Thomas Pettersson

Thomas Pettersson is employed as a senior lecturer and obtained his PhD in economic history in 1999. In 2016 he was appointed Associate Professor.

Research qualifications: Docent

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thomas.pettersson@umu.se

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Associate professor at Unit of Economic History

Samhällsvetarhuset (ingång närmast lärarhuset), plan 4. , Biblioteksgränd, SAM.B.413 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Affiliated as associate professor at Faculty Office of Social Sciences

Förvaltningshuset, plan 3, Universitetstorget 16 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Thomas Pettersson is employed as a senior lecturer and obtained his PhD in economic history in 1999. In 2016 he was appointed Associate Professor. My research focuses on path dependency processes in the Swedish and Scandinavian transport sector and transformation processes in the northern forest industry with a focus on flexible specialization and informal forms of cooperation.

Kampen om skogsråvaran i norra Sverige: köpsågverkens industriella förutsättningar och organisationsformer mellan 1962 och 2003

Historisk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Svenska Historiska Föreningen 2024, Vol. 144, (3) : 472-501

Pettersson, Thomas; Olsson Spjut, Fredrik

A barrier to sustainable transports?: Path dependence and the Swedish tax deduction for commuting

Journal of Transport History, Sage Publications 2023, Vol. 44, (1) : 79-98

Pettersson, Thomas; Jansson, Johan; Lindgren, Urban

Kampen om skogsråvaran: Köpsågverkens situation i Västerbotten

Västerbotten förr & nu

Pettersson, Thomas; Olsson Spjut, Fredrik

Gråt inte – organisera er!: de norrländska köpsågverkens konkurrenssituation och samarbetsformer omkring år 1959

1959 års ekonomiska historia: en festskrift i samband med professor Lena Andersson-Skogs 60-årsdag 2019, Umeå: Enheten för ekonomisk historia, Umeå universitet , 2019, Umeå: Enheten för ekonomisk historia, Umeå universitet 2019 : 41-46

Olsson Spjut, Fredrik; Pettersson, Thomas

Adoption of alternative fuel vehicles: Influence from neighbors, family and coworkers

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol. 54 : 61-73

Jansson, Johan; Pettersson, Thomas; Mannberg, Andrea; et al.

Den svenska reklambranschens självreglering 1950-1971

Historisk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Svenska Historiska Föreningen 2016, Vol. 136, (3) : 534-540

Pettersson, Thomas

Time Management in Higher Education - A Challenge for Academic Leaders

The Hawaiian Conference on Education 2016: Official Conference Proceedings, Nagoya: International Academic Forum 2016 : 89-98

Skog, Daniel; Pettersson, Thomas

Between private interests and the state: corporatist strategies in the Swedish railway council, 1902-1967

Journal of Transport History, Sage Publications 2015, Vol. 36, (2) : 151-169

Andersson, Fredrik; Pettersson, Thomas

Påverkar skatteundantag hushållens benägenhet att köpa miljöbilar? En studie av Stockholms trängselskatt

Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 43, (1) : 32-39

Mannberg, Andrea; Brännlund, Runar; Jansson, Johan; et al.

Erfarenheter från införandet av BPS vid samhällsvetenskaplig fakultet

Working Papers in Informatics, 15.01

Pettersson, Thomas; Skog, Daniel

Do tax incentives affect households' adoption of ‘green’ cars?: A panel study of the Stockholm congestion tax

Energy Policy, Vol. 74 : 286-299

Mannberg, Andrea; Jansson, Johan; Pettersson, Thomas; et al.

Women CEOs and chairpersons in knowledge intensive industries: the case of biotech and ICT in Sweden 2000-2010

Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia, Riga: University of Latvia Press 2013, Vol. 21, (1) : 4-17

Pettersson, Thomas

Consequences of Academic Accountability – The Implementation of a Web-Based Time Management System at a Swedish University

Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013, Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education 2013 : 1666-1681

Pettersson, Thomas; Skog, Daniel

Adapting to liberalization: government procurement of interregional passenger transports in Sweden, 1989–2008

Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier 2012, Vol. 24 : 182-188

Eriksson, Martin; Pettersson, Thomas

Alkoholpolitik och statliga restaurangbolag i Sverige 1920-1974

Historisk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Svenska historiska föreningen 2012, Vol. 132, (3) : 508-514

Pettersson, Thomas

Hur kan forskningsmiljön och den akademiska profilen stärkas i Örnsköldsvik?

