MARTE C.W. SOLHEIM

Professor MARTE C.W. SOLHEIM is Head of the Stavanger Centre for Innovation Research, UiS Business School, and a public speaker on diversity and innovation. In her research, Solheim combines insights from organizational theory, innovation studies and economic geography. She is particularly interested in understanding how innovation is inspired when a variety of diverse knowledge intersect, and the contextual factors affecting this association. Solheim is actively engaged in the public debate on migration, diversity and innovation-related issues in Norway and is invited to speak at national diversity conferences as well as to national policy makers, political spheres and other institutions.