Culture & Society

Fredrik Hörstedt on strengthening the research ecosystem

"Both researchers and innovators need to come closer to society"

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Fredrik Hörstedt is the Vice President of Utilisation at the Chalmrs University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden). In this video he tells us why the academia and the industry can work together and grow an innovative Future and Emerging Technologies research ecosystem.

 

This video interview is part of the “How can visionary science bring innovation into society?” series.

 

Music credits: Fabian Measures via freemusicarchive.org
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This series features people who fought the impossible dream of turning science-fiction into our reality. Read the stories and struggles of researchers, innovators and visionaries who built the foundations of Future and Emerging Technologies.

August 9th, 2019

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