Agneta Marell

Agneta Marell (born 1964 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is professor in Business Administration and since 2010, Deputy vice-chancellor for external relations and innovation at Umeå University in northern Sweden. Between 2004 and 2007, she was the dean of Umeå School of Business, succeeding Anders Söderholm. In 2008–2011, she was a municipal manager for Örnsköldsvik municipality. She received the assignment as vice-president for collaboration and innovation at Umeå University. As such, she was also chairman of Uminova Holding, the business incubator Uminova Innovation AB and Uminova eXpression AB, which runs Sliperiet at the Umeå Arts Campus.

In April 2016, she was appointed by the Swedish government to the board of Jönköping University for the period May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2017.

In 2017, Agneta Marell became president at Jönköping University. She held the position until 28 March 2024.

In 2021, she was elected as a member of Connect Sweden's Board of Directors, while maintaining her position at Jönköping University.

Research Marell graduated in Business Administration 1991, and finished her doctoral thesis in 1998. Her dissertation focused on consumer behaviour and transport psychology. She has also been studying at Columbia University in New York, and Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Selected books (in English)