Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISIMaria Karaulova works at the Competence Center Innovation and Knowledge Economy since May 2020. She holds a PhD degree in Public Policy and Management and an MA in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester (UK). On the undergraduate level she studied applied political science at the Higher School of Economics (Russia). Prior to coming to ISI, Maria worked as a Research Associate at Manchester Institute of Innovation Research.
Maria Karaulova’s core interest is in governance of science, technology and innovation, in particular, organising the incentives for publicly funded research to create value in society on the one side and the conditions for scientific knowledge uptake on the other. To that end, she conducted mixed-methods research on academic mobility and careers, emerging technologies, research quality assessment, and the use of research in policymaking.