290066 Technology Assessment

Detaljer
Fødevareøkonomisk Institut
English titleTechnology Assessment
Tidligst mulig placeringKandidat 1.år til Kandidat 2. år
VarighedEn blok
 
Pointværdi7.5 (ECTS)
KursustypeFælleskursus
 
EksamenSluteksamen

mundtlig eksamen


Alle hjælpemidler tilladt

Beskrivelse af eksamen: The examination will be an individual presentation by the students with questions from examiners on topics related to the project and course material.

Vægtning: The oral examination and presentation counts for 100 %



7-trinsskala, ekstern censur
 
Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamenA condition for attending the examination is that students submit a project report
 
Rammer for undervisningThe portfolio combines exercises and case-studies, external teachers and excursions to relevant companies and institutions.
 
BlokplaceringBlock 4
Ugestruktur: C
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Anbefalede forudsætninger290058 Produktionsøkonomi
 
Begrænset deltagerantalNone
 
Kursusindhold
The course will be initiated by an introduction to technology assessment and recent developments within this area. This is followed by an introduction to relevant technology assessment disciplines, including: system description, economic and financial feasibility studies, risk assessment, systems analysis, market analysis, impact assessment and technology assessment.
Moreover the student will be introduced to methods that interact users and other stakeholders for assessing the implementation and consequences of new technologies, including scenario analysis and other interactive foras.

 
Undervisningsform
The first week will include an introduction to technology assessment methods and combine theoretical lectures with exercises and guest lectures. This period will also include an introduction to the case-study work. In the next period the students will be assigned to their cases and the students will attend excursions to relevant companies and institutions. The students will have to collaborate in groups with 2-4 students. Each group will have to work on a project case during the course which must be submitted before attending oral examination.
 
Målbeskrivelse
The objective of this course is to introduce students to different technology assessment disciplines aimed for selecting and applying new technologies and innovations within the biotechnology-, food and other agro industrial sectors.

The course is relevant for students who aim for a carrier in private organisations and advisory services that focuses on innovation and product development and public research and governmental institutions that works with regulation and policy design and decision support within different life-science disciplines.

After the course it is expected that the student will be able to:

Knowledge:
- Describe methods to assess the economic, technical and environmental/social consequences from implementing new technologies - including system description, economic and financial feasibility studies, risk assessment, systems analysis, market analysis, impact assessment and technology assessment.
- Describe methods that interact users and other stakeholders for assessing the implementation and consequences of new technologies, including scenario analysis and other interactive foras.

Skills:
- Apply theoretical tools for assessing the technical/economic consequences of new technologies.
- Perform technology and innovation management
- Apply decision support when implementing new innovation systems

Competences:
- Collaborate in groups with interdisciplinary case studies and with other students across disciplines
- Perform interdisciplinary studies for decision support in private and public organisations
 
Litteraturhenvisninger
Course litterature with compendium will be made available at the beginning of the course
 
Kursusansvarlig
Søren Marcus Pedersen, marcus@foi.dk, Fødevareøkonomisk Institut/Afdeling for Produktion og Teknologi, Tlf: 35336882
Morten Gylling, gylling@foi.dk, Fødevareøkonomisk Institut/Afdeling for Produktion og Teknologi, Tlf: 35336883
 
Studienævn
Studienævn NSN
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger30
projektarbejde30
forberedelse130
ekskursioner10
vejledning4
eksamen2

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