Core Topic: Industries & Innovation

What it is about

You learn how technoscientific innovations arise within and between industries and what role organizational and institutional conditions play. In the end you will be able to apply theoretical approaches from industrial and organizational sociology as well as Science & Technology Studies to concrete cases and present well-structured arguments on questions of industry and innovation.

What you will be able to do

• Knowledge of the relationship between innovation and industries
• Reflection on large-scale processes and organizational dynamics
• Address questions about the nature of innovation in modern societies
• Apply theoretical frameworks to case studies
• Formulate analytical questions and present structured arguments
• Preparation for in-depth engagement in the Advanced Topics module

What the module consists of

• LectureProvision of a systematic overview of topics, theories and cases
• Case analyses (individual/group work)Application of the literature to concrete examples
• Seminar discussionsPractice in analytical questioning and argumentation

Teaching method

• Lecture inputprovides systematic introduction to topics, questions and theoretical frameworks
• Assigned readingexpands the substantive basis and understanding
• Case analyses (individual or group)promote the application of theory to practice
• Intense discussionstrain the formulation of analytical questions and structured arguments