Application deadline: 08 December 2025
Course dates: 09 December 2025
Time: 11:00 - 13:00 CET
Location: Online
Course fee: 30 EUR
Go beyond fundamentals and gain expert insights into how innovation reshapes organisations, sectors, and societies. Engage with peers worldwide who are committed to advancing purposeful digital progress and sustainable transitions.
Through this two-hour expert-led master class with state-of-the-art academic insights and three case-sessions, participants will explore how innovation emerges, the enablers and barriers behind it, and its impact on the sustainable development goals and public policy.
Participants will learn about the different approaches to understanding innovation, the main sources and processes through which it develops, and the relationship between market structure and innovation. The course addresses the difficult trade-offs decision-makers face, such as balancing innovation with public interest and social welfare.
The sessions offer an overview of three topics:
- The emergence of new technologies and innovations, the mechanisms behind innovation and their impact on the economy and society.
- The diffusion of innovations, exploring key concepts which explain the processes, such as technology transfer, and introducing key questions, such as how latecomers can take advantages over the established industrial powers, and what are the channels for technology diffusion at a regional level.
- The dark side of innovation, i.e., the intended and unintended effects, as well as policy tools for sustainable transitions.
For questions, please contact: cdo.atc@merit.unu.edu
Payment
Payment for the masterclass can be made here: https://www.aanmelder.nl/169886
