Alan Irwin

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ai.ioa@cbs.dk

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Office: +4538153067

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Institut for Organisation

Room: KIL/14.A-4.96

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Emner

Offentlig forvaltning Organisation Innovation Teknologi Akademisk integritet Vidensarbejde Sociologi

Primary research areas

Science & Technology Studies (STS)

I work on many areas within STS, including citizen science, public engagement with science and scientific governance.

Research and innovation policy

My research includes comparative studies in science policy-making, especially in a European and Chinese context. National innovation policy has also been a focus of my work.

Research impact and relevance

I study the relationship between research and societal impact: including the public value of social science and business school research.

I explore the relationship between techno-science and societal change

My main field is Science & Technology Studies (STS). My research covers research and innovation policy, scientific governance, citizen science and science-public relations. I chair the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters committee on science in society. Having served as dean in three universities in two countries, I have extensive experience of university management and leadership.

I am a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, a Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, an Honorary Fellow of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and a Distinguished Affiliated Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). I have an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg.

From 2015 to 2018, I was the Vice-President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Copenhagen Business School. Between 2007 and 2014, I served as Dean of Research. I was the CBS Acting President during 2011.

Recent research projects

Re-thinking the impact of business school research

I am currently writing a book on the impact (or societal value) of research within the business school.

Standardization and difference within research systems

I explore standardisation and flexible practices in policy and organisations, following a grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark on ‘isomorphic difference’."

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