3iii Initiating and implementing innovation for sustainable building. The construction client as change agent

​This Formas BIC project aims at increasing knowledge about and support processes to assist clients in driving innovation strategies. A central concern is the relationship between temporary development projects and processes within the client organisation. More specifically, the objectives are:
1. to test and further develop a prototype client guideline for managing demonstration projects,
2. to improve the general understanding of the role of demonstration projects in relation to continuous and long-term innovation strategies of clients, as a basis for  tools to develop innovation, implementation and diffusion strategies specifically adapted to various types of client organizations,
3. to develop models for collaborative research where the industry partners (clients) have a more active role in driving collaboration (i.e. organisation of meetings and workshops) as well as in performing research activities together with the researchers.

• Paula Femenias

  Professor, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design

  Paulas research focuses on sustainable development of the built environment. She researches new and rebuilds from a development and innovation perspective. Her goal is to increase the knowledge of...
• Anna Kadefors

  Affiliated Professor, Technology Management and Economics

  Anna Kadefors is a Affiliated Professor at the Division of Service Management and Logistics where she perform research in the area of communication, decision-making and learning across contractual...