Katarina Ellborg
Senior lecturer
Department of Management
School of Business and Economics
My research-focus is entrepreneurship education in higher education as well as entrepreneurship in the cultural field.
I cooperate with a variety of educational programs at Linnaeus University and also provide commissioned education regarding entrepreneurial learning for elementary schools in the region and workshops for SME:s.
I'm pedagogical developer at the School of business and economics and the chair of KUS.
You reach me on +46 704 82 81 90.
We are accredited
The School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus University is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB. Only 6 percent of the world’s leading business schools achieve this accreditation, making us one of a few schools that are trailblasers in teaching, research, and societal impact.
My research groups
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Art, Culture and Entrepreneurship At a time when art and culture increasingly are subjected to market conditions, entrepreneurship has become a force to be reckoned with in society, not only as a…
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Centre for Leadership in Småland All companies, public organisations and non-profit associations need to work on renewing their operations. Leaders therefore need to create and develop the…
My ongoing research projects
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Project: HPC for SME The aim of the project is to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Linnaeus region with the opportunity to enhance their data-driven capabilities with the…
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Project: InKuiS – Innovative Cultural Entrepreneurship in Collaborative Co-creative Research Thinking and acting entrepreneurially requires creativity, innovation, and an ability to take existing…
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Project: IoT lab for SME 2.0 The aim of this project is to develop a well-established network of companies in the Linnaeus region that can benefit from each other's expertise and products within…
My completed research projects
Publications
Article in journal (Refereed)
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Bredmar, A., Ellborg, K. (2025). Bilder av svensk skola i SVT : En kritisk analys baserad på tv-serierna Vem mördade skolan? och Det svenska skolexperimentet. Educare. (2). 131-168.
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Ellborg, K. (2023). In the Eye of the Beholder : Visualising Students’ Implicit Entrepreneurship Theories. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. 6 (3). 458-480.
Status: Published
Chapter in book (Refereed)
- Ellborg, K., Nybye, N. (2024). Intersubjective Dialogue as a Form of Inquiry : Discussing the Purpose of Entrepreneurship Education Tools. Nurturing Modalities of Inquiry in Entrepreneurship Research : Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Those who Research. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 223-240.
- Wraae, B., Breum Ramsgaard, M., Ellborg, K., Nybye, N. (2024). Silos or Synergy? : Bridging the Blurred Lines Between Curricular and Extracurricular Entrepreneurship Education Through Didaktik. Extracurricular Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Activity : A Global and Holistic Perspective. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 15-30.
- Nybye, N., Ellborg, K. (2023). Beyond the Business Model Canvas Universe : A Critical Exploration of the BMC Language. Handbook of Research on Business Model Innovation Through Disruption and Digitalization. Hershey, IGI Global. 22-41.
- Ellborg, K. (2023). Scientifically Based Or Policy Driven? : Using A Didaktik Approach to Encompass Transformative and Critical Entrepreneurship Education. The Age of Entrepreneurship Education Research : Evolution and Future. Bingley, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 33-50.
- Ellborg, K. (2021). Aha, so that's how you see it! : Educators' experiences of using a visual exercise as a student-centered educational approach. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2021. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 94-115.
- Gartner, W.B., Ellborg, K., Kiefer, T. (2021). What does entrepreneurship mean to you? : Using implicit entrepreneurship theory in the classroom. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2021. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 356-360.
- Calås, D., Ellborg, K., Ericsson, D., Esperi Hallgren, E., Husung, A. (2021). Inter-ethnography : from individual beings to collective becoming. Organizational ethnography. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 91-109.
- Ellborg, K. (2018). Visualizing entrepreneurship : using pictures as ways to see and talk about entrepreneurship in educational settings. Annals of entrepreneurship education and pedagogy – 2018. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing. 79-98.
Article, book review (Refereed)
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Schulze, A., Ellborg, K., Gulyás, G. (2024). Revisiting Lady Macbeth – prologue and epilogue : An audio essay on playing, listening, reading and talking our way to a reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s character. Art, Culture & Entrepreneurship. Linnaeus University Press. 2 (1). 70-77.
Status: Published
Book (Other academic)
- Ackesjö, H., Berggren, J., Dahl, M., Ellborg, K., Per-Ola, F., et al. (2017). Entreprenöriell fritidspedagogik : att bygga handlingskraft, mod, självtillit och motivation. Stockholm, Liber.
Article, book review (Other academic)
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Ellborg, K. (2023). Thought-provoking art through the lens of entrepreneurship : A review of Ken Friedman’s exhibition 92 events. Art, Culture & Entrepreneurship. LnuOpen. 1 (1). 52-57.
Status: Published
Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
- Ellborg, K. (2021). Envisioning entrepreneurship : Using photographs to elicit students’ preconceptions of entrepreneurship. Doctoral Thesis. Växjö, Linnaeus University Press. 71.
Report (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
- Ellborg, K. (2024). Att våga lite kaos : Värdeskapande lärande på högstadieskolan Bikupan: Ett samverkansprojekt mellan Lessebo kommun och Linnéuniversitetet 2021—2023. Kalmar, Linnaeus University. 49.
Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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Schulze, A., Ellborg, K., Gulyás, G. (2024). Revisiting Lady Macbeth : An audio essay on playing, listening, reading and talking our way to a reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s character. Linnaeus University Press.
An audio essay
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