Welcome to the Master
Outline of Presentation
 What is Innovation Sciences?
Innovation Sciences
• Its core disciplines
• Its core interests
 Career opportunities
 Study program
 Master Thesis examples
 Job examples
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Innovation Sciences
Innovation Sciences
Electrical cars
Smart e-Metering:
• Energy AND ICT
Applications
Business Model:
• Customer should not own
battery > battery exchange
• Re-charging infrastructure
But:
• Why is not taking
off?
• Who owns the
meter and the data?
Socio-economical
Problem:
• Failure of Energy
Infrastructure?
(Source: J. Naus)
Innovation Sciences
Innovation Sciences
Fiber optics at home
Cooperatives (eg. Heeze-Leende)
> 200 initiatives in NL
~ 5 initiatives in NL
Sustainable technologies?
Why?
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Career opportunities
Career opportunities
 Current jobs of ‘IS’ graduates
Océ, Philips, Ericsson, IBM,
ASML, Shell, Volker Wessels,
Telecom, Rabo, …
Companies
Universities (or related
research institutions)
TU/e, TUD, UvA, TNO, Kema,
Universities abroad, …
Local and national
governmental organizations
SenterNovem, OPTA, NMa,
Economische zaken,
Municipalities, Provinces, …
Other non-profit organizations
Housing corporations,
Hospitals, …
International organizations
EU, Red Cross, World Bank,
Unesco, …
• External advisor/consultant
(28%)
• Manager, team leader
(25%)
• Internal advisor/consultant
(15%)
• Research, education
(10%)
• Policy advisor
( 5%)
 75% of the graduates feel that their current job is a seamless fit
to their studies.
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Recent Development
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Evaluation by external committee
Times Higher Education
Ranking 2014
- 106 place worldwide
 Every couple of years the educational program is evaluated by an
external committee (since 2010).
Overall judgment: EXCELLENT
Masters Innovation
Sciences 2014
- Top Masters in NL (82
points)
 NVAO awarded Innovation Sciences the special quality mark
‘internationalization’ , assessing the internationalization as ‘good’.
“The strength of the Master program lays in the compulsory
international semester, the international composition of the staff
and the relatively high number of foreign students.”
Masters HTI 2014
- Top Masters over 4 years
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The MSc program combines inputs from technology
and different social science disciplines
What is Innovation Sciences ?
Innovation Sciences
Sociology of
innovation
Economics of
innovation
Technology
MSc program
Innovation Sciences
Technology
Assessment
 Socio-economic perspective on technology and innovation
Psychology of
innovation
 Focus on technological change and innovation
 Particular technological areas: Energy, ICT and Health Technology
History, Philosophy,
Ethics, Law
 What kind of policy do we need? Why don’t we get this policy?
 Multidisciplinary perspective
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Study program
The study program: two-year Master [+1]
Year 1: core courses and electives
Core Courses
 Master, year 1: Core courses and Elective courses
 Master, year 2: International semester + Master thesis
 Evolutionary Foundations for Innovation Sciences
 The Network Society
 Modern Societies in Transition
From HBO → MSc IS: pre-master program
 Governing Innovations
 Novel Technologies & Human Behavior
 Research Methodology Innovation Sciences
Elective Cluster(s)
Elective Courses
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Study program
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The Network Society
Year 1: core courses and electives
TELFIN
BULL
STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE NETWORK
Assignment of mentor for each student
APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS 1983-1989
SAABSCAN
ADVENT
AEROSPAT
BRAEROSP
CTNE
ABB
FIAT
S-GOBAIN
Quartile AI
Quartile A2
Quartile B3
SIEMENS PHILIPS
Quartile B4
BEIJING
H-P CDC
NOKIA
GENINSTR
HONEYWELHARRIS
Evolutionary Foundations
for Innovation Sciences
Novel Technologies & Human Behavior
The Network Society
Modern Societies in Transitions
AT&T
GE
AMD
WESTINGH
DEC INTEL NAT-SEMI
TI
MOTOROLA
ROCKWELL
BELLCORE
OMNIREL
GIGABIT
MICRON-T
UNISYS
Elective Cluster
Course
Elective Cluster
Course
Elective Cluster
Course
HYUNDAI
SGS/THOM
MITSUBIS
SCHLUMB
ALTERA
LINEAR-T
FORSTMAN
MATRA
HTI-GRP
Elective Cluster
Course
Free Elective
Course
Free Elective
Course
CITEL
ITT
ASAHI-CH
PA-TECH
EUROVENT
ES2
SUWA-SEI
FERRANTI
ALPHA-M
ARRAYLOG
SHANG-TL
MARTIN-M
ACORN
HK-SD
GENCORP
LOGICA
PTD
SAMSUNG
INT-RECT
NCR
MICROCOS
LIOF
INT-CT
TRIAD
CMOSARRA
NIP-MING
INMOD
GETRONIC
SHARP
PANATEC
ARCOBEL
ASHLING
GM
STC
WOLFSON
LUCKY-G
Free Elective
Course
GOULD
UN-TECHN
EPSON
WANG
LSILOGICNORDIC
Free Elective
Course
IMA-TECH
CAULF&BY
H&Q
DICE
IXYS
LEGEND
KLEIN&P
1 ALLIANCE COMPANYAMERICAN COMPANY
2 ALLIANCESCOMPANYEUROPEAN COMPANY
GAIN-ELE
MITSUI
SAGANTEC
PHOENIX
RICOH
CHIP DS
SEAGATE
SYTRON
3 ALLIANCESCOMPANYASIAN COMPANY
Companies getting
knowledge by
cooperating with others,
network of independent
R&D alliances
VLSI
SONY
NTT
ELEDRA
SHANG-EL
CORVUS
THORN-EM
APPMICRC
BOEINGC
BT
ANAMARTC
ASM-INT
SMH
VTI
ST-MICRO
SANYO
IPL-SYST
HITACHI
NORDIC-N
NEWSDATA
SUMITOMO
GEC
CGE
CEA
WARNER-B
DKB
NMB-SEMI
UNG-BASS
Research Methodology
MATSUSHT
CENT-TEL
ERICSSON
MATRA-H
SILICONI
TOKO
PCPI
BCE
Governing Innovations
FUYO
BOSCH
THOMSON
TOSHIBA
TOYOTA
XEROX
LEP
PLESSEY
IRI
IBM
3M
OLIVETTI
CIPHER
(example: ASIC Application Specific
Integrated Circuits
Market)
Questions: How many
cooperative links does
a firm has? How
central is a firm in the
network?
BOM
SIERRA-S
4 ALLIANCESCOMPANYCOMPANY REST OF THE WORLD
CHIPS&T
MIP-EF
KYOCERA
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Elective Clusters
Governing Innovations
Can you “govern” innovations?
Elective cluster (12 ects)
 Innovations: spontaneous process with high risks and very
uncertain returns > Are WBSO subsidies the magic toolbox for
 Life in a Virtual World: the social science of the Internet
innovations in the Netherlands?
 Knowledge Economy & Society
 Naive perception of policy: government will/has to take care of
everything > BUT: government is increasingly pulling out!
 Innovation & Sustainability
 Technology, Globalization & Europeanization
 Problem for society: how to produce radical innovations? Are
innovation subsidies just for big companies? How to foster innovations
in small- and medium sized companies? Are large firms like Apple and
Big Pharma just exploiting public funds without sharing the benefits
 (or custom-made cluster, e.g. cluster of technology courses)
Elective Courses (12 ects)
with society?
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Study program specialisation
Study program specialisation
Cluster ‘Life in a Virtual World’
Cluster ‘Knowledge economy & Society’
Impact of virtual communities on social behavior
Courses
 Life Online
 Super Crunchers
 Consumer behavior
 Infonomics
The role of knowledge and knowledge institutes
What is the relationship
between online and “offline”
friends?
in innovation processes
How did the supermarket know
that our daughter was
pregnant?
What are the six Apple patents
Samsung violate? Is this good
or bad for innovation?
Courses
 Innovation and Intellectual Property
Why did Philips fail with
HDTV, One world, the
“smartphone” Velo1?
