LU) in Lund, Sweden in mid-September 2023 having been selected to participate in SU’s PASS Staff Blended Mobility Programme. The focus was on professional development, learning of new skills, job shadowing and the gaining of inter-cultural skills and international experience. During this visit, Gert participated in selected intercultural competencies presentations and activities at LU’s Division of External Relations, as well as gained insight into LU Innovation’s, LU’s intellectual property office, function. Similar to SU, LU also attaches great value to research and innovation. However, due to LU’s funding structure (being reliant on government, EU, and private sources for its income streams) and ownership of IP vesting in LU researchers (the principle of professor’s privilege), LU Innovation focuses on societal impact and sustainability, rather than commercialisation. LU Innovation, like SU’s Innovation and Commercialisation, also has trouble in creating awareness of its institutional role and to cultivate a better understanding of IP. To overcome these obstacles, LU Innovation has implemented selected strategies which can potentially also serve as incentives for SU’s Innovation and Commercialisation.      For more information on, and photos from this mobility programme, see the links below: https://www.staff.lu.se/article/staff-stellenbosch-university-exchange-lund https://www.instagram.com/p/CxH4TEcNHEf/

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Marked LU Innovation: LU Innovation’s, LU’s intellectual property office, as housed in

“The Spark”, Medicon Village

Marked LU Botanical Garden: LU’s Botanical Garden

Marked LU Library: LU’s Main Library

Marked Copenhagen: Street views from a visit to Copenhagen, Denmark

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Marked Copenhagen: Street views from a visit to Copenhagen, Denmark

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