Anders Houltz

Forskningschef, docent

Anders Houltz is Associate Professor in the History of Science and Technology and Research Director at the Centre for Business History. His doctoral dissertation, published in 2003, deals with inter-war period industrial display politics in relation to the Gothenburg Jubilee Expo of 1923. His research ranges from business history and industrial heritage to museum display and representation

Economic historian receives the Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 for research on gender differences in the labor market

With her clear emphasis on archival studies, professor Claudia Golding’s research is business history at its best – it uses history to explain today’s conditions.

Jews, Europe, and the business of culture

A new special issue of the journal Jewish Culture and History focuses on the intersection between Business history and Jewish studies. As pointed out by guest editors Benito Peix Geldart, Maja Hultman and Anders Houltz in the Introduction, the five included articles discuss different expressions of Jewish entrepreneurship and economic activities, and their effects and constraints, in modern Europe.

Nordic Industrial Heritage Culture in the 2020s, part III: Industrial heritage in the contemporary city

The role of industrial heritage in the contemporary city was in focus when the research network Nordic Industrial Heritage Culture in the 2020s conducted its third and final international workshop, in Gothenburg on 10-12 November 2022.

Nordic Industrial Heritage Culture in the 2020s, part II: Citizens, communities and cultural heritage organizations

The Nordic-Baltic research network Nordic Industrial Heritage Culture in the 2020s, funded by NOS-HS, organized the second in a series of three workshops in Tampere/Tammerfors, Finland, under the theme: Citizens, societies, and memory organizations, March 24-26 2022.

Nordic Industrial Heritage Culture in the 2020s – A new Nordic-Baltic research collaboration

How has business globalization, digitization and relocation affected our understanding of industrial heritage culture? An international research group has been formed to discuss the relevance of industrial heritage in the information society, during three workshops.

Lunch webinar: A flourishing market – The history of market gardens in Sweden

Welcome to a conversation about the history of market gardens in Sweden between Inger Olausson, researcher and senior lecturer at the Department of Cultural Conservation, University of Gothenburg, and Anders Houltz, head of research at the Centre for Business History.

Welcome Inger Olausson!

Inger Olausson, researcher and senior lecturer at the Department of Cultural Conservation, University of Gothenburg, collaborates with the Centre for Business History as a part-time guest researcher.

The Centre for Business History is documenting the corona crisis

We are currently living through strange and historic times. The corona virus affects all levels of society, not least business and entrepreneurship. The consequences will be…

“Flying Panels”, new exhibition at ArkDes levitates heavily

We contributed to the exhibition “Flying panels – How concrete panels changed the world” at ArkDes in Stockholm.

New book: “Omvandlingar – Skandia 1990-2016”

Omvandlingar is a new book about Swedish insurance company Skandia, written by the professors Mats Larsson and Mikael Lönnborg. The book focuses on the insurer’s…