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Introducing TransLab - A method for organizational development of university-driven knowledge and technology transfer towards transformative change

Held, Tobias ORCID iD icon 1; Hausstein, Alexandra 1
1 Institut für Technikzukünfte (ITZ), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Universities have been confronted with drastically changed expectations in the recent past. There is an increased importance of aligning academic activities with the aim to add to sustaina-ble development transformations on the regional level (Cuesta‐Claros et al. 2021). Such a de-mand has especially brought university-driven knowledge and technology transfer activities on the agenda of science policy and likewise public interest (Trencher et al. 2014; Rinaldi et al. 2018). Simultaneously, a variety of conceptional approaches and formats have been on the rise that aim for integrating various stakeholders along experimental interventions for transformative change (e.g. Urban Living Labs, Real-World Labs, Transition Labs) (McCrory et al. 2022; Wirth et al. 2019). In general, such conceptions and formats can be referred to as Innovation Labs. In Germany and beyond, an increasing number of universities have been adapting Innovation Labs as a key element for strategic research and transfer foci (Holmberg et al. 2015; Wanner et al. 2020). In this regard, Innovation Labs are supposed to foster a strategic adjustment of transfer activities towards societal missions and sustainable development perspectives (Purcell et al. ... mehr


Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Technikzukünfte (ITZ)
Publikationstyp Vortrag
Publikationsdatum 01.09.2023
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator KITopen-ID: 1000165530
Veranstaltung 14th International Conference on Sustainability Transitions (IST 2023), Utrecht, Niederlande, 30.08.2023 – 01.09.2023
Projektinformation TRANSFORM (BMBF, 01IO2003B)
Schlagwörter university-driven transfer processes, organizational development, innovation labs, transformative change, experimentation, adaptive cycle
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