Learning and Innovation in Networks
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Profile
What do we do?
The Institute for Learning and Innovation in Networks (ILIN) at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences conducts socio-technical research into new approaches and the effects of digital innovation and networking on sustainable working and learning systems as well as production and value creation systems.
The aim is the socio-technical analysis, evaluation and design of digital transformation, the introduction and use of artificial intelligence (AI), global and local networking and digital applications for learning and innovation in new value creation systems and network constellations.
Our research fields and areas of expertise
The Institute for Learning and Innovation in Networks (ILIN) is headed by Prof. Dr. Steffen Kinkel and is divided into the following two research groups:
The research group "People & Technology in Innovative Work and Learning Systems" is headed by Dr. Tobias Kopp. This includes the human-centred introduction of technology and sustainable work design in companies and organizations (for example in the KARL research project). This is flanked by the investigation of the most important skills required for digital transformation, as well as the analysis and design of effective human-technology interaction and the necessary acceptance of technology. Various digital technologies such as AI applications or collaborative robots are considered. The group also researches how knowledge management can be integrated into work and how learning processes can be supported by innovative technologies (for example in the KIproWork research project).
The second research group, "Intelligent Production and Value Creation Systems", is headed by Dennis Richter. This group investigates and designs the current use of AI and future potential in specific production applications (for example in the SPIN:S research project). Sustainable production systems and the resilient design of local and global value chains are the focus of research here (for example in the Re_Kil_ienz or ResiliNet research projects), as is the agile design of digital business models for industrial transformation (for example in the completed AgilHybrid research project).