What can we learn from the way teaching and learning in higher education is changing in response to the Covid-19 pandemic? Filibuster discussed this with Professor Mark Brown of…
In an increasingly complex and connected world, new ways of doing things are in great demand. The societal challenges, which Mariana Mazzucato has argued we should address with…
John Hudson has authored a fascinating book about robots and their impact on the economy and society. Written by an economist, the book covers a wide variety of…
Public research funding has played an important role for Swedish and Finish innovation. What the state does matters. Part 2 of this article discusses why public stimulation is more…
A new study indicates that the public sector has played a very prominent and increasingly important role in stimulating private innovation in Finland and Sweden. By Sara Torregrosa-Hetland, Post…
In this article Ella Maria Cosmovici Idsøe discusses the challenges that transdiciplinarity can pose to institutions of higher education. What kind of strategical measures should higher institutions adopt…
The conflict between the Chinese ICT company Huawei and the Trump administration tells us that innovation-policy can be part of a larger struggle for technological hegemony. By Mark…
The global challenges require learning and collaboration across disciplines, Ella Maria Cosmovici Idsøe argues in this article. By professor Ella Maria Cosmovici Idsøe, Naturfagsenteret, Universitetet i Oslo What…
Technopolis and Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse have delivered a report to the Research Council of Norway on Norwegian innovation policy needs and challenges. The report calls for a «third generation…
In 2004 NIFU merged with STEP, becoming NIFU STEP, an institute that was to cover the whole width of knowledge creation and innovation. While NIFU had had its…