Dr Justyna Dąbrowska is a Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow, Innovation Management at RMIT University, with a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management from LUT University, Finland. Her research centers around innovation management, with a focus on organizational renewal, the development of open innovation capabilities, collaborations between mature companies and startups, innovation ecosystem orchestration, and the impacts of digitalization on modern business practices.
She has extensive experience in managing large-scale international projects in the areas of open innovation, business acceleration, sustainability, and digital transformation, as well as collaborating with a wide range of companies from different industries. She is closely involved with business practice through research projects, education programs, and in speaker, mentor, and advisory roles.
The results of her research and innovation frameworks were adopted by various global companies. Before her academic career, she worked in strategic functions in the automotive and manufacturing sectors in Europe.
Supervisor projects
Frugal Innovation (FI): The Relevance of Frugal Innovation in Australia - The preparedness of Australian business enterprises
14 Nov 2023
Digital Transformation and Innovation: An Analysis of Employees Absorptive Capacity in Efforts by Traditional Organizations
9 Mar 2022
Teaching interests
Open Innovation; Applied Entrepreneurship
LUT University: Digital Marketing; Strategic Entrepreneurship in an Age of Uncertainty; Culture in High Technology Management and Innovation
Research interests
Business and Management; Innovation Management; Open Innovation; Corporate-startup collaboration Organizational Renewal, Digital Transformation, Supporting tools for decision-making; Strategic Foresight
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.