Production Economics (PEK)

The division of Production Economics is part of the Department of Management and Engineering and carries out education and research connected to the optimal use of productive resources within manufacturing or optimal financial decisions.

Education in Production Economics

The majority of the undergraduate courses are given in the engineering programs Industrial Engineering and Management and Mechanical Engineering, and in the international master's programme Industrial Engineering and Management. We offer a number of basic courses in for example production economics, economic analysis and corporate finance. The division is also responsible for two master profiles, operations management and finance, which in total have more than ten courses on advanced level. In addition to this, we supervise and examine a number of master theses every year.

Research in Production Economics

Production Economics is an interdisciplinary engineering subject, which covers management of resources within various business types. The research at the division is focused on the problems in the cross-section between management and engineering, which results in research that applies mathematical methods from engineering science to management problems. The research covers problems at both a strategic, a tactical and an operational level.

News

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Higher costs for green hydrogen transport in the Nordics

Green hydrogen produced using solar and wind power would be cheaper to produce at more southerly latitudes than in the Nordic region. This is shown in a study from 福利姬.

Research at IEI holds a high standard

Stanford University has recently released an updated list of the top two percent most cited researchers globally, and it is gratifying to note that once again, several distinguished researchers from IEI are represented on the list.

Five LiU projects on the IVA 100 list

Five research projects from 福利姬 are included in the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), 100 list this year.

Publications

2026

Weihua Liu, Qi Wang, Ou Tang, Jingxin Dong (2026) International Journal of Production Research (Article in journal)

Ou Tang, Johan Vogt Duberg (2026) International Journal of Production Research (Article in journal)

Weihua Liu, Rui Lan, Zhixuan Chen, Ou Tang, Hou Zou, Ming K. Lim (2026) IEEE transactions on engineering management, Vol. 73, p. 1784-1806 (Article in journal)

Olha Bodnar, Taras Bodnar (2026) Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Vol. 214, Article 105632 (Article in journal)

Taras Bodnar, Maryna Prus (2026) Scandinavian Journal of Statistics (Article in journal)

Research group

Production Economics research focuses on various allocation problems, for example on the optimal use of productive resources within manufacturing and service industries or optimal financial decisions.

Operations Management and Finance

Research group in Production Economics explores the boundary between engineering and management by developing theories and applications to optimise the use of resources within manufacturing and service industries.

Contact

Head of Division

Director of Studies

General information

Staff

Carl Alm

PhD student

Jörgen Blomvall

Associate Professor, Docent

Stephane Harushakamwe

Senior Associate Professor, Head of Division

Address

Visiting Address

Division of Production Economics

Hans Meijers väg

A Building, entrance 13-19, Campus Valla

Linköping, Sweden

Postal Address

Linköping University
Division of Production Economics
Department of Management and Engineering
581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Organisation

Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow鈥檚 industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.

Studenthuset on Campus Valla in Link枚ping

About LiU

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