Third Alumni seminar for NUAS PLA Cohort of 2019-2020
NUAS Programme for leaders in Administration, cohort of 2019-2020 held their third alumni seminar on 12. -13. of June 2025. This time Karlstad University hosted the event, and pro-Rector Margareta Friman warmly welcomed the group. The academic content consisted of Senior Lecturer Eva Lid Frimans interesting lecture with recent research on remote work, working hours and productivity. Change management is always on top of the agenda for leaders at universities. After an introduction to the theme by senior advisor Sidsel Valmot from University of Oslo, the group worked with a tool to uncover barriers to change (“Immunity to change”). The participants also discussed organizational challenges at their own universities and worked with individual leadership cases.
Thanks again for a successful alumni seminar, and special thanks to Eva Lena Östlin, Head of the Department of Economics and Planning at Karlstad University, for a well-organized seminar.
The group’s alumni seminar for 2026 will be hosted by Åbo Akademi University.