Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard

The Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) is spurring the development of a science of innovation through a systematic program of solving real-world innovation challenges while simultaneously conducting rigorous scientific research and analysis. LISH is a Harvard-wide research program lead by faculty co-directors Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School; Eva Guinan, Harvard Medical School; and David Parkes, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; with support from the Institute for Quantitative Social Science. With our partners in both academia and industry, LISH conducts research on innovation within five areas of application: Crowdsourcing & Open Innovation; Data Science & AI Development; Science of Science; Business of Sports; and Technology Commercialization; addressing questions under three main research tracks: Incentives & Governance; Creativity & Problem-Solving; and Organization & Processes.