Thomas Roslyng Olesen is Project Manager for the Maritime Research Alliance, which is a collaboration between maritime researchers at Aalborg University, Aarhus University, Copenhagen Business School, Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Roskilde University and the maritime schools SIMAC and MARTEC.
Thomas research has mainly focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and workforce mobility in the maritime industry. In 2016 he published a book on the transformation of Danish shipbuilding, where he examined how the competencies and production facilities at the closed shipyards were put to new use after the closures. He has also published papers and reports on value creation in the maritime chain of transportation, workforce mobility, skill allocation and skill destruction, and offshore value chain characteristics.
Thomas teaches a BSc course on Logistic Clusters at the Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management program and an elective course on Markets, Regulation and Security in the Maritime Sector. He also teaches a Cand. Merc. course on Developments in International Shipping as part of the Minor in Maritime Business.
Thomas holds a MA in History from University of Copenhagen (2006) and a PhD in history from University of Southern Denmark (2012). He joined CBS as a postdoc in 2014. In 2016, he became Assistant Professor before joining the Maritime Research Alliance as Project Manager in 2020. He has previously been a visiting scholar at the Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
Thomas Roslyng Olesen is Project Manager for the Maritime Research Alliance, which is a collaboration between maritime researchers at Aalborg University, Aarhus University, Copenhagen Business School, Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, University of Southern Denmark, Roskilde University and the maritime schools SIMAC and MARTEC.
Thomas research has mainly focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and workforce mobility in the maritime industry. In 2016 he published a book on the transformation of Danish shipbuilding, where he examined how the competencies and production facilities at the closed shipyards were put to new use after the closures. He has also published papers and reports on value creation in the maritime chain of transportation, workforce mobility, skill allocation and skill destruction, and offshore value chain characteristics.
Thomas teaches a BSc course on Logistic Clusters at the Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management program and an elective course on Markets, Regulation and Security in the Maritime Sector. He also teaches a Cand. Merc. course on Developments in International Shipping as part of the Minor in Maritime Business.
Thomas holds a MA in History from University of Copenhagen (2006) and a PhD in history from University of Southern Denmark (2012). He joined CBS as a postdoc in 2014. In 2016, he became Assistant Professor before joining the Maritime Research Alliance as Project Manager in 2020. He has previously been a visiting scholar at the Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
