Robin Teigland (PhD) is an internationally recognized authority on digital transformation, strategy, and sustainable innovation. She is Professor of Strategy and Management of Digitalization at Chalmers University of Technology, one of Europe’s most prestigious universities for science and technology and consistently ranked among the world’s leading technical institutions. She is... Read more
Robin Teigland (PhD) is an internationally recognized authority on digital transformation, strategy, and sustainable innovation. She is Professor of Strategy and Management of Digitalization at Chalmers University of Technology, one of Europe’s most prestigious universities for science and technology and consistently ranked among the world’s leading technical institutions. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), the world’s oldest engineering academy, founded in 1919, which brings together global leaders from business, research, and government to tackle society’s most pressing challenges.
Robin has been recognized by Veckans Affärer as one of Sweden’s most influential women in technology (2017–2019) and was ranked among Sweden’s top 100 public speakers (2019). She is admired for blending rigorous research with entrepreneurial practice, giving audiences both strategic foresight and actionable tools to navigate disruption.
At Chalmers, she directs Ocean Data Factory Sweden, the country’s first national ocean data lab, applying AI to ocean data to accelerate innovation and ensure Sweden’s leadership in the global blue economy. In addition, she leads two other major research projects on digitalization and AI: 4boards.ai, which explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping corporate governance and is financed by Vinnova; and The Benefits and Challenges of Internet-enabled Artificial Intelligence for Sweden’s Innovation Capability Today and in the Future, financed by Internetstiftelsen, which investigates how AI can strengthen national innovation ecosystems.
Beyond academia, Robin is an impact entrepreneur. In Peniche, Portugal, she founded the Peniche Ocean Watch Initiative and Ocean Tech Hub LDA, ventures that unite entrepreneurs, digital nomads, and local communities to build a blue circular economy—addressing ocean waste, driving coastal revitalization, and advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Robin’s expertise spans digital innovation networks and how communities accelerate knowledge creation; the convergence of disruptive technologies such as AI, blockchain, robotics, IoT, 3D printing, and VR and their impact on firms, labor, and society; digitally-enabled circular economies with environmental and social impact; and the future of welfare states and governance in a technology-driven world.
Known as “Professor Hands-On”, Robin transforms cutting-edge research into clear strategies for action. She equips executives, policymakers, and innovators to anticipate disruption, design sustainable business models, and lead with purpose. Audiences leave her sessions inspired and empowered—not just to understand the digital future, but to shape it with vision and responsibility.