Stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation: Theoretical and practical aspects (2021)

Welcome to Stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation: Theoretical and practical aspects (2021)


Description:
Many Ph.D. students in science, engineering and health need to involve and engage with stakeholders and technology users during their research. This course presents both selected theories on the Human – Technology interface, and methods for facilitating and generating qualitative data on user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation.

Pre-requisite:
MSc degree.

Learning objectives:

  • Identify methodological and theoretical dilemmas and challenges regarding stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation
  • Make qualified judgments regarding stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation
  • Make strategies to handle conflicting interests research projects that involve stakeholders and users
  • Choose theories and methods relevant for research applying stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation
  • Present challenges and dilemmas in own Ph.D. project that regard stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation

Teaching methods:

The course is designed so that the two first days are split up into two sessions: One before lunch and one after. Usually a session begins with a lecture (90 minutes, including breaks) followed by discussions or group work.

In preparation to the fourth day participants are kindly asked to do a ppt presentation on dilemmas and challenges in their Ph.D. project regarding stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation (duration: no more than 20 minutes). The third day is allocated to preparation of the presentation, and we will use the group work and discussions during the first two days to qualify the presentations. Course participants are asked to begin reflecting on stakeholder and user issues in own project when reading the course material.

Criteria for assessment:
Reading the text material connected to the lectures, and preparing a ppt presentation on dilemmas and challenges of stakeholder involvement in your Ph.D. project, are mandatory activities for all participants.

Program:

Day 1, morning: Socio-technical understandings of technology. Lecturer: Lars Botin [CPH CAMPUS]
Day 1, afternoon: Responsible and sustainable technological innovation and implementation. Lecturer: Tom Børsen [CPH CAMPUS]
Day 2, morning: Action research. Lecturer: Lars Bo Henriksen [CPH CAMPUS]
Day 2, afternoon: Participatory research. Lecturer: Nicola Bidwell [CPH CAMPUS]
Day 3, PhD students prepare their presentation for day 4 [AT HOME]
Day 4, PhD students' presentations in parallel sessions [ONLINE]. 1 hour per student.

Key literature:

Selected chapters in:

Børsen, T., & Botin, L. (2013). What is techno-anthropology? In T. Børsen, & L. Botin (Eds.), What is techno-anthropology? (pp. 7-31). Aalborg: Aalborg University Press.

Botin, L., Bertelsen, P., & Nøhr, C. (2015). Techno-anthropology in health informatics: Methodologies for improving human-technology relations. Amsterdam, Berlin, Tokyo, Washington: IOS Press.

Kanstrup, A. M., & Bertelsen, P. (2011). User innovation management: A handbook Aalborg Universitetsforlag.

Kanstrup, A. M., Bygholm, A., & Bertelsen, P. (2017). Participatory design & health information technology IOS Press.


Organizer: Associate Professor Tom Børsen - boersen@plan.aau.dk

Lecturers: 

ECTS: 2.5

Time: 16, 17, 23 August 2021

Place: Aalborg University COPENHAGEN

Zip code: 2450

City: Copenhagen

Number of seats: 17

Deadline: 26 July 2021


Important information concerning PhD courses: We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 3.000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately four months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.