Research
I research how ideas become innovations – and above all, what happens at the beginning of that journey. What makes some ideas develop and take off, while others fade away? These are the questions that drive my work in idea and innovation management.
In September 2025, I defended my doctoral thesis Idea Development for Innovation: A multi-level exploration of the activities and processes propelling ideas towards innovation, in which I examined idea development at the individual, group, and organizational level.
Today I am involved in the research projects DHINO and DigiH4A, where we explore how digital solutions can drive innovation in the health sector.
The goal for my research is to contribute to academia and help organizations in both the public and private sectors to better harness the ideas within their operations to create continuous change.
Teaching
IEAE04Research Methods in industrial engineering managment
IEAE02 Master thesis in industrial engineering management
IEAD06 Idea management in the frontend of innovation
IEAD11 Innovation management and industrial transformations
IEAD04 Service management for engineers
IEAD03 Innovation management
IEAGA06 Industriell Organisering
FEAD82 Idea management for practicioners
FEAD74 Idea management
FEAD65 Resilient systems and innovation
FEGC46 Service management
FEGC47 Vetenskapliga metoder i företagsekonomi
FEGC43 Bachelor Thesis in business administration
FEGC02 Marketing Strategies
FEGB49 Service management in real estate management
FEGB01/02 Business Administration II - Marketing
FEGA01 Business Administration I - Marketing
Collaboration
2016 Master thesis with Inission AB
Bio
2025-to date University lecturer, PhD in business administration
2017- 2025 PhD student in Business Administration
2016-2017 Research assistant, CTF, Karlstad university
2014-2016 Master in Service management, Karlstads university
2009-2012 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Mannheim, Germany
Selected publications
Huck, J., & Sukhov, A. (2025). Designing ideas – a dual perspective. In E. Pei & K. Becker (Eds.), Design Thinking: Theory and Practice (pp. 14). CRC Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003487524
Sukhov, A., Sihvonen, A., Huck, J., Olsson, L. E., & Netz, J. (2025). How to Manage Generative Idea Screening. Research-Technology Management, 68(1), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2024.2419253
Olsson, L. E., Huck, J., & Friman, M. (2018). Intention for Car Use Reduction: Applying a Stage Based Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15 (2), 216-230
Friman, M., Huck, J., and L.E. Olsson (2017) Transtheoretical Model of Change druing Travel Behavior Interventions: An Integrative Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(6),581-596