Hans Hellsmark
Hans Hellsmark is associate professor at Chalmers and coordinator of Chalmers Initiative for Innovation and Sustainability Transitions. He is also one of the profile managers for the profile area Technology Governance in Energy Transitions within the Energy Area of Advance as well as Chalmers coordinator for the Swedish knowledge centre for renewable transportation fuels – f3. As a coordinator, he works with actors in academia, industry and policy involved in societal transitions, providing knowledge support and tailored activities. In his research, the focus is on research and innovation policy for transformative change. He is particularly interested in the socio-economic benefits of governmental investments in research infrastructure, the interaction between policy, industry, research institutes and universities for creating and facilitating societal transition processes.
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Technological development for sustainability: The role of network management in the innovation policy mix
Innovation in the bioeconomy–dynamics of biorefinery innovation networks
Shaping factors in the emergence of technological innovations: The case of tidal kite technology
Crossing the biorefinery valley of death? Actor roles and networks in overcoming barriers to a sustainability transition
The limits of academic entrepreneurship: Conflicting expectations about commercialization and innovation in China's nascent sector for advanced bio-energy technologies
Innovation policies for advanced biorefinery development: key considerations and lessons from Sweden
Innovation system strengths and weaknesses in progressing sustainable technology: The case of Swedish biorefinery development
The role of pilot and demonstration plants in technology development and innovation policy
Enacting knowledge exchange: a context dependent and ‘role-based’ typology for capturing utility from university research
Empiriska mönster och slutsatser för analytiker
Politiska åtgärder för framtidens förnybara drivmedel
The many ways of academic researchers - how science is made useful at a University of Technology
Teknologiska innovationssystem inom energiområdet: En praktisk vägledning till identifiering av systemsvagheter som motiverar särskilda politiska åtaganden
Bredda synen på nyttiggörande!
Policy challenges in realising biomass gasification in the European Union
Realising the potential of gasified biomass in the European Union-Policy challenges in moving from demonstration plants to larger scale diffusion
Unfolding the formative phase of gasified biomass in the European Union: The role of system builders in realising the potential of second-generation transportation fuels from biomass
Opportunities for and limits to Academics as System Builders - The case of realizing the potential of gasified biomass in Austria
The Co-Evolution of Institutions, Organisations and Renewable Energy Technologies
Entrepreneurial transformations in the Swedish University system: the case of Chalmers University of Technology
Climate Change Mitigation and the Role of Business
Perspectives on Sustainable Repositioning
Showing 9 research projects
New Nordic Ways to Green Growth (NOWAGG)
System innovation for societal challenges: A strategic knowledge platform
Innovation för en hållbar bioekonomi: Deltagande i OECD-projektet "Innovation för en hållbar bioekonomi"
Policymakers’ capacity to develop a sustainable bioeconomy
An innovation policy framework and policy options for the development of biorefineries
Commercializing the Bio-based Economy: Pilot and Demonstration Plants in Innovation Policy and Management
Att möjliggöra en övergång till bioekonomi: dynamik i innovationssystem och policy
National challenges for industrialising energy technology in global innovation systems
Commercializing the Bio-based Economy: Pilot and Demonstration Plants in Innovation Policy and Management