Grand challenges of our times call for urgent responsess
We are living in an era of ‘grand challenges’, like never before: climate change, geopolitical crisis, and global supply chain disruption, resources shortage and energy crisis, pandemic, exponential technologies, etc. The urgency of this situation is also due to the fact these challenges are simultaneous in their manifestation, thus depicting a highly uncertain and complex scenario.
The Institute
ITIR is a newly established (October 2022) multidisciplinary research center – at the University of Pavia (IT). The purpose is to have a remarkable impact for the innovation eco-system and society via the investigation of the contemporary forms of transformation within organisations and eco-systems (e.g. local systems, healthcare systems), as a response to the “grand challenges” of our times. Special attention goes to science-based innovation and how it supports the ‘triple transformation’, meaning:
Business
transformation
Digital
Transformation
Sustainability
transition
(both social and ecological)
The T-labs
Structures that help to understand and define the nature and role of transformative innovation in very different fields
ReValue Chains Lab
The orchestration of global value chains and innovation eco-systems
Augmented Human Intelligence & Digital Ergonomics Lab
Sustainable decision making through digital transformation
Healthcare Transformation Lab
A futuristic look into the healthcare ecosystem
Wellbeing & Nutrition Transformation Lab
Medical, technological and business aspects of wellbeing
Sustainable Life Science Lab
Define a new purpose for sustainable biotech research
DeepTech and Manufacturing Transformation Lab
Transforming manufacturing through new materials, technologies and digitalization
Energy Transition Lab
The crossroad between renewable energies and new business models
The departments
ITIR is a multidisciplinary research center brings together researchers from 7 departments of the University of Pavia
- Department of Economics and Management (lead unit)
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology
- Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences
- Department of Industrial and Information Engineering
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine
Latest news
News from the center and individual T-Labs, but also the achievements of people engaged in our reality and other insights on transformative innovation.
Road to Kick-Off Day: intervista a Federico Casotto, food specialist
In vista dell’evento del 31 marzo 2023, intervistiamo Federico Casotto, food specialist, discussant nella sessione pomeridiana del T-Lab “Wellbeing & Nutrition Transformation Lab”.
Innovazione trasformativa e multidisciplinarietà nella ricerca: le fondamenta di ITIR per avvicinare il futuro
C’era una volta, tanto tempo fa, un’epoca in cui l’innovazione era concepita pressoché unicamente come progresso tecnologico: il microchip, un nuovo medicinale per una terribile malattia, la rete internet, e così via.
Kick-off Day: venerdì 31 marzo 2023 si svolge il primo evento organizzato da ITIR
Nel corso dell’evento, oltre alla presentazione del nuovo centro, sarà illustrata e discussa la ricerca sulle “Imprese a più elevato tasso di innovazione trasformativa in Italia” e Andrea Carfì, Chief Scientific Officer di Moderna e Alumno dell’Università di Pavia, terrà un Keynote Speech dal titolo “Transformative innovation and mRNA: from game changer in vaccine research to ecosystem disruption”.