Projekt
Diversity in technology. FInding New Ways to Solve Wicked Problems.
Society’s greatest challenges are ’wicked problems’, whose interdependency and urgency make them immensely difficult to solve, IF we pursue traditional ways. The project explores how diversity in teams and organizations influences their ability to create social innovation; which institutionalized barriers exist within the technology field, and how actors within this field might work to change established structures to enable a greater use of diverse talent. In terms of diversity, the focus will be on gender and ethnicity specifically.
The project is centered on two key areas of the technology field in Denmark: Education and the start-up environment.
"Diversity in Technology: Finding New Ways to Solve Wicked Problems" is funded via a Carlsberg Foundation Young Researcher Fellowship to Associate Professor Lærke Højgaard Christiansen. The grant also include funding for a PhD-scholarship and an assistant professor.