Barbro Kalla

15 December, 2016

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

+46 70-683 04 27
barbro.kalla(at)biofuelregion.se

EDUCATION
Master of Arts (MA) in languages education, Umeå University
Media and Communication, Umeå University

EXPERIENCE
Barbro Kalla began her career educating teenagers in language. She then worked 15 years as a consultant providing competence-enhancing services to companies, NGO’s, municipalities and regional bodies, who were entering the world of sustainable development. Her international expertise focuses on transfer of knowledge among project partners and reaching out to external target groups. She draws on her experience from the public sector, business and research and development. A lifelong mission has been to provide children and young adults the opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to play a constructive role in the current and future transition of society towards sustainability. She has worked at BioFuel Region since 2012 with both strategy and implementation of communication plans, including gender and gender mainstreaming.

Today, Barbro is developing ways to communicate research results to people outside academia. The transfer of knowledge is aiming to integrate research findings into practice. Ongoing assignments for Barbro are also working to influence opinions to strengthen the bioeconomy and the development of alternative fuels in northern Sweden.