Workshops
Workshop: Frugal Engineering of Advanced Frugal Innovations
The workshop was held on February 09, 2023 with presentations and discussions on Frugal Engineering, Advanced Frugal Innovation and their implementation from a product development and social perspective. The workshop took place at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai and was supported by the Indo German Chamber of Commerce.
Publications
Advanced Frugal Innovation
Barnikol, J., Liefner, I. (2024):
Serving society at large. Operationalization and evidence of (advanced) frugal innovation in industrialized economies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 204, 123444, DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123444.
Frugal Engineering
Rao, B.C. (2024): Frugal Engineering: Advent, Design and Production of Frugal Products. Springer Singapore, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9700-8
Research projects
The research project "Implementation Conditions for Frugality in Innovation Processes" has been running since October 2020 under the direction of Prof. Liefner. Together with the cooperation partner Prof. Rao (IIT Madras, Chennai), the factors that favor or inhibit the implementation of frugal principles in innovation processes are being researched. Frugal innovations can make an important contribution to a more sustainable economy and also improve the quality of life of low-income sections of the population. The project is financed by the PRO*Niedersachsen initiative and will run for three years. The project is processed by Julian Barnikol.