Katarina Larsen is a researcher at KTH, Div. History of Science, Technology and Environment. Areas of research interest includes co-creation and climate strategies, organizational studies of higher education institutions, including Centres of Excellence (CoE). She has been a visiting scholar at The Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) at Stanford University, Nordic Institute for Studies in innovation, research and education (NIFU), Bocconi University in Italy and National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) in Japan. Larsen is a research affiliate of the KTH Climate Action Centre and worked with JPI Urban Europe as researcher in residence at the Swedish Centre for Innovation and Quality in the Built Environment. Teaching activities includes areas of organizational studies, history of technology in Stockholm, urban transformation and local climate strategies.