PhD Academy on Innovation, Development & Policy

The Ph.D. Academy on ‘Innovation, Development & Policy’ is co-organized by The North America and Caribbean Chapter of the Globelics Academy (NACLICS, www.naclics.org), HEC Montréal, and the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University.
The Academy addresses innovation, development, and policy from a multidisciplinary perspective and is relevant to the Global South and the Global North.
The event will be held at HEC Montreal, Canada, from May 29 to June 3, 2023, and we are calling for doctoral and postdoctoral applicants to send their research in the following areas:

• Innovation and development.

• Systems of innovation and contributions to technological capability building for innovation, including social, inclusive, sustainable, and responsible innovation.

• International business (e.g., FDI, innovation, and development).

• Science, technology, and innovation policy.

• Transitions to digitalization, sustainability, and post-pandemic recovery.

• Industry 4.0 technologies and development.

• Topics related to areas under the Sustainable Development Goals, innovation, and development (e.g., innovating for climate change, for energy, innovating for gender equity and for diversity, and poverty eradication through innovative means).

• Advanced Ph.D. students within three years of the award of their PhDs and postdoctoral researchers are eligible. Applications should include a brief letter of nomination, a statement from the applicant of their own research and why they want to be included, and a curriculum vitae. Nominations will close on December 12, 2022. Applications must be submitted at [email protected]
  The Academy will bring together leading practitioners and frontier researchers, and they will lead the sessions across multiple practical and theoretical areas. The Academy experience will include the following:

• Lectures and mentoring from leading practitioners and scholars.

• Panels featuring experts in policymaking.

• Faculty feedback on one working paper for each participant.

• Advice on job talks and career/professional advancement.

• An interdisciplinary group research project.

The academic and practitioner mentors leading the Academy will impart knowledge and skills on interacting with the policymaking process across these multidisciplinary research areas.