Paraskeva Wlazlak

Assistant Professor integrated product and production development
Department of Product Development, Production and Design , School of Engineering
PhD

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E-mail
paraskeva.wlazlak@ju.se
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D1404
Telephone
+46 36-10 1612
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+46 73-910 16 68
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Presentation Publications

Research

Integrated Product and Production Development Supporting Sustainability 

Wlazlak’s research advances sustainable product realization and industrialization by fostering integration between product and production development. Her work addresses both organizational and technical challenges in enabling cross-disciplinary collaboration, developing methods, processes, and mechanisms that support knowledge integration and informed decision-making. Key areas include circular economy strategies such as reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling, scalability in remanufacturing systems, and the use of boundary objects to enhance shared understanding and accelerate knowledge creation.

The research aims to help manufacturing companies transition toward sustainability and comply with evolving regulations, including the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Digital Product Passport requirements. Integration across disciplines is critical for smooth product introductions, minimizing waste, and advancing sustainable engineering solutions.

Wlazlak adopts a sociotechnical perspective, emphasizing the interplay between tools, processes, and people, and highlighting the need to balance organizational and technical aspects for successful industrialization and technology adoption.

Key skills and expertise: 

  • Integration of product and production development to support sustainable and circular strategies
  • Knowledge integration during product realization
  • Boundary crossing and boundary objects in product realization  
  • Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Digital Product Passport (DPP)
  • Industrialisation process /New product introduction
  • Development of remanufacturing systems
  • Performance indicators supporting sustainability and circularity in product realization
  • Supplier integration in product realization

Research projects

Ongoing 

  • ROAR: Resource efficient and resilient recirculation of products and components
  • Pass4Sustainability: Digital Product Passport Systems for Sustainability 
  • ReShare: Shared understanding and requirements management for green transition 

Completed 

  • CirkuTrä: Strategies for increased circularity in the wood processing industry 
  • Tool Trace: Cutting tool traceability enabling human behaviors for circularity
  • REMARKABLE: Remanufacturing – key enabler to future business
  • IDEAL: Integrated Product and Production Platforms Supporting Agile and Demand-Driven Industrial Product Realisation
  • Butterfly Effect: Mastering butterfly effects in knowledge intensive product realization 
  • INDUS: Efficient industrialisation supporting successful production ramp-up in sup­ply chains 
  • DINO: Distributed innovation projects: management of technological and organizational challenges in distribut­ed settings

Biography

Wlazlak is working at the department for Product development, Production and Design, School of Engineering at Jönköping University. She holds a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science in Production systems from Jönköping University. The degree was acquired during 2019.  In 2016 Wlazlak earned her Licentiate of Science in the subject area Production Systems with specialisation in integrated product and production development. In 2010 Wlazlak became Master of Science (MSc) in production systems from department of Industrial Engineering and Management at the School of Engineering, Jönköping University.

 

Article

Elnourani, M., Skärin, F., Wlazlak, P. (2025). Enhancing interdisciplinary engineering courses through game-based learning European Journal of Engineering Education. More information
Wlazlak, P., Säfsten, K. (2025). Development of a boundary object assessment framework supporting knowledge integration in product realization Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science. More information
Wlazlak, P., Safavi, E., Johansen, K. (2025). Opportunities and challenges of increased digitalization during new product introduction Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 46. More information
Säfsten, K., Elgh, F., Linnéusson, G., Stolt, R., Wlazlak, P. (2025). A framework for transdisciplinary engineering research: Integrating interactive research and design methodologies Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science, 28(4), 204-225. More information
Wlazlak, P., Johansen, K. (2025). Development of remanufacturing systems at original equipment remanufacturers International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, 19, 8641-8661. More information
Wlazlak, P., Säfsten, K., Hilletofth, P. (2019). Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)-supplier integration to prepare for production ramp-up Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 30(2), 506-530. More information
Wlazlak, P., Eriksson, Y., Johansson, G., Ahlin, P. (2019). Visual representations for communication in geographically distributed new product development projects Journal of engineering design (Print), 30(8-9), 385-403. More information
Ferreira, A., Pimenta, M., Wlazlak, P. (2019). Antecedents of cross-functional integration level and their organizational impact Journal of business & industrial marketing, 34(8), 1706-1723. More information
Wlazlak, P., Säfsten, K., Hilletofth, P., Johansson, G. (2018). Integration of Suppliers’ Workflows in the OEMs’ New Product Development Process Procedia Manufacturing, 25, 479-486. More information
Wlazlak, P., Johansson, G. (2014). R&D in Sweden and manufacturing in China: a study of communication challenges Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 25(2), 258-278. More information

Doctoral thesis

Wlazlak, P. (2019). Management of the industrialisation process in distributed geographical and organisational contexts (Doctoral thesis, Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Engineering). More information

