UofT President Meric Gertler Lecture “UNIVERSITIES, CITIES AND PROSPERITY: AN AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE”
The INNOVATION POLICY LAB, with the IMFG and other BIG CITY: BIG IDEAS partners, announces the upcoming presentation of “UNIVERSITIES, CITIES AND PROSPERITY: AN AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE” by University of Toronto President, Meric Gertler on Thursday, September 18, 2014, as part of the BIG CITY: BIG IDEAS public lecture series. RSVP here.
September 2, 2014
Munk School’s Innovation Policy Think Tank Awarded Major Grant To Establish Digital Research Partnership
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AUGUST 27, 2014
Toronto, Canada – The Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto is proud to announce that David Wolfe, Co-Director of the Innovation Policy Lab, and his team have been awarded $2.9 million from SSHRC (the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council) over six years for the Creating digital opportunity: Canada’s ICT industry in global perspective project. With support provided by SSHRC, the University of Toronto, lead partner, the Canadian International Council, and other partner universities, firms and organizations, the project commitment totals $5.1 million.
August 27, 2014
The Fountain of Knowledge: The Role of Universities in Economic Development
Today, universities around the world find themselves going beyond the traditional roles of research and teaching to drive the development of local economies through collaborations with industry. At a time when regions with universities are seeking best practices among their peers, Shiri M. Breznitz argues against the notion that one university’s successful technology transfer model can be easily transported to another. (more…)
August 26, 2014
Growing Innovation Ecosystems: University-Industry Knowledge Transfer and Regional Economic Development in Canada
In this knowledge synthesis paper on leveraging investments in HERD , Allison Bramwell, Nicola Hepburn and David A. Wolfe, outline several institutional factors and policies that build the Canadian university’s capacity to respond to the continually changing R&D and knowledge requirements of local firms, build the absorptive capacity of local firms to make use of this knowledge, and build the human capital, finance capital and intellectual property that underpins local knowledge flows.
August 5, 2014
2013 RBC Conference: Global Innovations – Going Broad, Going Deep
The Faculty of Arts and Science has opened registration for the upcoming RBC Conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Session One features David Wolfe, Professor of Political Science and RBC Chair in Public and Economic Policy, Director of the Innovation Policy Lab and PROGRIS at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, presenting “Innovation in a Changing Economy: A Global or Local Phenomenon?”. The complete agenda and registration information are available here.
August 5, 2014