Dr. Judith Terstriep

Head of Research Department Innovation, Space & Culture

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Dr Judith TERSTRIEP (Economist) – is Head of the Research Department »Innovation, Space & Culture« at the Institute for Work and Technology at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen and lecturer at the Ruhr-University Bochum. She has long-term experience in innovation research. Primary research interests involve the interplay of innovation, (social) relations, knowledge, and society from the perspective of innovation, management, and spatial theory contributing to just transitions and societal change. Focal work areas cover social innovation (impact) measurement, entrepreneurship, regional development, sustainable transformative and mission-oriented innovation policy, and sectoral and regional analyses. She teaches at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Ruhr University Bochum on the topics of "Regional Innovation Systems", "Social Innovations", and "Migrant Entrepreneurship". Judith is well-experienced in coordinating European, national, and regional joint projects and has been appointed an expert by the European Commission, federal ministries, and various foundations. She received her doctorate from TU Hamburg. Currently, she coordinates the joint project GIs – Strengthening Societal Innovation Capacity funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany, which analyses societal innovation capacities in less developed regions aiming to formulate explanations and models that shed light on generating transformative innovations facilitating successful regional transformation. Additionally, the project is dedicated to crafting tools and measurement methods for an innovation policy that effectively integrates and fosters societal innovation capacities.

Focal Areas of Work & Research:

• (Social) Innovation and Innovation Measurement
• Societal Innovation Capacity
• Transformative & Mission-oriented Innovation Policy
• Transformative Change
• (Social & Migrant) Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
• Regional Development, Cluster & Smart Specialisation
• Ecosystems & Governance
• Resilience & Sustainability

Memberships/Further Activities:

• Deputy chairwomen of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action’s Programme Monitoring Committee “go-cluster”
• ESSI- European School of Social Innovation
• ChemSite e.V.
• Project evaluator for the European Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

English Publications (Selection)