Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen
PhD Research Fellow
Nord University Business School
Areas of expertise
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship education, New Venture Teams, Entrepreneurial identity, Qualitative research methods
I'm a PhD Candidate in Business at the Nord University Business School, Division for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
I'm also affiliated with Engage - Centre for Engaged Education through Entrepreneurship.
My office is in "Mørkvedgården", room 260.
I teach entrepreneurship at bachelor and master level, in Norwegian and English.
The courses I teach are:
- Entrepreneurship and Value Creation ENT2000 (15 ECTS): Autumn 2022, 2023 and 2024.
- Startup and Business Development (ENT5014), selected topics on team collaboration spring 2023 and 2024.
My doctoral dissertation is about how entrepreneurs develop an entrepreneurial identity as part of a startup team. The preliminary title is “How to Become an Entrepreneur? Paths to Entrepreneurial Identity in the Context of Startup Teams and Entrepreneurship Education."
I aim to contribute with new knowledge in the following areas:
- Connect entrepreneurial identity to team processes in new venture teams.
- Take a critical perspectiveat entrepreneurship education.
- Methodological originality by the use of images and graphic elements.
- Contribute to knowledge about the dynamic process of how entrepreneurs develop their sense of self.
2024
Exploring entrepreneurial identity work through team members early exits 2024 RENT Conference - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Sølvi Solvoll
Forsker Grand Prix 2024 Forskningsdagene - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen
The Role of New Venture Team split in Entrepreneurial Identity Development 2024 Nordic Conference of Small Business - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Sølvi Solvoll
2023
Entrepreneurial Learning as a Socially Situated Phenomenon:
The Case of Minority Accelerators 2023 USASBE Doctoral Consortium - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Basel Hammouda, Anna Katharina Schaper, Scorpio Rogers
How Do New Venture Teams Collectively Form Entrepreneurial Identity? 2023 USASBE Conference - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Iselin Kristine Mauseth Steira
Entrepreneurial Identity in New Venture Teams: Unpacking the Process from I to We 2023 3E – ECSB Entrepreneurship Education – Conference - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Iselin Kristine Mauseth Steira
2022
Designing live cases in entrepreneurship education: Balancing uncertainty and outcomes 2022 3E Conference- ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference 2022 - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Sølvi Solvoll, Marianne Arntzen-Nordqvist, Sanna Ilonen, Karin Andrea Wigger
PhD proposal: The collective formation of identity in entrepreneurial teams. 2022 ESU Doctoral Consortium - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen
2014
Den kollektive flytsonen : en kvalitativ studie av teamarbeid i en programvarebedrift 2014 - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Anja Nygård Sjøholt