NORSI – Nordic Research School in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

NORSI is the Nordic research school for PhD students within the research areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. NORSI coordinates PhD courses and other activities of high international standard among its partner institutions. All NORSI member institutions work together to facilitate activities and pool resources. With this network-based approach, NORSI member institutions create an excellent research education within innovation and entrepreneurial-oriented PhD studies in the Nordic countries. NORSIs key missions are firstly to support the next generation of researchers within innovation and entrepreneurship by enhancing and facilitating research education in Norway and the other Nordic countries. Secondly, NORSI aims to further coordinate and strengthen the Nordic and international connections in the research community. The NORSI course portfolio and research discussions reflects that we increasingly live in a knowledge-intensive society with a strong focus on innovation and entrepreneurial incentives and processes in all sectors. The need for collaborative and appropriately vetted knowledge about innovation and entrepreneurial processes in society has increased. Global solutions to sustainable development challenges such as climate change and inequality requires innovative and entrepreneurial knowledge. NORSI plan to evolve its cross-disciplinary program as the need for appropriately evidence-based understanding in these areas is apparent. With its multi-disciplinary approach NORSI is for young researchers an meeting place that give a disciplinary focus and stronger research identity in a multi-disciplinary research field. Through NORSI students and faculty are part of a network that provides opportunities for collaborations, research dissemination and international exchanges. Faculty and students expand their network through NORSI and increased collaboration results in hightned internationalization of participating NORSI institutions. By 2022, NORSI has 28 partner institutions from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland. By the turn of the year 2023, we expect to have as many as 32 partner institutions. We offer dozens of PhD courses each semester as well as networking events, digital gatherings, seminars, conferences, and field trips. We have about 240 active students and 110 alumni as well as hundreds of faculty members who are affiliated with NORSI and we are growing at a tremendous pace. We currently a diverse course- and activity portfolio that we offer our students, but we are meeting an increasing demand from our alumni as well as faculty employees who are affiliated with NORSI and we hope to in the future also be able to assist these two groups with seminars and networking events.

NORSI is the Nordic research school for PhD students within the research areas of innovation and entrepreneurship. NORSI coordinates PhD courses and other activities of high international standard among its partner institutions. All NORSI member institutions work together to facilitate activities and pool resources. With this network-based approach, NORSI member institutions create an excellent research education within innovation and entrepreneurial-oriented PhD studies in the Nordic countries. NORSI’s key missions are firstly to support the next generation of researchers within innovation and entrepreneurship by enhancing and facilitating research education in Norway and the other Nordic countries. Secondly, NORSI aims to further coordinate and strengthen the Nordic and international connections in the research community. The NORSI course portfolio and research discussions reflects that we increasingly live in a knowledge-intensive society with a strong focus on innovation and entrepreneurial incentives and processes in all sectors. The need for collaborative and appropriately vetted knowledge about innovation and entrepreneurial processes in society has increased. Global solutions to sustainable development challenges such as climate change and inequality requires innovative and entrepreneurial knowledge. NORSI plan to evolve its cross-disciplinary program as the need for appropriately evidence-based understanding in these areas is apparent. With its multi-disciplinary approach NORSI is for young researchers an meeting place that give a disciplinary focus and stronger research identity in a multi-disciplinary research field. Through NORSI students and faculty are part of a network that provides opportunities for collaborations, research dissemination and international exchanges. Faculty and students expand their network through NORSI and increased collaboration results in hightned internationalization of participating NORSI institutions.