June Merete Solberg Tolsby

June Merete Solberg Tolsby is the Head of the Department of Economics, Innovation and Society at Østfold University College. She holds a PhD in knowledge harvesting through product development from Aalborg University. Her research focuses on product and service development methods, organizational development, team organization, and agile project management. She has extensive experience as a researcher, editor, and lecturer spanning over 30 years at institutions like Østfold Research, Gyldendal, Aalborg University, and OsloMet.

Her academic interests include understanding knowledge production during development processes and the role of organizational learning. She teaches courses such as Product- and Service Design, Sustainable Innovation, and Project Management. Her work bridges theoretical insights with practical applications in innovation and project methodologies.

Publications highlight her contributions to knowledge harvesting in product development, linguistic analyses of organizational knowledge sharing, and studies on employee interpretations of innovation processes. Her research emphasizes the interplay between human factors, technology, and organizational structures in fostering effective innovation.