Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group
Knowledge, technology, and innovation are central to global and local transformations. Our critical engagement with socio-technical innovations creates space for understanding and possible reshaping the production, exchange, integration, and use of scientific and other knowledge. This chair group is led by chairholder Anita Hardon.
Research
We study how innovation is organised, how this is supported by different kinds of organisations and intermediaries, and how this is mediated by innovation policies. We pay special attention to the dynamics involved in the production, integration, and use of scientific and other knowledge in such processes.
Our research is divided into three main themes:
- Making knowledge work
- Configuring technology and society
- Co-designing responsible and sustainable innovations
Education
Education by this Chair Group
At the Chair Groups of Wageningen University, we are very passionate about teaching. Our teaching staff is involved in multiple courses on BSc and MSc level for different study programs.
Our courses include aspects of various sciences. In addition, we offer courses that focus on training academic skills, such as writing and debating skills.
Publications & Projects
The fundamental research at Wageningen University & Research is conducted by chair groups. Each chair group, under leadership of a professor, has its own area of expertise. All chair groups share a common research domain: healthy food and living environment. Wageningen University & Research is comprised of one faculty that is divided into five departments.
Projects of this Chair Group cover various topics in its own area of expertise. Outcomes of these studies are regularly published in scientific journals. You can find all publications and projects in Wageningen Library.
Highlighted projects
Highlighted publications
Interim Chairholder
David Ludwig is a transdisciplinary researcher and acting interim chair of the Knowledge, Technology, and Innovation Group since 2025. His work focuses on the role of science in society and on the development of inclusive research methods in environmental, food, and health domains. David combines his training in philosophy of science with empirical research in both social and life sciences.
People of Knowledge, Technology and Innovation
Each chair group of Wageningen University & Research, under leadership of a professor, has its own area of expertise. Meet the people of this Chair Group.
