CBS workshop on innovation studies

The workshop will open with a keynote lecture by professor Ben Martin, SPRU, University of Sussex and CSAP , University of Cambridge.
The title of the lecture is: “Twenty challenges to Innovation Studies” and through a critical survey of half a century of innovation studies Ben Martin will present a number of  key challenge, we will have to focus on in innovation studies, if isuch studies shall continue to be a key research area and relevant for policy formulation.

As innovation is a broad concept we have invited three representatives from different innovation research traditions at CBS to comment the challenges put forward in the lecture.
Associate professor Lars Heide (MPP),
Professor Keld Lauersen (INO),
Professor Alan Irwin (IOA),
Chair: Finn Hansson (MPP).

Professor Ben Martin is former director of SPRU and has researched in innovation studies and innovation policy. He is senior editor of Research Policy.

Recent publications by Ben Martin:
J. Fagerberg, E.S. Andersen and B.R. Martin (eds), 2013, The Future of Innovation Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press
S. Hemlin, C.M. Allwood, B.R. Martin and M.M. Mumford (eds.), 2013, Creativity and Leadership in Science, Technology and Innovation, Routledge
Ben R. Martin, Paul Nightingale, Alfredo Yegros-Yegros. Science and technology studies: Exploring the knowledge base, Research Policy, Volume 41, Issue 7, September 2012, Pages 1182-1204
Ben R. Martin. The evolution of science policy and innovation studies. Research Policy, Volume 41, Issue 7, September 2012, Pages 1219-1239