1st AfricaLics PhD Academy – Innovation and Development in Africa

The first inaugural Africalics academy was held in Kenya, from 19^th November to 30^th November 2012 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS). The Academy was jointly organized by the African Centre of Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya  and Moi University, Kenya with support from Globelics Secretariat, Aalborg University.

The purpose of the Academy was to support the training of African Ph.D. students engaged in research on Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems for development and stimulate their awareness of policy and management issues related to this field of research.

The Academy aimed at improving students’ ability to undertake theoretically informed and policy-relevant empirical work on issues related with innovation in firms and societies, and its relationship with economic development. The Academy invited frontier researchers in innovation and development from around the world to provide lectures and mentor students. The topics of the lectures covered specific issues within innovation studies and economic development as well as research methods and innovation policy. Particular attention was given to topics directly relevant to African priorities. The on-going work of participants will be discussed and they will get feedback from senior scholars and from the other participants.
The list of invited international lecturers included: Abdelkader Djeflat (Algeria and France); Anthony Arundel (Canada); Banji Oyeyinka (Kenya); Bengt-Åke Lundvall (Denmark); Fred Gault (Netherlands); Keun Lee (South Korea); Mammo Muchie (Ethiopia and Denmark); Martin Bell (United Kingdom); Rasigan Maharajh (South Africa).