M Gulbrandsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 54838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Gulbrandsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Gulbrandsen |
| SIGNATURE | GULBRANDSEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9976-1608 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Industrial innovation processes and societal challenges
Processes of innovation and scientific breakthroughs are not linear, and their outcomes are notoriously difficult to predefine. This paper contributes with an inductive longitudinal case study of how industrial R&D and innovation activities in a multinational telecom firm contributed to tracking the spread of Covid-19, a societal challenge unrelated to the starting point of the firm's relevant R&D. After twenty years, insights and methods from ne…
Resilience perspectives in sustainability transitions research
Resilience is traditionally seen as the capability to bounce back to normal from undesired change, while sustainability transitions research seeks to understand how a radical change can be promoted. This may be seen as a puzzle, not least considering the increasingly frequent combination of both sets of concepts in policy and scholarly approaches. In this article we systematically review scientific publications that combine these concepts. The fi…
Productive interactions without impact? An empirical investigation of researchers’ struggle to improve the elderly’s oral health
The case highlights different gaps in the problem area that are organisational, social, and institutional. We also find that there are gaps in how the fundamental societal issue is described and prioritised, and in how responsibilities for finding solutions are distributed. This seems to lead researchers away from extensive interaction and towards more traditional forms of impact through randomised controlled trials and technology push initiative…
Populating the science-policy co-production space
In this paper, we seek to provide a fresh perspective on knowledge exchange by addressing both academics’ and policymakers’ experiences with such exchange. Through two large Norwegian surveys of academics and policymakers, we look at the characteristics of the academics that are engaged in various forms of knowledge exchange with policymakers – and vice versa – as well as the channels and mechanisms of knowledge exchange seen from both sides. Thr…
The relationship between research and innovation in the public sector – an analysis of five cases from labour and welfare services
Many public agencies promote renewal in the public sector through projects that require a productive combination of research and innovation activities. However, the role of research in innovation processes is a neglected theme in the public sector innovation literature. We address this gap through an analysis of five cases from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. We find few examples of innovations based directly on research, but sev…
The innovation and industry dynamics of technology phase-out in sustainability transitions
The urgency of a sustainability transition in the energy sector has led numerous authors to argue that it can and should be accelerated through active phase-out, disruption and destabilization of the undesirable established technologies. This paper starts out accepting the phase-out premise, but argues that a more nuanced view of ‘established’ technologies and incumbents is needed. Technologies often involve many different sectors, and there may …
The Impact and Future of Arts and Humanities Research
Drawing on original international research by a cross-European social science team, this book makes an important contribution to the discussion about the future of arts and humanities research. It explores the responses of these fields to the growing range of questions being asked about the value, impact and benefit of publicly-funded research. The objective is to better understand what really matters rather than what is easily measured. The book…
Is innovation a useful concept for arts and humanities research
This article argues that innovation may constitute a useful perspective on the link between society and arts and humanities research. Innovation is here seen as ‘something new put into practical use’, and there are two reasons why it can be relevant for humanities. First, there has been an expansion of what innovation refers to; it is now commonly used for non-economic change processes in public, private and non-profit organisations. Second, arts…
Research institutes as hybrid organizations
Research institutes, here defined as organizations involved in research and development but outside of the higher education sector and often in close cooperation with users, are found in most countries but not very well understood. This paper argues that institutes can be considered “hybrid organizations”, caught in between dichotomous cultural spheres with differing values. To retain their hybridity and to survive in the long run, research insti…
In Search of ‘Mode 2’
Between Scylla and Charybdis - and Enjoying it? Organisational Tensions and Research Work
The innovation and industry dynamics of technology phase-out in sustainability transitions
The urgency of a sustainability transition in the energy sector has led numerous authors to argue that it can and should be accelerated through active phase-out, disruption and destabilization of the undesirable established technologies. This paper starts out accepting the phase-out premise, but argues that a more nuanced view of ‘established’ technologies and incumbents is needed. Technologies often involve many different sectors, and there may …
Research institutes as hybrid organizations
