Course syllabus - Foresight and Transformative Innovation
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
INO417
Valid from
Autumn semester 2024
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation Technology
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2024-01-18
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Transformative Innovation : A Guide to Practice and Policy for System Transition
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ISBN: 9781911193821 LIBRIS-ID: r4bdq62sp3qtv5wv
Speculative everything : design, fiction, and social dreaming
First MIT Press paperback edition. : Cambridge, Massachussetts : The MIT Press, 2024 - xiii, 224 pages
ISBN: 9780262548687 LIBRIS-ID: tcnfk3n9r2w5186s
Articles
Expert biases in technology foresight. Why they are a problem and how to mitigate them
Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 2020
URL: Link
Web addresses
Reference Literature
Miscellaneous
A selection of articles will be added to reading assignments and provided through Canvas and MDU library databases
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Objectives
This course aims to provide students with insights in foresight and the ability to explore and navigate different possible futures to identify transformative innovation potentials and enable students to apply this knowledge in practice.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
1. apply concepts, methods and models in foresight for transformative innovation,
2. identify weak signals and patterns for transformative innovation
3. experiment with methods and models together with stakeholders from different perspectives for future-informed innovation
4. reflect on sustainable development and apply this knowledge in transformative innovation, as well as
5. create representations of possible futures that promote problematization and critical reflection
Course content
* Introduction to foresight in transformative innovation
* Concepts, methods and models for future informed transformative innovation
* Critical design for imagining possible futures
* Development of mindset for anticipatory competences, and ethical considerations
* Methods for self-reflection
* Responsible innovation
* Implications for people, organizations, society and the environment
Specific requirements
180 credits. In addition, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. In cases where the course is given in English, exceptions are made to the requirement for Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
Laboratory work (LAB1), 4 credits, examines the learning outcomes 1, 3 and 5, marks A-F
Seminar (SEM1), 2 credits, examines the learning outcome 4, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
Written assignment (INL1), 1,5 credits, examines the learning outcome 2, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Excellent, Very good, Good, Satisfactory, Sufficient, Insufficient, complementary work possible, Insufficient