Research events

Dr. Jochen Markard will hold a talk reflecting on the emerging research topics in the field of energy transition studies.

M.A. ESST Hilde Nykamp will defend her thesis Green innovation in the Norwegian construction sector: policies, projects and industrial dynamics.

M.A. in Economics Christine Mee Lie will defend her thesis Pursuing green growth and innovation: The role of policy. Empirical evidence from South Korea.

The Little Tools project hosted a workshop in Tromsø in April. The workshop was organized by Professor Kristin Asdal and Post Doc Tone Huse, as part of their study ‘The Economic Life of Cod’.

Ana Delgado is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. She is Associate Professor at Centre for Techonology, Innovation and Culture at UiO. Delgado’s research is concerned with the public dimensions of science and technology. Her research combines resources from Science and Technology Studies (STS), Social Anthropology and Political Science.

The seminar is open for everyone!

Much noise and hype has been generated around data as being the “new oil” on which the world can build prosperity. What are the implications of this for the oil and gas industry and for Norway as a whole?

Peter Karnøe, from the Department of Planning and Development, Aalborg University, will give a talk on competing electricity market designs and implications for governance and agency at the TIK Centre on December 14th.

An investigation into the situation of European regions in terms of smart specialization.

This PhD course will look more closely at different aspects of how public research contributes to innovation and the broader societal impacts of investment in scientific knowledge.

What are the experiences with impact case studies? We invite you to a seminar to discuss impact cases in research evaluations at NIFU November 1st, 14.00-17.00

Prof. Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, will give a talk on biomimetics and the bioeconomy at the TIK Centre on October 26th.

TIK partners with Centre Universitaire de Norvège à Paris (CUNP) for a PhD seminar in Paris October 2017.

Fabian Muniesa, from the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, Ecole des Mines de Paris, will give a talk on the political vernaculars of value creation at the TIK Centre on September 22nd.

A study on new product failure rate and systematic differences between successful and unsuccessful innovation projects in the food industry.

Professor Adrian Smith and Dr. Cian O'Donovan from the University of Sussex, SPRU, will give a talk on the appropriation of digital design and fabrication technologies in non-industrial settings at the TIK centre on September 6th.