Course

Innovation in Research Projects (TN910)

The purpose of the course is to raise the PhD candidates' awareness of the practical implications of their research. This includes understanding how research results can lead to innovation, i.e. be implemented to achieve the intended benefits to society. Another purpose is to raise the candidates' awareness of wider societal implications of research and innovation.


Course description for study year 2021-2022. Please note that changes may occur.

See course description and exam/assesment information for this semester (2024-2025)

Semesters

Facts

Course code

TN910

Credits (ECTS)

5

Semester tution start

Autumn

Language of instruction

English

Number of semesters

2

Exam semester

Autumn

Content

The course content is primarily aimed at PhD-candidates in the natural sciences and technology.

Among themes that will be covered are:

Various types of innovation, project and process models, disruptive innovation, stakeholders and social construction of technology, responsible research and innovation (RRI), research based innovation and commercialization.

Learning outcome

Upon completion of the course the student shall be able to:

Understand central problems associated with managing complex cross-disciplinary work assignments and projects.

Assess the need for, take initiative to and manage innovation.

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid Exam system Withdrawal deadline Exam date
Coursepaper 1/1 Passed / Not Passed


The students shall submit a paper that must be accepted in order to pass the course.

Course teacher(s)

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Course teacher:

Eric Christian Brun

Course coordinator:

Knut Erik Bang

Method of work

Lectures, workshops and guided self-study.

Open for

The course is mandatory for candidates of UiS' PhD-program in natural sciences and technology. Other PhD-candidates must apply for admission to the course.

Literature

Article

The era of open innovation Chesbrough, Henry W, Cambridge, Sloan Management Review, 35-, MIT Sloan Management Review, 3, 44, 2003, 35 https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-10-09T17:14:29IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-gale_proqu&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The%20era%20of%20open%20innovation&rft.jtitle=MIT%20Sloan%20Management%20Review&rft.btitle=&rft.aulast=Chesbrough&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=W&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Chesbrough,%20Henry%20W&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=2003&rft.volume=44&rft.issue=3&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=35&rft.epage=&rft.pages=35-&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=1532-9194&rft.eissn=1532-8937&rft.isbn=&rft.sici=&rft.coden=SMRVAO&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=&rft.edition=&rft.pub=Sloan%20Management%20Review&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.series=&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3cgale_proqu%3eera_of_open_innovat20030247%3c/gale_proqu%3e%3curl%3e%3c/url%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.57&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=224970683&rft_galeid=A100572484&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

Article

The future of open innovation Gassmann, Oliver ; Enkel, Ellen ; Chesbrough, Henry, Oxford, UK, Wiley, 213-221, R & D management, 3, 40, 2010, 213-221,

Article

Disruptive technologies: catching the wave Bower, Joseph L ; Christensen, Clayton M, Harvard Business School Press, 43-, Harvard business review, 1, 73, 1995-01-01, 43 https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-10-09T12:17:37IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-gale&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Disruptive%20technologies:%20catching%20the%20wave&rft.jtitle=Harvard%20business%20review&rft.btitle=&rft.aulast=Bower,%20Christensen&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=L,%20M&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Bower,%20Joseph%20L&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=1995-01-01&rft.volume=73&rft.issue=1&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=43&rft.epage=&rft.pages=43-&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=0017-8012&rft.eissn=&rft.isbn=&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=&rft.edition=&rft.pub=Harvard%20Business%20School%20Press&rft.place=&rft.series=&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3cgale%3eA16656796%3c/gale%3e%3curl%3e%3c/url%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.57&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=&rft_galeid=A16656796&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

Government Document

Innovation and diffusion Hall, Bronwyn H, Cambridge, Mass, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-10-13T16:26:00IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-econi&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book&rft.genre=book&rft.atitle=Innovation%20and%20diffusion&rft.jtitle=&rft.btitle=%3ch%3eInnovation%3c/h%3e%20%3ch%3eand%20diffusion%3c/h%3e&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=H&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Hall,%20Bronwyn%20H&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=2004&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.pages=&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=&rft.eissn=&rft.isbn=&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=&rft.edition=&rft.pub=National%20Bureau%20of%20Economic%20Research&rft.place=Cambridge,%20Mass&rft.series=NBER%20working%20paper%20series&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3ceconi%3e378531352%3c/econi%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=getit&user_ip=&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=&rft_galeid=&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

Book Chapter

Innovation through Time Bruland, Kristine ; Mowery, David C, Bruland, Kristine ; Mowery, David C, Fagerberg, Jan; Mowery, David C.,; Nelson, Richard R.,; Asheim, Bjørn Terje,; Bruland, Kristine; Grodal, Stine,, Innovation through Time, Oxford, Oxford University Press, XVIII, 656 s., 2005, isbn:0199264554; 9780199264551; 0199286809; 9780199286805,

Article

Science's new social contract with society Gibbons, M, LONDON, MACMILLAN MAGAZINES LTD, C81-C84, Nature (London), 6761, 402, 1999-12-02, C81-C84, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-UIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2021-11-22T08:02:12IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-gale_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Science's%20new%20social%20contract%20with%20society&rft.jtitle=Nature%20(London)&rft.au=Gibbons,%20M&rft.date=1999-12-02&rft.volume=402&rft.issue=6761&rft.spage=C81&rft.epage=C84&rft.pages=C81-C84&rft.issn=0028-0836&rft.eissn=1476-4687&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038/35011576&rft.pub=MACMILLAN%20MAGAZINES%20LTD&rft.place=LONDON&rft.stitle=NATURE&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/10591229&rft_id=info:eric/&rft_dat=%3cgale_cross%3eA58426737%3c/gale_cross%3e%3curl%3e%3c/url%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.140&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=69339283&rft_galeid=A58426737View online

