Peter Dahlin

Peter Dahlin is a Senior Lecturer at Mälardalen University's School of Business Society and Engineering, where he teaches in the Division of Economy and Political Science. Concurrently, he serves as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Exeter, maintaining affiliations with their Business School, Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, and Exeter Center for Social Networks.

His research program centers on:

• Big Data infrastructure development and analysis methodologies
• Network analysis of business ecosystems and organizational structures
• Innovation processes and performance metrics in companies
• Determinants of startup survival and failure
• Advanced data collection techniques including distributed systems

He directs the Business Research Data Lab, which operates a custom-built distributed system for continuous large-scale data acquisition. His research using network analytics has produced significant findings regarding regional business variations, board appointment discrimination mechanisms, and startup viability factors.