Prof. Dr. Dimitri Schuurman
Senior Research Strategy, ENoLL
Prof. Dr. Dimitri Schuurman is ENoLL’s Senior Research Strategy, as well as an university business developer at imec-MICT-Ghent University and a visiting professor at the department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Product Design of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University. He holds a PhD in innovation management in Living Labs from Ghent University (UGent) and the Free University of Brussels (VUB) in Belgium. Together with his imec colleagues, Dimitri developed a specific Innovation Management methodology with supporting innovation canvasses (under the label ‘Innovatrix’), specifically designed for multi-stakeholder and multidisciplinary innovation projects. He also leads a special interest group on Living Labs in the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM). His main interests and research topics are in the areas of open innovation, user innovation and innovation management.