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Department of Organization

  • Research, Innovation and Organization (RIO) Group
Susana
Borras
Professor
,
ph.d.


Room: KIL/14.A-4.95
Tel:
+4538153568
E-mail: sbo.ioa@cbs.dk
Susana Borras
Presentation
Susana Borrás is Professor at the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School (casino 168), Denmark. She teaches and conducts research on the interaction between governance and innovation, especially for the grand societal challenges, on topics like: Green innovation diffusion processes; the capacity of public sector organizations implementing green transitions; the design of innovation policy and its instruments; the governance of change and scale-up processes in socio-technical systems; organizational strategies of technology transfer; legitimacy and democracy of science and technology governance; processes of co-creation, participation, and social / policy learning.

Currently, she is leading the research project CAPACITOR, about the capacity of public sector organizations in green transitions.

For more than three decades Susana Borrás has been advising governments and institutions at international and national levels (European Commission, OECD, European Parliament, Danish government, etc. ). She is currently member of the editorial board of five international peer reviewed scientific journals, and seats as well in various executive and scientific advisory committees. She has published extensively in international high-ranked journals and in other relevant outlets. She holds a Degree (UAB, Barcelona 1991) and a PhD (EUI, Florence 1996) in political science and sociology.

Primary research areas
  • Green innovation diffusion processes
  • The capacity of public sector organizations implementing green transitions
  • The design of innovation policy and its instruments
  • The governance of change and scale-up processes in socio-technical systems
  • Organizational strategies of technology transfer
  • Legitimacy and democracy of science and technology governance
  • Processes of co-creation, participation, and social /policy learning
Curriculum Vitae
Social media
Links

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Courses
  • Den grønne omstilling, organisatorisk kapacitet og ledelse (Master of Public Governance - MPG)
  • Regulation and Governance of Digital Business (BSc Digital Management)
  • Social Science Research Design and Methods (PhD course)
  • Business and European Governance (BSc European Business)

Supervision

She supervises at Ph.D., Master thesis, and Bachelor thesis levels in the areas related to her teaching and research.

Selected publications
  • Borrás, S; Gerli, F and Cenzato, R (2024): in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Borrás, S and Schwaag Serger, S (2022): in Science and Public Policy
  • Howoldt, D and Borrás, S (2022): in Industry & Innovation
  • Borrás, S and Edler, J. (2020): in Research Policy
  • Borrás, S. and Edquist, C. (2019): Monography forthcoming in 2019 Oxford University Press
  • Borrás, S and Laatsit, M. (2019): T Accepted for publication at Research Policy

Publications sorted by:
2025
Douglas K.R. Robinson; Susana Borrás; Wouter P. C. Boon / : Eight Building Blocks for Reconceptualising the Generalisation of Innovation Into Society.
In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 213, 2025, 9 p.
Editorial > peer review
2024
Patries Boekholt; Susana Borrás; Totti Könnölä; Geoff Mulgan; Wolfgang Polt / : Mutual Learning Exercise on the Whole of Government Approach in Research & Innovation Policy. Final Report.
: Publications Office of the European Union 2024, 41 p.
Report
Susana Borrás; Francesco Gerli; Rebecca Cenzato / : Rethinking Roles, Resources, and Capabilities.
In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 200, 3.2024
Journal article > peer review
Susana Borrás; Stine Haakonsson; Christian Hendriksen; Francesco Gerli; René Taudal Poulsen; Trine Pallesen; Lucas Somavilla Croxatto; Susanna Kugelberg; Henrik Larsen /
In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 53, 12.2024
Review article > peer review
2023
David Howoldt; Susana Borrás / : Targeting Constellations of Diverse R&I Actors?.
In: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 30, No. 8, 10.2023, p. 985-1007
Journal article > peer review
Susana Borrás / : Second Thematic Report.
Bruxelles : European Commission 2023, 34 p.
Report > peer review
Susana Borrás; Stine Haakonsson; René Taudal Poulsen; Trine Pallesen; Christian Hendriksen; Lucas Somavilla; Susanna Kugelberg; Henrik Larsen; Francesco Gerli / : A Conceptualization.
Lund : Lund University 2023, 47 p. (Papers in Innovation Studies, No. 2023/02)
Working paper
Susanna Kugelberg; Susana Borrás / : A Company’s Green Innovation Journey towards Negative Emissions: Teaching Case Study.
Lund : Lund University 2023, 20 p. (Papers in Innovation Studies, No. 2023/07)
Working paper
2022
Susana Borrás; Sylvia Schwaag Serger / : The Policy-nesting Perspective.
In: Science and Public Policy, Vol. 49, No. 5, 10.2022, p. 659-672
Journal article > peer review
2021
Lasse Bundgaard; Susana Borrás / : Governance Conditions.
In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 172, 11.2021
Journal article > peer review
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Research Projects
Outside activities
2023 - 2026
European University Institute, Florence
Member Research Council (3 working days per year)
November 2022 - April 2024
European Commission
High level expert panel (43 days)
2021
No outside activities to report
2020
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
1 month visiting professor in March 2020
2019
Research Council Norway (RCN)
Chair of the evaluation board for the FORINNPOL call for proposals
European Union H2020 - Research Executive Agency of the European Commission
Chair of the board evaluating research proposals under the call TRANSFORMATIONS-13-2018
International Public Policy Association and the University of Padova
3 days of teaching at: “International Summer School in Public Policy 2019”. Teaching in Democratic governance, Policy Innovation and Learning”.
2018
No outside activities to report