Too good for the drawer: Susanne Schön has been observing for years how scientific potential and solutions are given away because researchers cannot make the leap from systematic-analytical thinking to pragmatic-strategic action. They don't have to be able to: After all, they are researchers. But if the gap between science and practice is not bridged, the solutions will remain inconsequential. Too bad. With transdisciplinary innovation management, Susanne Schön supports R&D projects in developing solutions that are ready for application and by preparing their implementation – doing so as early as within the project term.

Susanne Schön ­has helped shape inter 3 from the ­beginning as a spin-off from the Technical University in 1999 ­and is managing ­partner. Previously, she was ­managing director of the Centre for Technology and Society at the TU Berlin. She holds a degree in ­political science ­and a doctorate in sociology­.

Current projects

• WATSON: Analysis of the effectiveness of the projects of the Water Technologies Export Initiative in Jordan in the field of water management
• Knowledge transfer online. Accompanying urban planning research
• Preparation of a special report “Small Town Academy - learning modules and exchange formats"
• Innovation management supports cooperation at eye level between city administration and city society
• "Stadt-Land-Fluss" (City −Country − River) − data and AI-supported building and strengthening of value chains in the field of regional food systems
• Evaluation of the Mercator Science Policy Fellowship-Programms
• Acting precautionary. Avant-garde approaches for bridging the urban-rural gap for a sustainable regional development

Team overview