In early September 2014, UNU-MERIT’s Director, Prof. Bart Verspagen, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oslo in Norway. The award came in the context of a long-term partnership between UNU-MERIT and Oslo’s TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. TIK is well known for its work on innovation, led by among others Magnus Gulbrandsen and Jan Fagerberg. Verspagen was Professor II at the TIK from 2001-2011 and has recently led several international research projects, incl...