Kristin Falk

Professor Kristin Falk Director of Centre of Effective Engineering and Learning in Complex Systems (SFI-CELECT), Director of Industrial Research School in Complex Systems (INRESCOS), Leader of the high-impact research group Norwegian Industrial Systems Engineering (NISE), and Teacher in the award-winning industry-master in Systems Engineering. Professor Falk heads the newly established Centre for Systems Innovation (SFI CELECT), which has a total funding of 250 million, of which 96 million is from the Research Council of Norway. Together with NTNU, UiA and a range of partners, the centre researches how Norwegian industry and public actors can do more with less – faster. How do we develop technological systems that actually work in practice and meet the needs of municipalities, healthcare, industry and everyday life? Professor Falk is a clear voice on exactly this. Her research focuses on how to collaborate to develop trustworthy, changeable, and sustainable engineered systems creating value for the society. Her research lays within systems engineering, systemic innovation, systems architecture, big data, sustainability, simulations, modelling, and technical leadership. Prof. Falk has an outstanding combination of academic and industrial experiences, having worked for 20 years in high-tech industry leading research, development and implementation of new technology. Her industrial experience ranges from subsea systems development in large multinational companies to developing drilling service solutions in a start-up Company. She has managerial experience as Project Manager, Department Manager, and Executive Manager. Her academic work appeared in leading peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Systems Engineering where she received best-paper award in 2024, IEEE Systems Journal, Technology innovation management review, and International Journal on Advances in Software, International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, and Highlights of Sustainability. She is also a significant contributor to the industry-focused conference International Symposium of Systems Engineering. Prof Falk was awarded PhD at NTNU in 1999 within the domain of pressure-pulse propagation in multiphase flow; experiments, modeling and field testing, and holds a Siv.Ing. (MSc) in Industrial Mathematics.