Since 05/2023	Research Group Leader ‘Responsible and Sustainable Innovation’ School of Business & Economics, Freie Universität Berlin
Since 01/2021	Postdoctoral Researcher Chair of Innovation management School of Business & Economics, Freie Universität Berlin
Jun 2013 – Aug 2020	Lecturer (Assistant Professor, tenured post) University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
Jul 2013 – Mar 2014	Research Fellow Innogen – Institute for Innovation Generation in the Life Sciences, Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Department, University of Edinburgh
Sep 2011 – Jun 2013	Teaching Fellow University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
2013	Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (two-year programme), University of Sussex
2013	PhD in Technology and Innovation Management Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex Dissertation title: ‘“Learning the Ropes” of the Commercialisation of Academic Research: A Practice-based Approach to Learning in Knowledge Transfer Offices’
2010	MA in Psychology (five-year programme) Psychology Department, University of Wroclaw
2009-2011	Associate Tutor Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex
2007-2010	Research Assistant Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex
2007	MSc in Applied Social Psychology (one-year programme) Psychology Department, University of Sussex

 

Selected publications in peer-reviewed academic journals

Weckowska, D., Weiss, D., Fiala, V., Nemeczek, F., Voss, F. and Dreher, C., (2024) Creating legitimacy for cultured meat in Germany: The role of social cohesion. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 52, p.100871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2024.100871

Wölken, L., Weckowska, D., Dreher, C., Rauh, C. (2024) Towards an Innovation Radar for Cultivated Meat: Exploring Process Technologies for Cultivated Meat and Claims about Their Social Impacts. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Section: Sustainable Food Processing, Vol. 8, doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1390720

Amoneit M, Weckowska D, Preiss M, Biedermann A, Gellrich L, Dreher C, Schreiner M. (2024) Public Perceptions of Alternative Protein Sources: Implications for Responsible Agrifood Transition Pathways. Sustainability. 16(2):566. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020566 

Weckowska, D., Molas-Gallart, J., Tang, P., Twigg, D., Castro-Martínez, E., Kijeńska-Dąbrowska, I., Libaers, D., Debackere, K. and Meyer, M. (2018) ‘University Patenting and Technology Commercialization – Legal Frameworks and the Importance of Local Practice’, R&D Management, 48 (1). Pp. 88-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12123

Weckowska, D., Levin, N., Leonelli, S., Dupre, J. and Castle, D. (2017) ‘Managing the transition to Open Access publishing: a psychological perspective’, Prometheus, 35 (2). Pp. 111-135 https://doi.org/10.1080/08109028.2017.1408289

Levin, N., Leonelli, S., Weckowska, D., Castle, D., and Dupré, J. (2016) ‘How do scientists define openness? Exploring the relationship between open science policies and research practice’, Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 36 (2). Pp. 128-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467616668760

Weckowska, D. (2015) ‘Learning in University Technology Transfer Offices: Transactions-focused and relations-focused approaches to commercialisation of academic research’, Technovation, 41-42, Jul-Aug, pp. 62–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2014.11.003

Weckowska, D. (2014) ‘The Effect of Management’s Strategic Practices on Situated Learning and Change in Organisational Practices: The Case of Commercialisation of Academic Research’ (p. 15-40) in: Alegre, J., Chiva, R., Fernandez Mesa, A., Ferreras-Mendez, J. L., (Eds.) Shedding new lights on organisational learning, knowledge and capabilities, Cambridge Scholars Publishing Ltd. ISBN-10: 1443853755.

Meyer, M., Grant, K., Morlacchi, P., Weckowska, D. (2013) ‘Triple Helix indicators as an emergent area of enquiry: a bibliometric perspective’, Scientometrics, 99 (1), pp. 151-174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-013-1103-8

Selected conference papers

Weckowska, D., Weiss, D., Fiala, V., Nemeczek F., Voss, F., Dreher, C (2023) Creating legitimacy for cultured meat in Germany: the role of social cohesion. Full paper presented at the International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2023, 30 Aug - 1 Sep 2023, Utrecht

Weckowska, D., Franke, L., Dreher, C., Rauh, C. (2023) Innovation Radar: Exploring Technological Innovations for Production of Cultured Meat and Their Impacts, Full paper presented at the EUSPRI Conference, 14-16. Jun 2023, Brighton

Weckowska, D., Barnickel, Ch., Dreher, C., Feindt, P. (2022) Towards a Framework for Inclusive Food Systems Transitions: Social Cohesion and Inclusiveness in Innovation Systems, Full paper presented at the International Sustainability Transitions Conference, 5-21-23 Nov 2022, Online

Weckowska, D., Schwäbe, C., Weiß, D., Dreher, C. (2021) Reviewing technological innovation system research – How can directionality and governance be addressed? Full paper presented at the International Sustainability Transitions Conference, 5-8 Oct 2021, Online

Weckowska, D. (2020) Barriers to responsible innovation in emerging industries: the case of synthetic biology. Full paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, 2-4 Sep 2020, Online

Weckowska, D. (2018) ‘Strategic change in the making: on the interplay of learning and strategizing’. Full paper presented at the Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference, 26-27 Apr 2018, Liverpool.

Weckowska, D. (2016) Transition to the open access model of academic publishing: a psychological perspective. A paper accepted for the DRUID16 Conference, 13-15 June, 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Weckowska, D. (2014) ‘How Practice Changes: on the Interplay between Management’s Strategic Practices and Situated Learning’, A paper presented at the Conference for Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities, 22-23 April 2014, Oslo, Norway.

Weckowska, D. (2013) ‘Situated learning in university Knowledge Transfer Offices: ‘science push’ and match-making approaches to commercialisation of academic research’. A paper presented at the Triple Helix 11^th International Conference, 8-10 July 2013, London, UK.

