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 Young Scholars Initiative is an important partner in this effort as well as one of the co-sponsors.

The PhD Academy Organizing Committee is composed of the following scholars and policymakers:

• Susan Cozzens – Professor Emerita, Georgia Tech, United States.
• Andrew Cummings – Affiliated researcher at the Latin America Social Science Faculty (FLACSO) El Salvador; and the NITLAPAN Research and Development Institute, Central American University, Nicaragua.
• Claudia De Fuentes – Associate Professor, Saint Mary’s University, Canada.
• Jahan Ara Peerally – Associate Professor, HEC Montreal, Canada.
• Alejandra Rosales- Soto – Assistant Professor, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
• Dhanaraj Thakur – Research Director, Center for Democracy & Technology, United States.
• Thomas Woodson– Associate Professor, Stonybrook University, United States.

The Academy addresses innovation, development, and policy from a multidisciplinary perspective and is relevant to the Global South and the Global orth.
The event will be held at HEC Montreal, Canada, from May 29 to June 3, 2023. It will host selected 28 doctoral and post-doctoral participants from 14 countries. The many accepted participants do research in the following areas:

• Innovation and development. 14% of total participants
• Systems of innovation and contributions to technological capability building for innovation, including social, inclusive, sustainable, and responsible innovation. 11% of total participants
• International business (e.g., FDI, innovation, and development). 14% of total participants
• Science, technology, and innovation policy. 14% of total participants
• Transitions to digitalization, sustainability, and post-pandemic recovery. 22% of total participants
• Industry 4.0 technologies and development. 11% of total participants
• 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). 14% of total participants

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.