Projects

The Innovation Acceptance Unit examines the social prerequisites and consequences of technology and knowledge transfer processes. Our focus is on the challenges and opportunities in transferring innovative solutions with a large distance between the context of creation and use.

We strongly believe that the collaboration of multiple people can accomplish more than individual efforts. That is why we have developed the Crowd Innovation Plattform, where crowdsourcing and crowdfunding are more than just buzzwords – they are active participation formats for bringing about real change and assessing impact in a scientifically sound manner.

The core competency of the Futures and Innovation Unit is to develop future knowledge for the use of new technologies and services with the help of our interdisciplinary team. To this end, we examine the market development potential and relevant advances in technology and services in their broader context (e.g. social, economic, or political aspects).