Dannebrog falling from the

sky during the Battle of

Lyndanisse, June 15, 1219

Provost Jørgen Staunstrup

IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

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SCIENCE

USE VERSUS CREATION

� 2246 students

� 492 staff

� 68 tenured faculty

� 247 graduated MSc’s, 25 graduated BSc’s

� DKK 22 million in external research funding

IT UNIVERSITY KEY FIGURES: 2011

� DKK 22 million in external research funding

� 65 PhD students

� 61 collaborative research projects involving external partners

� Approximate student gender distribution: 30 pct. female, 70 pct. male

RESEARCH

TYPICAL IT RESEARCH PROJECT

Case 2

Case 1

Prototypes

Data

Reflection

Case 3

Case 2 Interviews

Models

Experiments

GLOBALISATION

Aspect of knowledge work (products and services in general) Development in

signficance

Physical location of knowledge

Depth of knowledge required to perform well in the

competitioncompetition

Success in collaboration across national, cultural and

organisational boundaries

Ability to innovate with IT (at all levels of the organisation)

COLLABORATIVE STUDENT PROJECTS

THE METAPHOR

All ingredients (students) contribute to making the dish (project) delicious

(successful), while retaining individual flavors (characteristics).

Do not ask what you

can use IT for,

but what you can

create with IT.create with IT.

Thank you for

your attention