Hvordan skaber vi stærkere europæiske innovationsmiljøer? Et bud er Circle U's Cross Incubation Week, hvor startups fra ni europæiske universiteter samles for at sparre, lære og udvikle deres forretninger. For nylig deltog tre startups fra Aarhus Universitet i programmet i Wien – og kom hjem med værdifulde erfaringer.
Hvordan gør man historieundervisning levende og engagerende – helt uden skærme? Det spørgsmål har Rasmus Poulsen, stifter af startuppen Sanders Tidsrejse, sat sig for at besvare. Læs om hans idé og få tre råd til humanister, der vil gå iværksættervejen.
Otto Bjerg Hausgaard skal i løbet af de næste to år søge at skabe match mellem forskerteams med entreprenante ambitioner og iværksætterprofiler med kommerciel track record. Målet er at modne spinouts hurtigere og derved skabe værdi for samfundet. Projektet er støttet af Salling Fondene.
Iværksætteri behøver ikke at være præget af lange arbejdstider og familiære afsavn. Som mompreneur har Miriam Bjerg formået at skabe et arbejdsliv helt tæt på sin familie. Hun har omfavnet sit moderskab og fundet en måde at bygge en virksomhed, der afspejler hendes værdier om balance og nærvær.
When the immune system goes haywire, millions of people are afflicted with severe diseases. A breakthrough by researchers at Aarhus University may be on the horizon. They have founded the biotech company STANT to bring their discovery from the lab to patients worldwide.
Innovationsprogrammet, Deep Green Innovators er i lufte. Fire teams på tværs af fagligheder har sat kurs imod at løse fremtiden grønne udfordringer indenfor cirkulær økonomi. Bag projektet står tre danske universiteter og Industriens Fond.
Emil Hviid Pedersen, CEO of Mile Sports and Rebekka Gustafson, founder of Human Athlete are working on overcoming the scars of psychological pressure for themselves, and their startups. Anne Sjølund, a startup advisor at The Kitchen, echoes this journey, emphasising the need to create awareness about the importance of mental health: “When something feels off, it often is, then it is important to respond to that.”
Through the AU Launch grant, 11 startups founded by researchers and four student startups will receive capital for their entrepreneurial journey for a total amount of DKK 2.5 million.
CEO and founder of RaskRask, Albert Kirk Iversen, has fostered a healthy working environment based on his personal values – “It is important to see your employees as humans with ups and downs”
Seven distinguished researchers have been selected as Distinguished Senior Innovators. These researchers will serve as ambassadors for knowledge-based innovation, addressing global challenges in climate, health, and technology.
Marlene Havgaard launched her business while still a student at Aarhus University, quickly finding success. She is happy that she has gotten this far: “When I am 80 years old, I would like to think “I did all those things because I tried”
En veteran og en flygtning er i fuld gang med at skabe noget stort i The Kitchen. Camilla Bøgh Erlang og Abdul Rahman Hasan deler trods deres forskelligheder en fælles mission om at nedlægge stereotyper og gøre en forskel for mennesker med PTSD.
Torii Travels helps young adventurers explore Japan in a whole new way. But the ambitions of the founders, Anders Thomsen and Tobias Guld, do not end there: “We want to be the leading travel agency in Europe for trips to Japan”
Applications are now open for the Deep Green Innovators program. If you want to make a difference in the green transition, this is your chance to be part of something bigger—to innovate, collaborate, and create solutions that could change the world.
More flexible and closer to research. Aarhus University's new priorities will make it easier for researchers to convert new knowledge into concrete solutions.
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