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.
2025
Going All In? Nascent Entrepreneurs’ Identity Work in New Venture Teams 2025 Academy of Management Proceedings - Trine Åsheim Bernhardsen, Iselin Kristine Mauseth Steira
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