In order to uncover relevant topics in the field of open innovation culture and open practices and to develop innovative solutions, we bring experts, practitioners and policy makers together for intensive collaboration in innovation squads.

How can we make the German innovation system more open?

Involving different actors and perspectives, we map the openness of the German innovation system. Based on this, we identify levers for a change towards more openness in Germany.
Duration: June 2020 - March 2021

Through a peer-to-peer program, we connect innovation managers from organizations across all sectors to share experiences and work with established innovation researchers to develop new ideas and formats, and to make recommendations to policymakers.

Innovative ideas developed from Open Data and with the participation of science, business, administration and citizens - for us, this is where the potential for a sustainable society lies. We think this is excellent and worthy of recognition, which is why we created the Open Data Impact Award.

We, innOsci, the Forum for Open Innovation Culture at the Stifterverband, support the development of multi-stakeholder approaches that aim to actively involve as many diverse stakeholders from all sectors as possible in design and development processes from the very beginning. Co-design and Co-creation formats are ways to shape such multi-stakeholder approaches. We are convinced that more creative and innovative ideas emerge when working together in participatory and collaborative Co-Design formats.

In a program initiated jointly by Wikimedia Deutschland, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Stifterverband, doctoral students, post-docs and junior professors are supported in the open design of their research processes and thus become ambassadors for Open Science. With the program year 2020/21, Wikimedia Deutschland will become the sole sponsor, and we will continue to support it as partners.

As part of the innOsci Forum for Open Innovation Culture, the Stifterverband is taking up the challenge of strengthening open approaches and their pioneers. Twelve fellows participate in the innOsci Future Lab and contribute their expertise to the design team of a policy innovation lab. The Lab's topic: open practices in higher education: How can we support open pioneers to develop broad impact in their institutions to strengthen the societal impact of science?