Implementing Innovations on a Global Scale
Biomedicine and biotechnology are considered key for improving health and alleviating poverty, but they often fail to bring about the results that are promised. To address challenges of health technology functioning, it is core to acknowledge the inextricable connection between societal and technological development. This specialisation will help you to understand these processes of co-evolution and to apply methods of contextual co-creation to improve technology transfer and implementation.
Course Format
- Theoretical concepts from Science and Technology studies (STS) and Medical Anthropology are used to analyse technology transfer processes and to understand major bottlenecks.
- Furthermore, students are asked to apply the concepts and come up with a transformative idea for a scalable and sustainable global health innovation.
Maastricht University
Maastricht University is well-known for its Student Centred Teaching approach, an approach that helps you to develop competences crucial for lifelong learning. Furthermore, the international character of this young Dutch University is an excellent environment to practice international and multidisciplinary collaboration and to acquire knowledge and skills to address wicked global health problems.
Staff Involved
Ms. Iris Fraikin
Dr. Jessica Mesman
Dr. Ricky Janssen
Dr. Nora Engel
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