Advanced Topic: Industries & Innovation

What it is about

You learn how techno-scientific innovations arise within and between industry sectors and what role industrial organizations play in this. In the end you will know essential theoretical perspectives and relevant studies on topics such as factory innovation, the relationship between workers and technology, technology management, organizational change, and the diffusion of models across industries, and you can discuss these critically.

What you will be able to do

• Deepened knowledge of different approaches to studying industry and innovation
• Familiarity with the relevant disciplinary traditions (STS, innovation studies, organizational studies)
• Awareness of specific debates about the relationship between industry and innovation
• Ability to formulate critical arguments about industrial innovation
• Ability to develop possible research designs and formulate relevant research questions

What the module consists of

• LectureProviding systematic overviews of topics, theories, cases through input
• Seminar/ÜbungCase analysis, presentation and discussion of positions and arguments

Teaching method

• Lecture-style Inputto give systematic overviews of topics, frameworks and cases
• Assigned Readingsto achieve a deeper understanding of the specific topics and debates
• Fallanalyse allein oder in Gruppento practice applying the approaches and developing research questions
• In-class Discussionsto present positions, discuss them and sharpen critical arguments