Q-mulus Quality Model for Understanding Learning in Primus

The recruited associate senior lecturer contributes to the significant work of building up the research and education area of I-WIL with special interests in challenges related to learning and co-production between industry and academia. The strategic value of this recruitment is to develop knowledge about methods and models that will support companies to have an account for learning at the individual as well as the organizational level. Q-mulus aims to address this challenge by developing a Quality Model for Understanding Learning in Primus in particular, and between industry and universities in general.
The associate senior lecturer covers three work areas: research, education, and industrial co-production.
The research aims to explore a generic approach to qualify that knowledge exchange and learning will be assured during and after the research co-production projects, so that the company stays more prepared for the newly developed technology that will be implemented and adopted within the company.

Research questions addressed are: How is knowledge exchange and learning perceived and valued in academia and industry co-production? How can we organize co-production projects in order to enhance work-integrated learning opportunities for the involved parties? By applying a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, the research aims to develop a model for measuring and understanding Primus co-production in general, and knowledge exchange and learning between industry and academia in particular. The results will generate models and applications of key factors and mechanisms that constitute successful co-production between academia and industry organizations. Important implications and instruments for certifying and assuring knowledge exchange and learning between academia and strategic industry partners will be generated.