Globelics is pleased to announce the composition of its Scientific Board for the period 2026–2030. The new Board reflects the global, diverse, and collaborative character of the network, bringing together leading scholars from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe, as well as alumni representatives who continue to contribute to the development of the Globelics Community. […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2023) :Johannesburg, South Africa
The 16th International GLOBELICS Doctoral Academy was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 27 November to 8 December 2023, bringing doctoral researchers from different regions of the world together for two weeks of intensive academic exchange. The Academy continued the long-standing Globelics commitment to strengthening research capacity in science, technology, innovation and development, while giving […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2019) :Tampere, Finland
The 2019 Globelics PhD Academy returned to Tampere at a moment when innovation research was increasingly intertwined with debates about sustainability, societal transformation and the changing organization of knowledge. After more than a decade of involvement with the program, Tampere had become one of its principal institutional homes and provided a familiar setting for a […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2018) :Tshwane, South Africa
The 2018 Globelics PhD Academy represented an important moment in the geographical development of the doctoral training program as the Academy was hosted in Tshwane, South Africa. Moving the program to the African continent provided an opportunity to place innovation and development debates within a region where questions of structural transformation, inequality, technological capabilities and […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2017) :Tampere, Finland
In June 2017, doctoral researchers from different parts of the world gathered in Tampere for another edition of the Globelics PhD Academy. By this stage, the Finnish city had become one of the most recurrent hosts of the program, providing an institutional environment where researchers could develop their doctoral work while engaging with international debates […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2015) :Tampere, Finland
The 2015 Globelics PhD Academy continued the program’s established presence in Tampere, Finland, bringing a new generation of doctoral researchers into an international environment dedicated to innovation and economic development. Held from 1 to 12 June 2015, the Academy represented the tenth edition of the International PhD School on Innovation and Economic Development and built […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2013) :Tampere, Finland
The ninth Globelics PhD Academy returned to Tampere, Finland, in May 2013, continuing a partnership that had already hosted editions of the International PhD School on Innovation and Economic Development in 2008 and 2011. The 2013 Academy took place from 20 to 31 May and strengthened Tampere’s position as one of the principal locations in […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2012) :Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro hosted the eighth Globelics PhD Academy from 20 to 31 August 2012, bringing the International PhD School on Innovation and Economic Development to Latin America. Organized by Redesist at the Economics Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IE/UFRJ), the Academy represented an important geographical expansion of a program previously […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2011) :Tampere, Finland
The 2011 Globelics PhD Academy brought the International PhD School on Innovation and Economic Development back to Tampere for its seventh edition. Following the first Finnish edition in 2008, the return to the University of Tampere confirmed the city as an important European base for Globelics’ doctoral training activities and strengthened collaboration between the network […]
Globelics PhD Academy (2009) :Lisbon, Portugal
When the Globelics PhD Academy returned to Lisbon in 2009, the international economic environment had changed considerably. The consequences of the global financial crisis created an especially relevant setting for a doctoral program concerned with innovation, institutional change and economic development. The sixth edition maintained the Academy’s established emphasis on doctoral research while providing an […]