1. Innovation and health – and some other things Presentation of TIK research for master students, February 16 th 2016 Magnus Gulbrandsen

2. Innovation and health We have had two projects oriented at exploring the role of hospitals in innovation Background: hospitals are not much studied from an innovation perspective, yet they are increasingly seen as central innovation actors for the combined benefit of patients and industry Our initial idea was that many innovation processes are “hidden” and that there may be tensions as well as synergies between healthcare and economic ambitions Perspectives: evolutionary innovation studies combined with institutional and organisational theory Externally funded, close to policymakers

3. Data and approaches Longitudinal qualitative studies of centres for research-based innovation within medicine and healthcare Study of health and care policy documents for a discussion of innovation perspectives Inventor database and inventor interviews to shed light on the interface between basic and clinical research Survey among hospital employees to measure innovation activities, culture and networks

4. Findings… …are summarised in various policy briefs and scientific publications We document the centrality of academic hospitals in healthcare innovation from the inventive steps to implementation Hospitals (and their employees) participate in distributed networks that are easily reconfigured and often with several weak links A gap between health policy perspectives and modern innovation perspectives

5. Your opportunities Use of some of the data and perspectives and add your own Database of inventions may be particularly promising in this respect Use our network from the project to find your own cases Relevant contacts: the regional healthcare agency (Helse Sør-Øst), the intervention centre (R&D unit at Oslo University Hospital), other hospital units, cluster organisations

6. Similar opportunities Topics for master theses can be found in other ongoing and recently finished projects that I am/have been involved in – University-industry relations and the history of universities – Social innovation – Regional innovation in Oslo/Akershus – Humanities in science and innovation policy

7. Partners and contacts Many of our research partners have other projects that can be relevant for a master thesis – NIFU (many different projects) – Telenor (many different projects) We also have good contacts in other places and are sometimes contacted by external organisations who “want a master student” – Veidekke (organisational innovation) – NAV (innovation in general) – Innovation Norway (various) – The Research Council of Norway (various) – HIOA/AFI (RRI)