Stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation: Theoretical and practical aspects (2026)
Doctoral School of Engineering and Science at Aalborg University
Welcome to Stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation: Theoretical and practical aspects (2026)
Description:
Many Ph.D. students in science, engineering and health need to involve and engage with stakeholders and technology users during their research. This course presents both selected theories on the Human – Technology interface, and methods for facilitating and generating qualitative data on user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation.
Pre-requisite: MSc degree.
Learning objectives:
- Identify methodological and theoretical dilemmas and challenges regarding stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation
- Make qualified judgments regarding stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation
- Make strategies to handle conflicting interests research projects that involve stakeholders and users
- Choose theories and methods relevant for research applying stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation
- Present challenges and dilemmas in own Ph.D. project that regard stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation
Teaching methods:
The course is designed so that the two first days are split up into two sessions: One before lunch and one after. Usually a session begins with a lecture (90 minutes, including breaks) followed by discussions or group work.
In preparation to the fourth day participants are kindly asked to do a ppt presentation on dilemmas and challenges in their Ph.D. project regarding stakeholder and user-involvement in technological innovation and implementation (duration: no more than 20 minutes). The third day is allocated to preparation of the presentation, and we will use the group work and discussions during the first two days to qualify the presentations. Course participants are asked to begin reflecting on stakeholder and user issues in own project when reading the course material.
For additional information, updates, and registration, please refer to AAU PhDMoodle via the link provided on the right side of this page.