Honorary members

Mats Magnusson 

2024 | The CINet Honorary Membership is granted to Mats Magnusson for his contributions to the development of CINet and his commitment to the network and its members in his roles as a board member and as the CINet president for 18 years, as an organizer of two CINet conferences in Gothenburg and Stockholm, respectively, as the host of two of CINet’s Doctoral Seminars on Researching Continuous Innovation, and as one of that seminar’s lecturers for many years. Under Mats’ leadership, CINet has thrived and become the open and lively, engaging and welcoming network of continuous innovation scholars it is today.

Harry Boer 

2022 | The CINet Honorary Membership is granted in recognition of Harry’s enormous contributions to the development of CINet; his commitment to the network and its members in his roles as chairman, treasurer and board member, but most of all as the organizer of CINet conferences, the creator and core faculty member of the CINet PhD seminars and the PhD workshops, and the leader of numerous CINet research projects, including CI and CINet surveys. Harry’s continuous support to new and old colleagues in the network have been key to form a strong and cohesive network of international researchers and his great intellectual contributions have been fundamental to establish continuous innovation as a school of thought.

Paul Coughlan 

2019 | The CINet Honorary Membership is granted in recognition of Paul’s contribution to the development of CINet; his commitment to the network and its members as a board member, as an organizer of one of the CINet conferences, and as a faculty member of the CINet PhD seminars and the PhD workshops; and his resolve to continuously improve the quality and relevance of (continuous) innovation research.

Ross Chapman

2019 | The CINet Honorary Membership is granted in recognition of Ross’s contribution to the development of CINet; his commitment to the network and its members as a board member and as an organizer of one of the CINet conferences; and his resolve to continuously improve the quality and relevance of (continuous) innovation research.

Bjorge Timens Laugen 

2014 | The CINet Honorary Membership is granted in recognition of Bjørge’s contribution to the development of CINet; his commitment to the network and its members as a board member, as one of the organizers of the CIYA workshops, and as a faculty member of the CINet PhD seminars and the PhD workshops; and his resolve to continuously improve the quality and relevance of (continuous) innovation research.

Mariano Corso

2013 | The CINet Honorary Membership is granted in recognition of Mariano’s contribution to the development of CINet; his commitment to the network and its members as a founding board member, as one of the organizers of the 2006 conference in Lucca, a research seminar and three PhD seminars, and as a faculty member of the PhD workshops and seminars; and his resolve to continuously improve the quality and relevance of (continuous) innovation research.

Jeannette Visser Groeneveld

2012 | The CINet Honorary Membership is granted in recognition of Jeannette’s contribution to the development of CINet, as a sign of respect for her energy, flexibility and sense of humor and, above all, her unrelenting service, as CINet’s Executive Secretary, to the network and its members.

John Bessant 

2002 | Professor John Bessant is honorary chair of CINet. He is one of the founding members and widely acknowledged for his work on innovation, ranging from incremental, continuous improvement to discontinuous innovation.