Prof. Dr. Nicola Ursina Blum
Profile
Prof. Dr. Nicola Ursina Blum Dozentin
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Contact hours
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday -
Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Business School
Institut Sustainable Business
Brückenstrasse 73
3005 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Lecturer in Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, and the Circular Economy
Development and leadership of multiple undergraduate and graduate-level courses at the intersection of social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and circular economy. Teaching focuses on equipping students with conceptual frameworks, applied methods, and critical perspectives to design, evaluate, and scale solutions for complex societal and environmental challenges.Project Lead in Applied Research and Innovation Projects
Project lead for diverse applied research initiatives, with a particular focus on Innosuisse-funded projects and collaborative innovation formats. Current activities include leading contributions to the Future Urban Society Innovation Booster and the Innosuisse Flagship Project SWIRCULAR, which advances digital approaches for circular construction.
Focus areas
Circular Economy
Social Entrepreneurship Coaching
Social and Technological Innovations
Teaching
Subjects
Social innovation
Social entrepreneurship
Circular economy
Sustainability transformation in business and society
Research
Specialisations
Social innovation: How to mainstream them to support the sustainability transformation in business, society and politics?
Circular economy: How to enable the transformation? With a special focus on finances.
Projects
Memberships
External memberships
Board member of Foundation for the Third Millennium, contributing to the strategic development of a Swiss foundation. The foundation is committed to holistic sustainability, social justice, environmental protection, health, and economic independence.
Board member of Suivi, the alumni association of the Swiss Study Foundation, contributing to alumni engagement, event coordination, and the continued development of a cross-disciplinary network of former foundation scholars.