Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies
Welcome
The Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies is a multi-disciplinary research group located within the Dean’s Unit, in the College of Business and Law. The role of CInIS in the College of Business and Law (COBL) is to contribute to and stimulate the intensity and quality of research activities. CInIS’ stated mission is studying the dynamics of innovation. Its established expertise and strategic future developments are in the application of social science research to the areas of technology and innovation management, analysis and formulation of policies related to innovations in science, technology, and health, and organisational service and process innovation.
CInIS Research
The Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies Research Group undertakes social science research into the dynamics of innovation, contributing to theoretical and policy debates concerning industrial competitiveness and development, and providing industry and governments with policy advice and practical strategic options for improving innovation capacity.Research activities synergistically concentrate on innovation, clustering around several themes:
Science, Technology, and Society Innovation Policy
The theme’s focus is on Australia’s scientific and technical role in regional and global innovation systems; human capital in science, technology and innovation systems; and cross-sector research linkages and sectoral studies of innovation. This also includes research of social innovation in the various contexts of social exclusion such as ageing, disability, unemployment, and migration.
Innovation in Health Organisation and Management
This theme is focused on research of innovation and change in health organisations, including studies of knowledge translation.
Supply Chain Innovation
This theme integrates the qualitative and quantitative insights and developments in supply chain and logistics design, including risk and uncertainty, lean and responsive designs, new technologies, sustainability, and outsourcing. It brings together powerful state-of-the-art computational intelligence tools for multi-dimensional optimisation. Research in the context of this theme is expected to be bolstered by membership in the Alliance of Supply Chain Innovation.
Foresight and Forecasting Emerging Knowledge
New research in foresight, scenario planning and road mapping and complexity theory are being applied to understanding emerging knowledge and forecasting innovation in areas as diverse as science and technology, finance and economic modelling, and social and business networks.
Location
The Industry and Innovation Studies Research Group is based on Parramatta campus at ED.G.99, Parramatta (South).