 Infonomics
 Knowledge Infrastructures in a Globalizing World
 Inside the Knowledge System
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Study program specialisation
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Study program specialisation
Cluster ‘Technology, Globalization and Europeanization
Cluster ‘Innovation & Sustainability’
Courses
Role of critical infrastructures
in Europe
Sustainability experiments in
an Asian context
 Technology & Development
Courses
 Ethics and the Risk Society
 Development Economics
 Energy & Economy
 Transnational Critical Infrastructure
 System Innovation and Strategic Niche Management
 Technology & Globalization
Large scale PV power plants in deserts
Rural electrification in India, Africa
 Technology & European Integration
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Study program
Study program specialisation
Year 2: international courses and thesis
Second year, first part: you go abroad …..!
You can also choose your own courses
(after approval of Examination Committee)
‘Tailor-made’ programs for students in:
Examples:
 ICT: Software security / biometric
recognition / intelligent systems / …
 Energy: engine technology / vehicle
drive trains / wind energy / hydrogen
technology / solar energy / biomass / ...
 Construction: Intelligent buildings /
domotics / building performance
simulation / …
 Medical technology: biomedical
technology
 USA - Univ. of California Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, Univ. of Wisconsin
 Australia - University of Sydney
 New Zealand: Victoria University Wellington
 Italy - Bocconi University, University of Brescia
 Sweden - Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Univ. of Lund, Stockholm University
 Germany – Universität Düsseldorf, TU Berlijn
 UK - Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
 South Afrika - University of Pretoria
 or in Spain, Chile, Tanzania, India, Thailand, Singapore, ……..
…. in preparation of your Master Thesis (= afstudeeropdracht)
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Study program
Master thesis examples
Year 2: international courses and thesis
 University spin-offs and network activities
Second year, second part: your Master Thesis
You can carry out your Master Thesis in:
 A commercial organization, e.g. Holland High Tech, Kema
 A non-profit organization or governmental institute organizations, e.g.
Province of North Brabant, Fact
 An international organization, e.g. Unido
 The Research School of our department: the Eindhoven Centre of
Innovation Studies (ECIS)
These MSc assignments can be carried out in the Netherlands or abroad.
For instance, students with a specialisation in Sustainability and
Innovation or Technology, Globalization and Europeanization and an
interest in research in developing countries can execute (part) of their
MSc assignment in a developing country.
 Open innovation: analysis of business spin-offs on the High Tech
Campus Eindhoven
 FttH in the Netherlands : availability, adoption & use
 Exploring the grey area of openness in innovation in the Dutch high
tech systems and materials sector
 Privacy : constitutional rights and the internet of things
 How to rebuild your public image on Facebook?
 Exploring the potential of small biodigesters for electricity
production in developing countries : a multi-level analysis on
possible adoption in Uganda and Bolivia
 The sustainable university campus
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Job examples
Positions of some of our recent graduates
Technical world
“Bruggenbouwer”!
“B
YOU
Social Science world
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Rabobank International Utrecht
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Novem BV Utrecht
risico-analist
programma-adviseur
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Provincie Noord Brabant
beleidsmedewerker afvalstoffen
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Haskoning BV Nijmegen
adviseur facility management
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Alta ingenieursbureau
directeur
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Getronics Veenendaal
groepsleider helpdesk
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Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
beleidsmedewerker
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Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Utrecht
projectleider ICT
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Baan Development Barneveld
usability consultant
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Turpin Vision
directeur eigenaar
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Rode Kruis Nederland
beleidsmedewerker internationale hulpverlening
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NEDTrain, NS Materieel Zutphen
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IVAM E.R. BV
consultant schoner produceren
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Korps Landelijke Politiediensten
coördinator digitaal rechercheren
projectleider implementatie nieuw materieel
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Job examples
Job examples
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KPN Telecom Den Haag
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Utrecht
Deloitte & Touche Hoofddorp
Ericsson Telecommuncatie BV Rijen
OCE Nederland B.V.
