Copenhagen University Visit

Professor Kalpana Shankar was at the University of Copenhagen 23-29 November 2023 as a visiting researcher and guest of Dr Alesia Zuccala in the Department of Communication.  

In addition to giving a talk in the Department on the ROCHE project, she discussed the policies and practices around open science, commercialization, and research funding/evaluation in Denmark with colleagues.  

They raised the importance of research funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for biotechnology and other disciplines and encouraged the ROCHE team to consider Denmark as a comparator given its population (comparable to Ireland) and other factors.

The Open Discovery Innovation Network (ODIN) at Aarhus University is an example of an open innovation collaboration that Novo Nordisk has funded.