Foresight methods as a tool for developing a research and development strategy using the example ofthe BlueHealthTech project

University of Kiel

3 to 6 months

35h / week

English B1

Strategic foresight is the basis for estimating future epidemiological, medical and technological developments at the interface between medicine and marine science within the framework of the research project “BlueHealthTech”. The goal of the project is to support the research and development at the intersection of medicine and marine science for the development of innovations to treat chronically ill patients. The underlying foresight process is designed to investigate the future needs of the healthcare market and to prepare the potential of relevant technological developments using established analytical methods, such as patent and publication analyses, and on the basis of qualitative information from national and international experts. In addition to short- and medium-term trends, alternative long-term visions of the future will also be developed within the framework of scenario analyses.

Tasks and duties entrusted to the student:
Strategic foresight is the basis for estimating future epidemiological, medical and technological developments at the interface between medicine and marine science within the framework of the research project "BlueHealthTech". The goal of the project is to support the research and development at the intersection of medicine and marine science for the development of innovations to treat chronically ill patients. The underlying foresight process is designed to investigate the future needs of the healthcare market and to prepare the potential of relevant technological developments using established analytical methods, such as patent and publication analyses, and on the basis of qualitative information from national and international experts. In addition to short- and medium-term trends, alternative long-term visions of the future will also be developed within the framework of scenario analyses.

Skills to be acquired or developed:
Knowledge and hands-on experience in conducting scenario and patent analyses Skills in the development of a technology road map and an organization's strategy based on the strategic foresight methods Skills in a semantic analysis such as topic modeling

Compensation:

Erasmus + grant available depending on eligibility criteria of your home university

Prof. Dr. Carsten Schultz (email: schultz@bwl.uni-kiel.de, phone: +49 431 880-1542)
Tetyana Melnychuk, M.Sc. (email: melnychuk@bwl.uni-kiel.de, phone: +49 431 880-4795)
Dr. Mehdi Zamani (email: zamani@bwl.uni-kiel.de)
Osama Alrabayah, M.Sc. (email: alrabayah@bwl.uni-kiel.de, phone: +49 431 880-1552)