NLIP-branche nl internet providers
Brabantse Ontw. Maatschappij NV
Ericsson Telecommuncatie BV Rijen
Haskoning BV Nijmegen
ARCADIS NV Arnhem
NUON NV Amsterdam
KPN Research Leidschendam
UNIDO (Wenen)
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
IVAM E.R. BV
NUON NV Amsterdam
GTI Energy Solutions Rotterdam
Philips Business Communications
Delta Nutsbedrijven NV Middelburg
landelijk manager billing & formulemanagement
consultant
huisvestingsadviseur
solutions manager
productmanager
beleidsadviseur
investment manager
opleidingsadviseur
milieuadviseur
adviseur stedelijke ontwikkeling
analist forecasting
brancheconsultant
associate expert
manager bench marking & innovation
junior onderzoeker / adviseur energie
adviseur gasinkoop
energy manager
product introduction manager
productmanager groene energie
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Interelectra Hasselt
UN Food and Agriculture Org.
TNO industries Eindhoven
Lucent Technologies Hilversum
Oman LNG (Shell)
Lucent Technologies Hilversum
Amstelland Ontwikkeling Wonen BV
Philips Display Components
Rode Kruis
Vietnamese Investeringsmij.
UNIDO
ILO
Rode Kruis
Universiteit Utrecht
APM Consultants
Novib en andere ontwikkelingsorganisaties
manager netaanleg
rural energy expert
medewerker business support
technical procuct marketing manager
senior utility & environment technologist
customer information developer
projectmanager
groupmanager
coördinator Rode Kruis Zuidelijk Africa
coördinator investeringen
regio manager Uganda
medewerker kantoor Beijing
managementfunctie (Geneve)
onderzoeker
staffunctie projecten Indonesie
medewerker
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Master’s program Innovation Sciences
Quartile 1
Quartile 2
Quartile 3
Quartile 4
Evolutionary Foundations
for Innovation Sciences
Novel Technologies & Human Behavior
The Network Society
Modern Societies in Transitions
Governing Innovations
Elective Cluster
Elective Cluster
Course
Course
Free Elective
Free Elective
Course
Course
Research Project
Elective Cluster
Elective Cluster
Course
Course
Free Elective
Free Elective
Course
Course
International Semester
Master's Thesis
Innovation
Sciences
The Tale of a Lifetime.
Alain Starke
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Contents
• Hello!
• All about me
• All about me & Innovation Sciences
• My decision-making process
• My curriculum
• All about you (Questions)
ALL ABOUT ME
*IS = Innovation Sciences, of course
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Alain Starke, 24 years young
More about me
• SG Augustinianum Eindhoven (VWO; 2002-2008)
• Alain…
• Natural Sciences & Technology
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• BSc Technogical Innovation Sciences (2008-2012)
• Minored in Energy Technology
• Thesis: Cultural Legitimacy of Dutch Bicycle Use
Likes to conduct research
Has organizational ambitions
Bears a weak spot for sustainability
Thinks ICT is sexy but sucks at programming
Secretly graduates on an HTI topic
• Had my fair share of extracurricular activities, like:
• Honors Horizon Program
• Full-time board Intermate 2010/2011
• What I’m doing right now (Get rich or die talkin’)
• Was also denied a modelling career
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I also faced a difficult choice…
My decision-making process
ALL ABOUT ME & INNOVATION
SCIENCES
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I even wrote an article about it
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Considering my options
• Focusing my courses or maintaining a broad scope?
• Technology as a starting point or as a mere subject?
• Practical experience or a scientific career?
• And considerations like…
• “Ja hé, alles is wel leuk!”
• “Ik kèn overal mijn ei wel in kwijt, figuurlijk gezien dan.”
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So eventually…
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Why?
• I preferred a research-oriented master
• IS / HTI
• Wish to tackle global issues locally
• IS / Partially HTI
• Multidisciplinary courses
• Foremost in IS
• Still, I prefer experimental designs
• That’s why I’m a bit HTI-oriented
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My experiences
 First year Innovation Sciences
• No engineering courses
• Innovation & Sustainability cluster
• Super Crunchers, Life Online, Development Economics
• Very cohesive lectures
• Approachability
My Curriculum
ALL ABOUT ME & INNOVATION
SCIENCES
• Little focus on firm processes
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My experiences
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All about you: Question Time
 Second year Innovation Sciences
With a question mark to emphasize this
• Invaluable international semester in Lausanne, CH
• Currently working on Master’s thesis
• Support from graduation supervisors
• Topic: Social energy-saving recommender systems
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Thanks for listening!
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