Article

Technologies of humility Jasanoff, Sheila, England, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 33-33, Nature (London), 7166, 450, 2007, 33-33, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-10-09T19:51:17IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-gale_cross&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Technologies%20of%20humility&rft.jtitle=Nature%20(London)&rft.btitle=&rft.aulast=Jasanoff&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Jasanoff,%20Sheila&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=2007&rft.volume=450&rft.issue=7166&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=33&rft.epage=33&rft.pages=33-33&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=1476-4687&rft.eissn=1476-4687&rft.isbn=&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/10.1038/450033a&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=&rft.edition=&rft.pub=Springer%20Science%20and%20Business%20Media%20LLC&rft.place=England&rft.series=&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3cgale_cross%3e10_1038_450033a%3c/gale_cross%3e%3curl%3e%3c/url%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.57&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=&rft_galeid=A193477634&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

Article

From client to project stakeholders: a stakeholder mapping approach Newcombe, Robert, Taylor & Francis Group, 841-848, Construction Management and Economics: A Festschrift for Professor Syd Urry 1925-1999, 8, 21, 2003-12-01, 841-848, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-10-09T19:51:57IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-cross&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=From%20client%20to%20project%20stakeholders:%20a%20stakeholder%20mapping%20approach&rft.jtitle=Construction%20Management%20and%20Economics:%20A%20Festschrift%20for%20Professor%20Syd%20Urry%201925-1999&rft.btitle=&rft.aulast=Newcombe&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Newcombe,%20Robert&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=2003-12-01&rft.volume=21&rft.issue=8&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=841&rft.epage=848&rft.pages=841-848&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=0144-6193&rft.eissn=1466-433X&rft.isbn=&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/0144619032000072137&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=&rft.edition=&rft.pub=Taylor%20&%20Francis%20Group&rft.place=&rft.series=Construction%20Management%20&%20Economics&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3ccross%3e9613132%3c/cross%3e%3curl%3e%3c/url%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.57&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=&rft_galeid=&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

Book Chapter

Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts Wiebe Bijker, Bijker, Hughes and Pinch, Pinch, T. J.; Hughes, Thomas Parke.; Bijker, Wiebe E., Social Construction of Facts and Artifacts, Cambridge, Mass. :; Baltimore, Md. :, MIT Press; Project MUSE , 1 online resource (470 p.), 2012., 28-50, isbn:1-280-67837-2; 9786613655301; 0-262-30162-8,

Article

THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE EARLY ELECTRONIC MUSIC SYNTHESIZER Trevor Pinch ; Frank Trocco, The International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC), 9-31, Icon (London, England), 4, 1998-01-01, 9-31, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-UIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-11-12T13:29:35IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-jstor&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=THE%20SOCIAL%20CONSTRUCTION%20OF%20THE%20EARLY%20ELECTRONIC%20MUSIC%20SYNTHESIZER&rft.jtitle=Icon%20(London,%20England)&rft.btitle=&rft.aulast=Pinch,%20Trocco&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Trevor%20Pinch&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=1998-01-01&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=9&rft.epage=31&rft.pages=9-31&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=1361-8113&rft.eissn=&rft.isbn=&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=&rft.edition=&rft.pub=The%20International%20Committee%20for%20the%20History%20of%20Technology%20(ICOHTEC)&rft.place=&rft.series=&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3cjstor%3e23785956%3c/jstor%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=getit&user_ip=10.16.56.55&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=&rft_galeid=&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

Article

Developing a framework for responsible innovation Stilgoe, Jack ; Owen, Richard ; Macnaghten, Phil, [Amsterdam] :, Elsevier BV, 1568-1580, Research policy, 9, 42, 2013, 1568-1580, https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2020-10-09T19:55:21IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-gale_cross&req_id=&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Developing%20a%20framework%20for%20responsible%20innovation&rft.jtitle=Research%20policy&rft.btitle=&rft.aulast=Stilgoe,%20Owen,%20Macnaghten&rft.auinit=&rft.auinit1=&rft.auinitm=&rft.ausuffix=&rft.au=Stilgoe,%20Jack&rft.aucorp=&rft.date=2013&rft.volume=42&rft.issue=9&rft.part=&rft.quarter=&rft.ssn=&rft.spage=1568&rft.epage=1580&rft.pages=1568-1580&rft.artnum=&rft.issn=0048-7333&rft.eissn=1873-7625&rft.isbn=&rft.sici=&rft.coden=&rft_id=info:doi/10.1016/j.respol.2013.05.008&rft.object_id=&rft.eisbn=&rft.edition=&rft.pub=Elsevier%20BV&rft.place=&rft.series=&rft.stitle=&rft.bici=&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/((addata/eric}}&rft_dat=%3cgale_cross%3e10_1016_j_respol_2013_05_008%3c/gale_cross%3e,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=getit&user_ip=10.16.56.57&req.skin=primo&rft_pqid=&rft_galeid=A345924589&rft_cupid=&rft_eruid=&rft_nurid=&rft_ingid=View online

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