Dr Eng. Anna Małgorzata Deptuła, scientist of Department of Management and Production Engineering of the Opole University of Technology won a grant under the Miniatura 4.0 competition. organized by the National Science Center.

The laureate’s scientific interests are related to the assessment of the risk of innovation, and in particular the assessment of the behavior of experts involved in the process of implementing innovation. The funding will allow the researcher to implement the project “Evaluation of the effectiveness of the innovator behavior questionnaire and preliminary examination of the validity of the criteria for assessing the risk of technical innovations”.

As part of the project, Dr Eng. Anna Deptuła will carry out pilot studies to check the effectiveness of the developed tool and research on the definition of risk assessment criteria for innovative solutions. Her research will cover production companies and institutions supporting the development of innovation in Poland.