Øystein Sørebø

Education:
MSc in business administration from Buskerud University College (SLHK), 1991.

MSc in strategy and management from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 1996.

PhD in strategy and management from Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2000.

Prizes and awards:

Research prize, Buskerud University College, 2010.

Supervision of PhD candidates:

Reidar Hæhre, public defence 2007, ICT and learning in business administration, University of Oslo (co-supervisor).

Etty Nilsen, public defence 2010, Opportunities for learning and knowledge creation in practice, Oslo School of Business (co-supervisor).

Ann-Kristin Elstad, public defence 2014, Critical Success Factors When Implementing An Enterprise System – An Employee Perspective, Norwegian School of Business (co-supervisor).

Tove Bøe, public defence 2018, A Managerial Perspective on Continued Use of IT: The Complementary Role of Principal Agency Model, University of Agder (principal supervisor).

Member of PhD evaluation committees:

Najmul Islam, public defence 2012, Understanding the e-learning system users’ post-adoption usage behaviour and its outcomes: A study with a learning management system, Turku School of Economics (first opponent).

Harald Fardal, public defence 2012, Information Systems Strategy in Practice: A Social Process Perspective, Bodø Business School (first opponent).

Trond Vegard Johannessen, public defence 2015, Data presentation formats and decision-making effectiveness: An exploratory study, Norwegian School of Economics (second opponent). 

Projects:

User surveys in Nes in Ådal, Begnadalen, and Hedalen, 25 pages, 2000, Contractor: The township of Ringerike.

ICT competence in high schools in Norway, 41 pages, 2001, Contractor: Ministry of Children and Equality.

E-mail usage in governmental institutions. E-mail users’ competence, usage patterns and motivation? 40 pages, 2001, Contractor: Directorate of Public Management.

Investigation of critical success factors for teachers’ use of ICT in education, 28 pages, 2004, Contractor: Ministry of Children and Equality.

Evaluation of the use of laptops as a learning tool in high schools in Vestfold council district, 53 pages, 2004, Contractor: Vestfold county council district.

ICT competence in high schools in Norway, 50 pages, 2008, Contractor: Ministry of Children and Equality.

An evaluation of the use of laptops as a learning tool in high schools in Buskerud county council district, 53 pages, 2009, Contractor: Buskerud county council district.

Competitive Advantage in the Travel Industry, 2013-2016, Project member in the project REISEPOL, The Research Council of Norway.

Extracurricular Activities:

Leader of electoral group USN, 2014-2015.

Member of the academic committee of methodology, Universities of Norway (UHR), Business Administration (NRØA), 2008-2016.

Member of the education committee, HSN, 2004-2010.

Member of the reorganisation committee HiBu, 2005.

Board member:

Økonomihuset Ringerike, 2018 - 2022.

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Assessment committees:

Assessment committee, Norwegian Business School (BI), 2004, together with Bo Hjort Christensen (BI) and Laurence Habib (Oslo University College). Assessment of two candidates for the position of Senior Lecturer (førstelektor).

Assessment committee, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2004, together with Anna Mette Fuglseth (NHH) and Martin Lindell (The Hanken School of Economics). Assessment of a candidate for a position as an Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis).

Assessment committee, Nord-Trondelag University College (HiNT), 2007, together with Monica Divitini (NTNU) and Greta Hjertø (HiST). Assessment of a candidate for the position of Senior Lecturer (førstelektor).

Assessment committees at Buskerud University College (HiBu) in 2008, 2009 and 2011 together with Ellen Katrine Nyhus (UIA), Jon Reiersen (HiVe), Arve Pettersen (HiST), Kjell Gunnar Hoff (UMB), Solveig-Alma Halaas Lyster (UIO), Knut Johannesen Ims (NHH), Kerstin Grundén (University West) and Wolfgang Eixelsberger (Carinthia University of Applied Science). Assessment of candidates for the position of Lecturer (Høyskolelektor), Senior Lecturer (førstelektor), Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis) and Teaching Professor (docent).

Assessment committee, Østfold University College (HiOf), 2013, together with Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen (Aalto University School of Business) and Erling S. Andersen (BI). Assessment of 30 applicants for the position as Professor.

Assessment committee, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), 2015, together with Virpi Tuunainen (Aalto University) and Tor J. Larsen (BI). Assessment of a candidate for a position as a Professor.

Assessment committee Østfold University College (HiOf) 2015 together with Nils Per Hovland (HiT) and Ove Roy Schjølberg (HBV). Assessment of a candidate to a position as a Senior Lecturer (førstelektor).

Conference work:

Session chair, Kristiansand  International Workshop on Information Systems Research, Kristiansand, 2006.

Session chair, Information Resources Management Association International Conference, San Diego, California, 2005.

Conference leader, Norwegian Conference on Information Systems (NOKOBIT), Kongsberg, 2001.

Conference leader, The Image Building Conference, Department of Education and Business Administration, Buskerud University College, 1998.

Reviewer for:

MIS Quarterly

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS Board Member from 2013 to 2016)

Computers in Human Behaviour

Computers & Education

Knowledge-Based Systems

Information &  Management

Behaviour & Information Technology

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

International Conference on Information Systems

European Conference on Information Systems

Information Resources Management Association

Norwegian Conference of Information Systems