Every year, Ph.D. students spend a visiting research period at JIBS in our rich research environment with the goal contributing to the development of family business and ownership research.


In September 2021, CeFEO initiated a new visiting program for PhD Students.

For the duration of their visits, doctoral students receives a CeFEO Affiliation, spelled out as “Visiting PhD Student at Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership (CeFEO); Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden”, and they have full access to the resources of the centre and the opportunity to engage in a meaningful conversation with the CeFEO members.


Doctoral students are invited to apply to the CeFEO Visiting PhD Student program.

CeFEO PhD Visiting Students

The following doctoral students visited CeFEO.

  • Sofia Brunelli (LIUC Università Cattaneo, Italy)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2023-01-15 to 2023-06-30.
  • Michela Bearzi (University of Udine, Italy)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2023-01-15 to 2023-06-30.
  • Lien Vekemans (Hasselt University, Belgium)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2022-01-10 to 2022-02-13.
  • Joyce Kox (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2022-03-08 to 2022-06-30.
  • Madeleine Meurer (EBS University, Germany)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2022-04-11 to 2022-06-30.
  • Ana Lucia Caicedo (Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2022-09-01 to 2022-11-30.
  • Emmadonata Carbone (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2021-09-01 to 2021-12-31.
  • Mansoor Ahmed (Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio Chieti e Pescara, Italy)
    CeFEO Visiting PhD Student from 2021-11-01 to 2022-01-31.