CERUM rapport, 39

Pettersson, Thomas; Sörensson, Robert

Botniabanan har potential som kräver kompletterande satsningar

Västerbottens-Kuriren, Umeå: Stiftelsen VK-press 2010, (2010-08-30)

Eriksson, Martin; Pettersson, Thomas; Andersson-Skog, Lena

Driving from the center to the periphery?: The diffusion of private cars in Sweden, 1960-1975

Journal of Transport History, Manchester University Press 2010, Vol. 31, (2) : 164-181

Lindgren, Eva; Lindgren, Urban; Pettersson, Thomas

Two Sides of the same Coin?: Private car ownership in Sweden and Norway since 1950

Scandinavian Economic History Review, Routledge 2009, Vol. 57, (2) : 172-190

Lindgren, Eva; Pettersson, Thomas

The vision thing: Actors, decision-making and lock-in effects in Swedish road safety policy since the 1990s

Umeå papers in economic history, no. 34, 2008

Andersson, Fredrik; Pettersson, Thomas

The vision thing: Actors, decision-making and lock-in effects in Swedish road safety policy since the 1990s

Umeå papers in economic history, 34

Andersson, Fredrik; Pettersson, Thomas

Scandinavian experiences of network industries. Public enterprises and changing welfare policies 1950-2005

Transforming public enterprises in Europe and North America: networks, integration and transnationalization, Palgrave Macmillan 2007 : 131-143

Andersson-Skog, Lena; Pettersson, Thomas

Norsk vegpolitikk etter 1960. Stykkevis og delt?

Scandinavian economic history review, Vol. 54, (1) : 109-111

Pettersson, Thomas

Centre, Periphery, and Institutional Path Dependence: Transport subsidies in Sweden and Norway

Journal of transport history, Vol. 27, (2) : 80-96

Pettersson, Thomas

Institutioner, intressegrupper och den svenska transportsektorns utveckling: transportstödet och Botniabanan i jämförande perspektiv: transportstödet och Botniabanan i jämförande perspektiv

Strukturernas dynamik : kontinuitet och förändring i ekonomisk historia : festskrift till Olle Krantz, Umeå : Univ., Inst. för ekonomisk historia, 2004 (Umeå : Print & Media, Umeå universitet) 2004 : 175-205

Pettersson, Thomas; Andersson, Fredrik

Institutioner, intressegrupper och den svenska transportsektorns utveckling: transportstödet och Botniabanan i jämförande perspektiv

Strukturernas dynamik: kontinuitet och förändring i ekonomisk historia : festskrift till Olle Krantz, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2004 : 175-205

Pettersson, Thomas; Andersson, Fredrik

I den svenska modellens skugga: Välfärdsutveckling i internationellt perspektiv efter 1930

Omvandlingens sekel: Perspektiv på ekonomi och samhälle i 1900-talets Sverige, Lund: Studentlitteratur 2002 : 175-202

Pettersson, Thomas

From informal practice to formal policy: path dependence and the case of Swedish transport aid

The state, regulation, and the economy: an historical perspective, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing 2001 : 183-196

Pettersson, Thomas

Att kompensera för avstånd?: transportstödet 1970-1995 - ideologi, ekonomi och stigberoende

Umeå studies in economic history, 23

Pettersson, Thomas

Institutional rigidity and economic change: A comparison between Swedish transport subsidies

Institutions in the transport and communications industries: State and private actors in the making of institutional patterns, 1850-199, Canton, Mass., USA: Science History Publications Ltd. 1999 : 281-300

Pettersson, Thomas

Konkurrensneutralt transportbidrag: betänkande från Transportbidragsutredningen

Statens Offentliga Utredningar, 1997:94

Westin, Lars; Pettersson, Thomas; Stage, Jesper

På spaning efter "informationssamhället": Ekonomisk-historiskt perspektiv på IT-kulten

Häften för Kritiska Studier, Stockholm: Föreningen Häften för kritiska studier 1996, Vol. 29, (2) : 26-47

Andersson-Skog, Lena; Pettersson, Thomas

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Research projects

1 January 2019 until 30 June 2023

Sawmills in Northern Sweden and the globalization of the forest industry.