Technology Transitions – How Do They Happen?

How do innovations diffuse in societies and organizations? How do sustainability transitions happen?

Emrah Karakaya will shed some lights on these fundamental questions. This seminar aims at providing a brief overview of diffusion of innovations theory and technological innovation systems perspective as well as their applications in two empirical cases. The first case focuses on diffusion of solar photovoltaic systems in Germany while the second case explains a potential sustainability transition in iron and steel industry in Sweden.

Emrah Karakaya is an assistant professor at the department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He holds a double PhD degree in Industrial Management (from Technical University of Madrid & KTH Royal Institute of Technology) and a double MSc degree in Computational Mechanics (from UPC BarcelonaTech & University of Stuttgart). His research expertise includes several topics such as sustainable business models, industrial dynamics and diffusion of innovations. In research, Emrah uses both qualitative and quantitative methods, such as case study approach, systematic literature review and mathematical modelling.

The seminar is arranged by Integrated Transport Research Lab.

Breakfast will be served.

The event will also be streaming live on our Facebook page

Questions?

Contact Albin Engholm, aengholm@kth.se

The presentation is the third installment in our series of Tuesday Seminars that will take place during 2018. Sign up for our newsletter  to receive updates about future events at ITRL, or take a look at our calendar  if you want to know more about what we have planned.