Paula Schipper is Junior Assistant Professor at the Innovation studies group of the Copernicus Institute. From this position she is teaching within a broad diversity of courses, part of the Bachelor Science and Innovationmanagement and the master Innovation Sciences. Besides educational activities Paula is involved in research projects concerning the bigger topic of knowledge transfer between multiple types of organisations. Leading themes are transition thinking, triple helix, university-industry linkages, networks, open science and economical geography.