Weckowska, D. (2012) Situated Learning and Change in Organisational Practices: Learning the Ropes of the Commercialization of Academic Research. A paper presented at the Conference for Organisational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities, 25-27 April 2012, Valencia, Spain.

Weckowska, D. (2012) Situated Learning and Change in Organisational Practices: Learning the Ropes of the Commercialization of Academic Research. DRUID Academy PhD Conference, 19 – 21 Jan 2012, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Weckowska, D. (2010) The role of intermediaries in the commercialisation of academic research: a practice-based approach. In: DRUID-DIME Academy PhD Conference, 21 – 23 January 2010, Aalborg, Denmark.

 

Selected Presentations in Workshops
Weckowska D., Amoneit M., Mangelkramer, D., Dreher, C. (2023) Responsible Research and Innovations - lessons from the F4F project. Presentation at the Agrarsysteme der Zukunft Statusseminar, Berlin, 26-27 Sep 2023

Weckowska, D., Franke, L., Kalla-Bertholdt, A.M., Dreher, C., Rauh, C. (2023) Social cohesion in emerging niches: cultured meat. A presentation at Final Conference of the IFST research project: Social Cohesion, Food and Health: Inclusive food system transitions, 8-9 June 2023, Berlin

Franke, L., Weckowska, D., Kalla-Bertholdt, A.M., Dreher, C., Rauh, C. (2023) Technologiegetriebene Inklusive Agrar- und Ernährungswende: kultiviertes Fleisch. A presentation at Final Conference of the IFST research project: Social Cohesion, Food and Health: Inclusive food system transitions, 8-9 June 2023, Berlin

Feindt, P.H., Barnickel, Ch., Dreher, C., Jacob, K., Weckowska, D. (2023) Results of the IFST project: Social Cohesion and Transformation Concept, Indicators and Empirical Contexts. A presentation at Final Conference of the IFST research project: Social Cohesion, Food and Health: Inclusive food system transitions, 8-9 June 2023, Berlin

Mangelkramer D., Amoneit, M., Weckowska, D., Dreher, C. (2023) Presentation at the Statuskonferenz of the Food4Future Project, 14-15 Feb 2023, Berlin, Germany

Weckowska, D., Dreher C., Feindt, P.H. (2022) ‘Inclusive access to healthy and sustainable food. Innovation systems and social inequality'. A presentation at the Statuskonferenz Social Cohesion, 19 May 2022, Berlin, Germany

Dreher, C., Preiss, M., Bauzt, F., Weckowska, D. (2022) Poster Presentation at the Statuskonferenz of the ‘Agricultural Systems of the Future’ Projects, 16 Feb 2022, online, Germany

Weckowska, D. (2017) Strategic change in the making: on the interplay of learning and strategizing. A paper presented at “Strategy-as-Practice” Workshop at Cass Business School, London. 9 October 2017, London, United Kingdom.

Weckowska, D. (2014) ‘Open access publishing and innovation’. A presentation at “Open and Closed: Motivations for Open Science and its Implications for Innovation” Workshop. 10 March 2014, London, UK.

Weckowska, D. (2014) ‘Scientists’ motivations for open access publishing’. A presentation at “Open and Closed: Motivations for Open Science and its Implications for Innovation” Workshop. 10 March 2014, London, UK.

Weckowska, D. (2013) ‘Motivations for openness in biosciences’. A presentation at the ‘The Value of Open Science’ Workshop, 12 -13 December 2013, EGENIS – the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at University of Exeter, UK

Weckowska, D., Molas-Gallart J., Tang P., Twigg D., Castro-Martínez E., Kijeńska-Dąbrowska I., Libaers D., Debackere K., Meyer M. (2012) ‘University Patenting in Europe: On the importance of legal frameworks and local practice’. A presentation at the ESF-APE-INV workshop: “Scientists & Inventors”, 10-11 May 2012, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

 

Other publications

Biedermann, A., Weckowska, D., Dreher, C. (2024) Die Dark Side of Innovation vermeiden. Innovationsmanagement: Wer Responsible Innovation und agile Methoden kombiniert, kann den Zielkonflikt von Nachhaltigkeit und Schnelligkeit auflösen. Verantwortung 2/2024, Schwerpunkt: Responsible Innovation.  Verantwortung_Ausgabe-02-2024_WEB.pdf (verantwortung-initiative.de)

Weckowska, D., Castle, D., Levin, N. (2014) ‘Open Science for Innovation’. Report from the workshop with policymakers held in London on March 10, 2014. http://www.innogen.ac.uk/workshops.php?id=884

Węckowska, D. M. (2013) ‘Learning the ropes of the commercialisation of academic research: a practice-based approach to learning in knowledge transfer offices’. Doctoral thesis (PhD), University of Sussex. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/45183/

Tang, P., Weckowska, D., Campos, A., Hobday, M. (2009). ‘Managing Intellectual Property in Universities: Patents and the Protection Failure Problem’. Report prepared for the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.

RINDICATE (2008). Evidence on the main factors inhibiting mobility and career development of researchers. Project Report. European Commission: DG Research (with IDEA: E. Lykogianni, A. Peeters, A. Verbeek; NIFU-STEP: P. Børing, A. Kaloudis; PREST: D. Cox, J. Edler, L. Green, K. Flanagan, B. Jones, K. Morrison, Y. Nugroho; SPRU: N. von Tunzelmann, D. Weckowska)

Tang, P., Weckowska, D., Hobday, M. (2008). ‘Disentangling knowledge transfer: Maximising university revenue, or social and economic benefit, or both?’ Report prepared for the UK Intellectual Property Office.