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CICALICS

CICALICS, China’s Innovation Circles and Academy – a Network on Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems, is the Chinese national LICS community associated with the Globelics family. It has played an important role in promoting research, training, and academic exchange on innovation systems, technological change, industrial upgrading, and development in China and beyond.

CICALICS connects Chinese scholars, students, and institutions with regional and global debates on learning, innovation, and competence building. Through workshops, academies, conferences, and collaborative activities, it provides a platform for discussing China’s innovation experience, its role in global technological change, and the lessons that can be drawn for developing and emerging economies. As part of the wider Globelics community, CICALICS strengthens dialogue between China, Asia, and other regions of the world on innovation and development.

EthiopiaLics

EthiopiaLics is the Ethiopian national LICS community connected to AfricaLics and the broader Globelics network. It provides a space for scholars, students, policymakers, and institutions in Ethiopia to engage with debates on innovation, learning, competence building, science, technology, and development, while grounding these discussions in the country’s specific development challenges and institutional context.

EthiopiaLics contributes to strengthening national research capacities and policy dialogue on issues such as technological capability building, structural transformation, local innovation systems, sustainable development, and inclusive growth. By connecting Ethiopian academic and policy communities with AfricaLics and Globelics, EthiopiaLics helps build bridges between national priorities, African regional debates, and global research agendas on innovation and development.

IndiaLICS

IndiaLICS is the Indian national LICS community within the Globelics network. It brings together scholars, students, research institutions, and policy-oriented actors working on innovation, learning, competence building, sustainability, and development in India. The network provides a platform to examine India’s innovation system, its regional and sectoral diversity, and the role of science, technology, and policy in supporting inclusive and sustainable transformation.

IndiaLICS contributes to the Globelics community by connecting India’s rich experience in innovation and development with broader global debates. Its activities have included academic conferences, training programs, research exchanges, and spaces for PhD scholars and early-career researchers. Through these initiatives, IndiaLICS supports capacity building, strengthens national and international collaboration, and promotes research that is sensitive to India’s development challenges and opportunities.

NigeriaLics

NigeriaLics, the Nigerian Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems, is the national LICS community in Nigeria. It brings together scholars, researchers, policy analysts, students, and practitioners interested in understanding how innovation, learning, technological capabilities, and competence building can support inclusive and sustainable development in Nigeria.

As part of the broader AfricaLics and Globelics family, NigeriaLics creates a national platform for academic exchange, capacity building, and policy dialogue. Its activities help connect Nigerian research and policy debates with wider African and global conversations on innovation systems, development, industrial transformation, digitalization, sustainability, and social inclusion. Through conferences, PhD academies, seminars, networking spaces, and thematic activities, NigeriaLics strengthens the visibility of Nigerian scholarship while contributing to the development of new generations of innovation and development researchers.

Website: https://nigerialics.ng/