Conference paper

Löfving, M., Wlazlak, P., Johansen, K. (2025). Information management for remanufacturing industrialization. International Conference on Remanufacturing, ICoR 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 8-10 2025. More information
Johansen, K., Wlazlak, P. (2025). Remanufacturing in a circular value chain: Information management aspects. Cham: Springer, 8th International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing (IWAR 2024), 16-18 October 2024, Detroit, Michigan, USA. More information
Wlazlak, P., Säfsten, K., Hussmo, D. (2024). Knowledge Sharing Sessions: A Transdisciplinary Approach for Crossing the Boundary Between Academia and Industry. The 31st ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, London, United Kingdom, 9-11 July 2024. More information
Säfsten, K., Wlazlak, P., Hussmo, D. (2024). Boundary Objects Supporting Knowledge Integration in Product Realisation: An Assessment Process. The 31st ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, London, United Kingdom, 9-11 July 2024. More information
Wlazlak, P., Johansen, K. (2024). Development of sustainable remanufacturing systems: literature review. Cham: Springer, VII International Workshop on Autonomous Remanufacturing, Caserta, Italy, 18-19 October 2023. More information
Hussmo, D., Säfsten, K., Wlazlak, P. (2023). Aspects affecting boundary objects in product realization: A systematic literature review. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 30th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, Hua Hin Cha Am, Thailand, July 11–14, 2023. More information
Carlson, A. Diener, D. Johansen, K. Kurilova-Palisaitiene, J. Nilsson-Lindén, H. Vogt Duberg, J. , ... Sundin E. (2023). REMAnufactuRing – Key enABLEr to future business (REMARKABLE). 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Management, LCM 2023, 6-8 September 2023, Lille, France. More information
Raudberget, D., Wlazlak, P. (2022). Knowledge Reuse during New Product Development: A Study of a Swedish Manufacturer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 17th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2022, 23-26 May 2022, Croatia, Online. More information
Hussmo, D., Säfsten, K., Wlazlak, P. (2022). Knowledge Integration in Industrialized House Building – Current Practice and Challenges. Cham: Springer, CARV2021, 8th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference and the World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, October/November 2021. More information
Hussmo, D., Säfsten, K., Wlazlak, P. (2022). Engineering Tools as Boundary Objects Between Product Development and Production. 29th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, 5–8 July 2022, Cambridge, MA, USA. More information
Wlazlak, P., Ashour Pour, M. (2022). Knowledge Integration in Product and Production Development Through Boundary Objects and Additive Manufacturing. 10th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS2022), School of Engineering Science, University of Skövde, Sweden, April 26–29 2022. More information
Wlazlak, P., Hussmo, D., Säfsten, K. (2021). Integration Across Knowledge Boundaries During New Product Introduction. Amsterdam: IOS Press, Proceedings of the 28th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, July 5 – July 9, 2021. More information
Safavi, E., Wlazlak, P., Johansen, K. (2021). Aspects on a Digitalized Industrialization Process: Are There Challenges to Overcome?. Amsterdam: IOS Press, Proceedings of the 28th ISTE International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering, July 5 – July 9, 2021. More information
Wlazlak, P., Andersen, A., Raudberget, D. (2020). Interconnecting Product and Manufacturing Domains: A Literature Review. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 9th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS2020), 7-8 October 2020, Jönköping, Sweden. More information
Edh Mirzaei, N., Wlazlak, P., Sansone, C., Hilletofth, P. (2016). Challenges with competitive manufacturing in high cost environment. The 23rd EurOMA conference, 17th-22nd of June 2016, Trondheim, Norway. More information
Hilletofth, P., Wlazlak, P., Johansson, G., Säfsten, K. (2015). Challenges with industralization in a supply chain network: A supplier perspective. MakeLearn and TIIM Joint International Conference. More information
Wlazlak, P., Hilletofth, P., Johansson, G., Säfsten, K. (2015). Supplier involvement in product development: Critical issues from a supplier perspective. 22nd EurOMA International Annual Conference, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 26 June–1 July, 2015. More information
Wlazlak, P., Johansson, G. (2014). Management of international manufacturing relocation projects of new and existing products. 21st EurOMA Conference, Palermo, Italy, 20 - 25 June 2014. More information
Wlazlak, P., Johansson, G. (2014). Bridging Geographically Distant R&D and Manufacturing. R&D Management Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, 3–6 June 2014.. More information
Wlazlak, P., Johansson, G. (2012). Communication challenges in a product development project faced with culture and language differences: The Sweden/China case. The R&D Management Conference 2012. More information
Wlazlak, P., Johansson, G., Cederfeldt, M. (2012). A study of the R&D-Manufacturing interface in distributed settings: Experiences from a Chinese manufacturing site.. 5th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS12). More information

Other publications

Hussmo, D., Säfsten, K., Wlazlak, P. . Aspects affecting boundary objects in product realization: A systematic literature review. More information
Hussmo, D., Säfsten, K., Wlazlak, P. . Boundary objects in product realization: The role of properties, situation, and interplay. More information
Wlazlak, P., Hilletofth, P., Johansson, G., Säfsten, K. . Managing disturbances during the industrialisation process from a supplier perspective. More information

Licentiate thesis

Wlazlak, P. (2016). Integration in global development projects: A study of new product development and production relocation projects (Licentiate thesis, Jönköping: Jönköping University, School of Engineering). More information