{"id":2717,"date":"2020-02-27T09:58:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ige.unicamp.br\/spec\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2020-02-27T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:58:10","slug":"new-post-doctoral-positions-at-insyspo-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ige.unicamp.br\/insyspo\/2020\/02\/27\/new-post-doctoral-positions-at-insyspo-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"New Post-Doctoral Positions at InSySPo 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Science and Technology Policy (DPCT) of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (https:\/\/portal.ige.unicamp.br\/en\/node\/553) hereby announces the opening of five post-doctoral fellowships in: (1) System Innovation;<\/strong> (2) Technology Upgrading, Catching-up; (3) Research and Innovation Policy Design, Implementation, Evaluation; (4) Ecosystems for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; (5) Big Data for Assessing Innovation Processes and Research and Innovation Policy.<\/strong> These post-doctoral fellowships are attached to the S\u00e3o Paulo Excellence Chair (SPEC) \u201cSystem Innovation: Organizational Strategy, Research & Innovation Policy Governance\u201d (http:\/\/www.ige.unicamp.br\/spec) established at DPCT by the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation<\/a> (FAPESP). This SPEC program has just been initiated and will run at UNICAMP for the next five years. The post-doctoral fellowships announced herein are full-time positions for up to two years each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications here<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Research\nlines:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1)\nSystem Innovation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new SPEC program will investigate important\naspects of the socio-technical regime that attracts, nurtures, and promotes\ntechnological advancements and innovative applications with important\nimplications for growth, development and sustainability. We will study the\nprocesses used by individual organizations and by societies to become more\nproductive and more competitive through innovation, but also investigate how\ninnovation can be more environmentally friendly and more socially inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research appointment will concentrate on the\nstudy of \u201cglobal industry governance\u201d as it relates to technological\nadvancement and innovation. A topic of special interest is the international\nfragmentation of production and the positioning of firms and countries across\nthe activities of global value chains (GVCs) and the ensuing networks.\nStrategic business partnerships, of which GVCs are a specific manifestation,\nwill also be an area of concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The successful applicant will be expected to work on\nquantitative and qualitative methods using information from interviews,\nuniversity and industry surveys, and commercially available databases. Prior\ntraining in the field of economics of technological change and innovation will\nbe a plus. Training in other fields such as sociology, public policy, and business\nmanagement as they relate to science, technology and innovation is also welcome.\nAbility to start and carry out projects independently, engage in theoretical\nmodelling and\/or econometric\/statistical analysis, manipulate data, write for\npublication in well ranked international refereed journals, and participation\nin research proposals for extramural funding will be highly valued. The\nsuccessful applicant will also expect to engage in the organization of one or\ntwo major international events of this SPEC program during a 2-year tenure at\nUNICAMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This position will be directed by Professor Bruno\nFischer (UNICAMP, Brazil) and Professor Nicholas Vonortas (The George\nWashington University, USA; and UNICAMP, Brazil).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(2)\nTechnology Upgrading, Catching-up (TR1):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research line discusses the modern approaches to\nconceptualize the struggle of emerging economies to narrow\/close the gap with\nthe economies at the technology frontier and avoid \u201cmiddle-income traps\u201d. Such\ntraps are often associated with \u201cmiddle-technology\u201d or \u201cmiddle-innovation\u201d\ntraps. Work will concentrate on the \u201cpolicy mix\u201d, including both supply-side\nand demand-side policies, that countries may deploy for achieving such an\nobjective. The modern literature on Industry 4.0 (Advanced Manufacturing)\n(I4.0) and Internet of Things (IoT), will be highly relevant. Familiarity with\nthe literature on middle-income traps, technology upgrading and catching-up\nwill be a major plus. The work will extend to manufacturing as well as to knowledge-intensive\nservice sectors such as financial technologies (fintech) and creative\nindustries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The successful applicant will be expected to work on\nquantitative and qualitative methods using information from interviews,\nuniversity and industry surveys, and commercially available databases. Prior\ntraining in the field of economics of technological change and innovation will\nbe a plus. Training in other fields such as sociology, public policy, and\nbusiness management as they relate to science, technology and innovation is also\nwelcome. Ability to start and carry out projects independently, engage in\ntheoretical modelling and\/or econometric\/statistical analysis, manipulate data,\nwrite for publication in well ranked international refereed journals, and\nparticipate in research proposals for extramural funding will be highly valued.\nThe successful applicant will also expect to engage in the organization of one\nor two major international events of this SPEC program during a 2-year tenure\nat UNICAMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This position will be directed by Professor Andr\u00e9\nFurtado (UNICAMP, Brazil) and Professor Nicholas Vonortas (The George\nWashington University, USA; and UNICAMP, Brazil).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(3)\nResearch and Innovation Policy Design, Implementation, Evaluation (TR2):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research line deals with the design and implementation\nof effective evidence-based R&I policies. The design (strategic planning)\nand implementation (resource allocation) of R&I policy critically depend on\nthe lessons from ex-post impact assessment and the blending of those results\nwith forward-looking prioritization exercises. Here we work on three\nsub-fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n