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.


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2023-2024. Merk at det kan komme endringer.

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

Semesters

Fakta

Emnekode

TN910

Vekting (stp)

5

Semester undervisningsstart

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

2

Vurderingssemester

Autumn

Content

The course content is primarily aimed at PhD-candidates in the natural sciences and technology but can also fit candidates from other areas.

Among themes that will be covered are:

  • Definitions and different types of value of innovation in research
  • Innovation theory and the main players
  • Innovation through time
  • Stakeholders and Social Construction of Technology
  • Rights and obligations related to Technology Transfer in research
  • Project management of research projects

Learning outcome

The course shall give the student an understanding of the theoretical foundation and the practical application in the areas of innovation, innovation management and entrepreneurship. After having taken this course the student should have the following knowledge, skills and general competence:

Kunnskap/Knowledge

  • Knowledge of the value of innovation in research projects
  • Knowledge of the main theories and actors of innovation
  • Insight into the history of innovation
  • Knowledge of the rights and obligations related to Technology Transfer in research

Ferdigheter/Skills

  • Understand central problems associated with managing complex cross-disciplinary work assignments and projects.
  • Assess the need for, take initiative to and manage innovation.

Generell kompetanse/General competence

  • Combinatory skills across disciplines

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

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.

Fagperson(er)

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Course teacher:

Eric Christian Brun

Course coordinator:

Knut Erik Bang

Method of work

Lectures, workshops and guided self-study.

Åpent 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.

Emneevaluering

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital subject evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Litteratur

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%3A14%3A29IST&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, Boston, Mass., 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%3A17%3A37IST&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%3A26%3A00IST&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%3A02%3A12IST&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%27s%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%3A51%3A17IST&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%3A51%3A57IST&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%3A29%3A35IST&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 Document UiS Strategy https://liveuis.sharepoint.com/sites/Organisasjonen/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FOrganisasjonen%2FShared%20Documents%2FStrategiprosess%202020%2FStrategi%202030%20Engelsk%5F2021%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FOrganisasjonen%2FShared%20Documents%2FStrategiprosess%202020View online Document UN Sustainability Goals Report 2023 https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/View online Other UiS Rights policy UiS, https://liveuis.sharepoint.com/sites/EmployeeHandbook/SitePages/81449.aspxView online Website TTO - Valide.no Validé, https://valide.no/en/ttoView online
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