Research institutes, here defined as organizations involved in research and development but outside of the higher education sector and often in close cooperation with users, are found in most countries but not very well understood. This paper argues that institutes can be considered “hybrid organizations”, caught in between dichotomous cultural spheres with differing values. To retain their hybridity and to survive in the long run, research insti…
In Search of ‘Mode 2’
Is innovation a useful concept for arts and humanities research
This article argues that innovation may constitute a useful perspective on the link between society and arts and humanities research. Innovation is here seen as ‘something new put into practical use’, and there are two reasons why it can be relevant for humanities. First, there has been an expansion of what innovation refers to; it is now commonly used for non-economic change processes in public, private and non-profit organisations. Second, arts…
Between Scylla and Charybdis - and Enjoying it? Organisational Tensions and Research Work
In Search of ‘Mode 2’
Research institutes as hybrid organizations
Research institutes, here defined as organizations involved in research and development but outside of the higher education sector and often in close cooperation with users, are found in most countries but not very well understood. This paper argues that institutes can be considered “hybrid organizations”, caught in between dichotomous cultural spheres with differing values. To retain their hybridity and to survive in the long run, research insti…
Is innovation a useful concept for arts and humanities research
This article argues that innovation may constitute a useful perspective on the link between society and arts and humanities research. Innovation is here seen as ‘something new put into practical use’, and there are two reasons why it can be relevant for humanities. First, there has been an expansion of what innovation refers to; it is now commonly used for non-economic change processes in public, private and non-profit organisations. Second, arts…
The Impact and Future of Arts and Humanities Research
Drawing on original international research by a cross-European social science team, this book makes an important contribution to the discussion about the future of arts and humanities research. It explores the responses of these fields to the growing range of questions being asked about the value, impact and benefit of publicly-funded research. The objective is to better understand what really matters rather than what is easily measured. The book…
The innovation and industry dynamics of technology phase-out in sustainability transitions
The urgency of a sustainability transition in the energy sector has led numerous authors to argue that it can and should be accelerated through active phase-out, disruption and destabilization of the undesirable established technologies. This paper starts out accepting the phase-out premise, but argues that a more nuanced view of ‘established’ technologies and incumbents is needed. Technologies often involve many different sectors, and there may …
The relationship between research and innovation in the public sector – an analysis of five cases from labour and welfare services
Many public agencies promote renewal in the public sector through projects that require a productive combination of research and innovation activities. However, the role of research in innovation processes is a neglected theme in the public sector innovation literature. We address this gap through an analysis of five cases from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. We find few examples of innovations based directly on research, but sev…
Populating the science-policy co-production space
In this paper, we seek to provide a fresh perspective on knowledge exchange by addressing both academics’ and policymakers’ experiences with such exchange. Through two large Norwegian surveys of academics and policymakers, we look at the characteristics of the academics that are engaged in various forms of knowledge exchange with policymakers – and vice versa – as well as the channels and mechanisms of knowledge exchange seen from both sides. Thr…
Industrial innovation processes and societal challenges
Processes of innovation and scientific breakthroughs are not linear, and their outcomes are notoriously difficult to predefine. This paper contributes with an inductive longitudinal case study of how industrial R&D and innovation activities in a multinational telecom firm contributed to tracking the spread of Covid-19, a societal challenge unrelated to the starting point of the firm's relevant R&D. After twenty years, insights and methods from ne…
Resilience perspectives in sustainability transitions research
Resilience is traditionally seen as the capability to bounce back to normal from undesired change, while sustainability transitions research seeks to understand how a radical change can be promoted. This may be seen as a puzzle, not least considering the increasingly frequent combination of both sets of concepts in policy and scholarly approaches. In this article we systematically review scientific publications that combine these concepts. The fi…
Productive interactions without impact? An empirical investigation of researchers’ struggle to improve the elderly’s oral health
The case highlights different gaps in the problem area that are organisational, social, and institutional. We also find that there are gaps in how the fundamental societal issue is described and prioritised, and in how responsibilities for finding solutions are distributed. This seems to lead researchers away from extensive interaction and towards more traditional forms of impact through randomised controlled trials and technology push initiative…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Innovation and Knowledge Management (3 works) · Art (2 works)