Rune Fitjar

Rune Dahl Fitjar is Professor of Innovation Studies at the UiS Business School, University of Stavanger. He received his PhD in Government from the London School of Economics in 2007. In 2013, he became the youngest Professor at the University of Stavanger, and his work has been awarded the university’s prizes for communication of research in 2012 and for research excellence in 2014. He has published numerous articles on regional development, innovation, politics, identities and culture, spanning political science, economic geography and business studies.