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In a story for the Harvard Business Review, #NYUTandon visiting research professor of Innovation, Design and Organizational Studies in the Department of Technology Management and Innovation Anne-Laure Fayard and The Dock researcher Martina Mendola, PhD outline the 3-stage process that makes universities prime innovators— drawing on their experiences from New York University and the DTU - Technical University of Denmark. Both the NYU Tandon Future Labs and the Prototyping Fund, a collaborative program provided by the Design Lab @ NYU MakerSpace and NYU Entrepreneurial Institute are brought up as examples of how universities can progressively leverage their resources, capabilities, and networks to foster innovation not only by students and faculty, but also by actors in their broader communities. Click the link to learn more. #NYUTandonMade

Q: How do you let undergrads know about one of the coolest and most unique courses on emerging tech, responsible innovation and the future around? A: Naively assume that they hang out on LinkedIn and ask everyone you know to promote the course trailer like crazy! I suspect I'm probably being overly optimistic, but then who wouldn't want to sign up for a class where you get to explore and discuss cutting edge advances in science and tech and how to ensure they end up as tech for good rather than the alternative? Class signup: https://lnkd.in/gPSfixxr CC: Arizona State University ASU College of Global Futures ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory Nancy Gonzales Chris Howard Michael Crow Kyle Squires

This past weekend, it was International Innovation day. In today's rapidly evolving world, the call to reform our education system has never been louder. A key question at the heart of this debate is: Should creativity be a cornerstone in how we assess our children's educational achievements? Join me as we delve into this compelling discussion, exploring the arguments for and against prioritizing creativity in education and its potential impact on shaping the future of learning. 

How do you turn groundbreaking university research into a market-ready innovation?  At Out The Back Ventures, we have invested time in understanding the language and nuances of university commercialisation. Collaborating with motivated teams from top Universities worldwide has been a highlight of the last three years. Our knowledge of these ecosystems allows us to effectively navigate and leverage partnerships to bring cutting-edge research to market 🔬 🌏 #universitycommercialisation #deeptech #innovation #researchtomarket Keong Chan John Rock

In today's fast-paced world, technology continues to revolutionize education, presenting innovative solutions to real-world challenges. From AI-driven learning platforms to virtual classrooms, the education landscape is evolving at an unprecedented rate. Our VP of Product, Kelly Port, discusses strategies that prioritize value creation as universities evaluate emerging technology solutions. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3Tx4ccB #ElsmereEducation #AIinEducation #OnlineLearning #EEI #MarketInsights #HigherEducation

Academic Innovation: A true source of untapped potential? Universities are brimming with brilliant minds and groundbreaking research, yet the full potential of academic ecosystems often remains untapped. Why? 🤔 In our latest blog, Managing Partner Bardia Bijani dives into two core challenges that frequently stand in the way: incentives and mindset. From misaligned goals between researchers and commercialization offices to the hesitancy of researchers to collaborate due to ethical concerns, academia’s innovation journey is complex. But we think there is a way forward! 🚀 Check out the full blog, where you can learn more about bottlenecks and what we're doing to bridge the gaps through our academic ecosystem, Inventia. Find the link in the comments! ⬇ What do you think is the biggest barrier to academic innovation? #fuzeqube

📰 Discover how universities like NYU Tandon School of Engineering are leading the charge in fostering #innovation and addressing societal challenges by supporting student innovation, collaborating with the broader community, and orchestrating an inclusive ecosystem through the link below. The article by Anne-Laure Fayard and Martina Mendola, PhD also mentions the Urban Future Lab / NYU Tandon Future Labs and how our work plays a crucial role in #ecosystem engagement. 🔍 While calls for cross-sector collaborations to tackle complex societal issues abound, in practice, only a few succeed. Those that do often have a collaboration intermediary like UFL, which can bring together different actors, develop relationships among key #stakeholders, and create a #community to support ideas over time. 📚 With their strengths in knowledge creation and their role as community anchors, #universities are ideally equipped to create and orchestrate support for the kind of #creative #thinking that the #sustainability imperative requires. #research #climatesolutions #socialimpact #climatetech #features #crosssectorcollaboration #NYUTandonMade #UFLInnovatesForClimate 

Given the empirically documented history showing that educational technologies rarely work as intended or expected, *why* do the visionary promises of inventors, investors, and industry figures continue to persist and gain traction? New editorial in Learning, Media and Technology 'against contextlessness' in critical research on #edtech. With Ben Williamson and John Potter (heavy lifting by Ben!). Part of the problem is that the actual contexts of educational institutions are still rarely considered when new digital technologies are promoted for use in schools, colleges or universities. So, in this issue of LMT, we gather together a host of (imho) exciting papers that do tackle these questions of context and institutionalisation. Featuring analyses by Joshua M. Rosenberg, Conrad Borchers, Sondra M. Stegenga, Macy A. Burchfield, Daniel Anderson & Christian Fischer, Emma Day, Kruakae Pothong, Ayça Atabey & Sonia Livingstone, Signe Sophus Lai, Victoria Andelsman Álvarez & Sofie Flensburg, Karen Gravett, George Veletsianos & Shandell Houlden, Daniel Clark, Laura Czerniewicz & Jennifer Feldman, Stephanie Schroeder, Catharyn Shelton & Rachelle Curcio, Sejin Lee & Kyungmee Lee, Niels Kerssens, T. Philip Nichols & Luci Pangrazio, the issue ends with two papers on how we can imagine institutions otherwise, by Teresa Swist, Thilakshi Mallawa Arachchi, Jenna Condie & Benjamin Hanckel, and Sian Bayne. https://lnkd.in/eYvUxcMv

Explore how the Master in Design for Distributed Innovation #MDDI balances advanced technologies with social dynamics and covers topics in both urban and rural territories. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eWtFfKrS

👉 Supporting Sustainable Institutional Changes to Promote Citizen Science 👈 Really embedding #citizenscience in Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) can be hard as it's not only about getting a few researchers to run a couple of citizen science projects - no, it's a lot more than that! And it requires many different staff members to get involved to ensure sustainability. As part of the TIME4CS project, we (Kristian H. Nielsen and I from Aarhus University) developed and conducted workshops at RPOs focusing on four key areas: * Research & Methodology * Education & Awareness-raising * Support Resources & Infrastructures * Policy & Assessment Building on this, we created a training resource designed to facilitate the adoption of citizen science within RPOs (and could be useful for other types of organisations as well) with detailed descriptions and slides. It is freely available as a course resource on the https://eu-citizen.science MOOC platform (you will need to sign in, also free to create user), including descriptions and slides available for download and re-use by you, for example for you to run a workshop in your own organisation. We also developed a Train-the-Trainer section dealing with important topics when developing and running trainings (also generally applicable). The online course resource should be useful for RPO researchers and other staff, also particularly training providers, though individual modules may also be interesting and relevant to many other audiences. We hope it will prove useful to you!   Access the course resource: https://lnkd.in/dYuAY8_a Thanks to all TIME4CS partners and others who contributed or tested this resource! Muki Haklay, Marta Solís Mateos, Asya Salnikova, Eugenia Vilarchao (She/Her), Gloria Lligadas, Maya Fedeli, Rosy Mondardini, Daniela Iacopino, Fatima Gunning, Roberto Buccione, PhD, Elena Angela Maffia, Egle Butkeviciene, Renata Visinskaite, Alessio Livio Spera, Claudia Iasillo, Ingrid Nielssen, Rhoda Schuling and more!