergamon Press 2012, Vol. 22, (4) : 209-226

Westergren, Ulrika H; Holmström, Jonny

Disentangling sociomateriality: an exploration of remote monitoring systems in interorganizational networks

Research reports in informatics, RR-11.02

Westergren, Ulrika H.

Opening up innovation: The impact of contextual factors on the Co-creation of IT enabled value adding services within the manufacturing industry

Information Systems and E-Business Management, Vol. 9, (2) : 223-245

Westergren, Ulrika H.

Open Innovation Success or Failure: The Impact of Contextual Factors

Proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS 2010), IEEE Computer Society 2010 : 1340-1349

Westergren, Ulrika H

Managing an outsourcing partnership: important stages in the process

Industrial informatics design, use and innovation: perspectives and services, Hershey: IGI Global 2010 : 110-121

Westergren, Ulrika H.

Med små steg mot en jämställd grundutbildning

Utsikter, insikter, avsikter: universitetspedagogisk konferens i Umeå 27 – 28 februari 2007 : konferensrapport, Umeå: Universitetspedagogiskt Centrum, Umeå universitet 2008 : 123-135

Harr, Rikard; Westergren, Ulrika H.

Technologies for value creation an exploration of remote diagnostics systems in the manufacturing industry

Information Systems Journal, Vol. 18, (3) : 227-245

Jonsson, Katrin; Westergren, Ulrika H; Holmström, Jonny

Outsourcing as open innovation: Exploring preconditions for the open innovation model in the process industry

Twenty Ninth International conference on information systems, Paris 2008

Westergren, Ulrika H.; Holmström, Jonny

From senses to sensors: Strategies for maintaining and enhancing competence in a virtual organization

Proceedings of IFIP 8.2/9.5 Conference on Virtuality and Virtualization : 281-293

H. Westergren, Ulrika

Partnership outsourcing evolution: The process of creating and maintaining a network of actors

Proceedings of the Fifteenth European Conference on Information Systems: University of St. Gallen, Switzerland : 1179-1189