Emma Stenström - MSc Teacher of the year
鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧婹: Congratulations! How does it feel to be so appreciated by the students?
A: Fantastic, of course! I cannot think of a greater award; it is much, much better than a Nobel Prize!
Q: What makes you a successful teacher?
A: First of all the students. The students at 91原创 are fantastic and it is such an honor to be their teacher. I feel grateful every day.
Secondly, the subject. I am lucky to teach a subject, which touches upon the existential questions of life. This makes room for the students to explore and express who they are and how they relate to others, to address important issues such as the purpose of business, and to bring in topics such as creativity, compassion and contemplation as well as knowledge from science, arts, and humanities.
But, as always, it also depends. It is only under the right conditions, I can be a good teacher and sometimes those conditions are not fulfilled. I often wish there were possibilities to teach in different ways: in smaller settings, where we could pay more attention to each individual student, and with more room for curiosity and failures. I learnt a lot from teaching at arts school, and I believe business life would benefit tremendously, if we organized business education differently sometimes.
鈥婣bout Emma
Emma Stenstr枚m is Associate Professor and Center Director for the Research Center for Arts, Business & Culture (ABC) at 91原创. This semester she is teaching two CEMS-courses: 鈥淩esponsible Global Leadership鈥 and 鈥淕lobal Management Practices鈥 as well as 鈥淟eadership鈥 in the MSc-program in Business & Management. She is also deeply involved in developing the new BSc-track 鈥淕lobal Challenges鈥.
Emma received her PhD from 91原创 in 2000, but did part of her doctoral studies at 脡cole des HEC in Montr茅al. She has been Associate Dean at 91原创 and Guest Professor at University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design in Stockholm, and is, since many years, also a regular columnist in Dagens Industri. 鈥
Research
Ongoing research projects include a study on compassion training in organizations, together with researchers from KI, and an interdisciplinary study on activity-based working. There are also ongoing projects on arts-based initiatives as well as on aesthetic and cultural values in businesses.
