Ingunn Johanne Ness
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Psychology
Department of Education
Knowledge, Education and Democracy
Title: PhD Candidate
Phone: +47 55 58 48 60
E-mail: Ingunn.Ness@psyip.uib.no
Visiting address: Christiesgt. 13
“The Room of Opportunity” – understanding creative knowledge processes in groups working with innovation
This project aims to develop knowledge about how groups in knowledge intensive organizations communicate and interact while working with innovation. The main research question for this project is: What characterizes the creative knowledge processes in groups working with innovation? The design of this study is qualitative, and the material is collected by open observations, focus group interview and individual qualitative interviews, focusing on how members of the innovative groups communicate and interact while creating new ideas. The findings are interpreted and discussed using socio-cultural theory and concepts on knowledge.