Research profile

Ann-Louise Andersen is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University, Department of Materials and Production. She holds a MSc in Management Engineering with specialisation in Operations and Supply Chain Management from Aalborg University. She received a PhD in 2017 from Aalborg University with a thesis about development of changeable and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. The thesis was done in collaboration with the world’s largest pump manufacturer and a manufacturer of construction equipment. After this, she was employed as tenure track Assistant Professor from 2017-2021 at the Faculty of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University, Department of Materials and Production. She quickly advanced and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. From 2018-2023 she was Guest Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Product Development, Production and Design, School of Engineering, Jönköping University. From 2018-2023 she was Research Affiliate in CIRP (The International Academy for Production Engineering). She is member of the Young Academy of Technology, Science and Innovation (YATSI) established by Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV). She is candidate member of the IFIP Working Group 5.7, Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) in the Technical Committee 5 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).

Ann-Louise Andersen has extensive experience in research on changeable, reconfigurable, modular, platform-based, sustainable, and circular production. Her research is characterized by high industry relevance and close collaboration with industry, e.g., leading automotive enterprises, the world’s largest pump manufacturer, the world-leading enterprise providing sustainable energy solutions, and numerous SMEs. She has broad experience with national and international research projects, recently the REKON project (Development of Reconfigurable Manufacturing) with collaboration with more than 70 manufacturing companies funded by the Danish Industry Foundation, the REFUSE project (Resource Efficient Use and Development of Reconfigurable Machining Systems) funded by Vinnova Sweden, and MAASive (Manufacturing As A Service to increase resilience in ValuE networks) funded by Horizon Europe. Ann-Louise Andersen was the chair of the CARV2021 conference hosted at Aalborg University in conjunction to the MCPC2021 conference.

Teaching profile

Ann-Louise Andersen has extensive experience in supervision, teaching, development of teaching material, and study administration in a range of engineering fields and on different levels, most recently:

• Supervision: B.Sc. Global Business Engineering, M.Sc. Management Engineering, and Ph.D. projects.
• Courses: Design of Industrial Systems (B.Sc.), Flexible Manufacturing (M.Sc.), Manufacturing and Supply Chain Systems (M.Sc.), Manufacturing Processes (M.Sc.), Production Development (MSc.), Product and Production Platforms (Ph.D.), Production Development (Ph.D.), Development of Changeable Production (CEE)
• Study administration: Member of Study Board of Production, Study Program Coordinator, Course Coordinator.
• University Pedagogy for Assistant Professors, Aalborg University 2018
• Digitalization of education: Development of Microcredentials (AAU Micro), Moodle exams, ENG Faculty E-learning.
• Material: YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@rekon_aau), Books (https://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/paving-the-way-for-changeable-and-reconfigurable-production-funda)

PhD Supervision

Jannik Fibiger, "Development of Resilient Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems", Aalborg University, 2025-2028. (Primary supervisor)

Emma Bødker Worup, "Circular Manufacturing Systems", Aalborg University, 2025-2028. (Primary supervisor)

Filip Skärin, Thesis: “Circular production systems”, Jönköping University, 2021-2025. (Co-supervisor)

Stefan Kjeldgaard, Thesis: “Enabling Adaptability and Resilience of a Global Production Network”, Aalborg University, 2020-2023. (Co-supervisor)

Morten Skogstad Nielsen, Thesis: “Modular Product and Manufacturing System Portfolio”, Aalborg University, 2019-2022. (Co-supervisor)