Viktor Asplund

Viktor Holmgren is a doctoral student in Industrial Management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, focusing on governance and adaptive control in complex healthcare systems. His research explores how Performance Measurement and Management (PMM) systems can be designed to strengthen organizational resilience, particularly in response to systemic crises.

Through an in-depth case study of a large emergency hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, Viktor is developing the conceptual foundations for asymmetric resilience and parallel control logics. These concepts aim to explain how different control modes – such as diagnostic control for accessibility and enabling control for medical quality – can coexist within the same organizational architecture, adapted to the uncertainty of each performance domain. This enables what he terms spatial ambidexterity: a structural capacity to balance efficiency and learning simultaneously within shared operational spaces.

Viktor holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from KTH. Alongside his doctoral studies, he has worked as a strategic analyst at Capio S:t Göran’s Hospital, where he supported the development of data-driven governance and decision support in collaboration with clinical and executive leadership. Since 2024, he has also contributed to national efforts at the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, supporting regional healthcare systems in production and capacity planning.

His research aspires to contribute both theoretically and practically: by advancing the understanding of PMM systems as adaptive control architectures, and by offering actionable insights for public sector leaders seeking to build more resilient governance structures in both crisis and everyday operations