Matthias R. Guertler

My research focuses on engineering design and collaborative innovation management with a particular focus on Open Innovation. This includes the analysis and selection of stakeholders, their management and the role of design innovation in enabling such cross-disciplinary collaborations. I also investigate the strengths and limitations of agile and rigid innovation methods/tools and approaches as well as how to combine their strengths to a holistic approach of problem analysis and solving. In the context of understanding and improving the transfer and diffusion of academic knowledge in practice, I have worked on the Action Innovation Management methodology. This aims at adapting and integrating action research in design and innovation management to ensure both, rigor and relevance.