What the feasibility study may create

The ambition of Oslo Science City is to become a world-leading innovation district that contributes to increased value creation, sustainable development, innovation and a large number of new knowledge-intensive jobs. It will be a dynamic urban district where it is inspiring to learn, exciting to work and good to live.

To respond to this ambition in the best possible way, we have put together an interdisciplinary and international team with expertise and experience from similar projects in other countries. A-LAB, BIG, COMTE BUREAU, CIVITAS and MENON ECONOMICS have expertise on large and complex urban development projects, co-creation processes, complex regulation, sustainability, mobility challenges and the knowledge economy. We have worked closely in co-creation processes with world-leading researchers, start-up communities, neighbours, business and industry, students and various other actors. We have also studied other world-leading innovation districts and gained insight in how they succeeded, especially in the early stages.

It is a formidable challenge to develope a world-leading innovation district. The feasibility study itself has been produced in an early phase of the development of the innovation district. Here, we present opportunities that transform the ambition into concrete solutions.

Our conclusion is that everything is laid out for Oslo Science City to become a world-leading innovation district if the relevant actors and the authorities commit to this. We describe which measures and prioritizations need to be in place to strengthen both knowledge and industry development in the area. We also show what is needed to create vibrant urban life. This feasibility study presents a proposal for key action points. The study looks more closely at mobility solutions and degrees of utilization. It contains concrete measures that can be realized relatively quickly. The study also provides suggestions for the prioritization of sub-areas, topics and development projects that ought to be followed up in more detail.