CfPs: 42nd Indian Social Science Congress on "Human Future In Digital Era" | 27-31 December at KIIT Bhubaneswar

42nd Indian Social Science Congress

Focal Theme: Human Future In Digital Era

December 27-31, 2018

Venue: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Organized by Indian Social Science Academy (ISSA)

Indian Social Science Academy (formerly Indian Academy of Social Science, ISSA) in association with Banaras Hindu University shall hold its 42nd Indian Social Science Congress between December 27-31, 2018 at Bhubaneswar. "Human Future In Digital Era" is its focal theme. Teachers, research students, scientists, social activists, policy planners and independent thinkers/philosophers are cordially invited to present their research based papers on subjects/issues in any of the following 21 Thematic Panels:

Thematic Panels

1. Conflicts, War, Peace and Social Security

2. Democracy and Human Rights

3. Ecological and Environmental Protection Movements

4. Ethics of Science and Society

5. Global Warming and Climate Change

6. History and Philosophy of Science

7. Information Technology, Mass Media and Culture

8. Labour in Organized and Unorganized Sectors

9. Nation, States and Emerging Challenges

10. Natural Resources, Bio-diversity and Geographic Information System

11. Patent Laws and Intellectual Property Rights

12. Peasants , Livelihood and Land-use

13. Peoples (Dalit, Tribes, Women, Peasants, etc) Struggles and Movements For Equitable Democratic Society

14. Engineering Science 14. Peoples Health and Quality of Life

15. Political Economy of India

17. Rural Technology, Social Organizations and Rural Development

18. Science Communication and Science Popularization

19. Science Technology and Social Development

20. Social Processes, Social Structures and Social Alienation

21. Unity of Science/Science of Nature-Humans Society

Details of sub-themes of the focal theme, 'Human Future In Digital Era', international symposium/seminars/workshops/colloquium can be had either from the website of KIIT or from the General Secretary, ISSA or Organizing Secretary. 

Last Date For Submission of Full Paper: December 10, 2018. It may be noted that one can submit paper even after the last date and till December 10, 2018. No paper, however, will be received during the session of the 42nd Indian Social Science Congress. The papers received after December 10 , 2018 will be printed after the XLII ISSC is over. One soft copy of the papers should be e-mailed and 3 hard copies with CD and Declaration form should be sent to the General Secretary, ISSA through speed post. Papers can be either in Hindi or in English.

All those whose papers are accepted are requested to register before December 20, 2018. Free hostel/Guest House accommodation, subsidized meals, kits and publication of the Congress will be available to all the registered delegates.

Eighth All India Young Scientists Convention will be held during the Congress Its details will be announced separately. Please mail your paper, registration fee and membership to the General Secretary, Indian Social Science Academy and write to the Organizing Secretary about hostel/Guest House accommodation and Bhubaneswar Darshan. It may be noted that gold medal is awarded for the best research paper. 

Further information can be had either on the Websites www.issaindia.in and http://events.kiit.ac.in/issc2018/.

Organized by Indian Social Science Academy (Formerly Indian Academy of Social Sciences), HQ: Iswar Saran Ashram Campus, Allahabad 211004 | T: (O):0532-2544245, F: 0532-2544170, | E: issaald@gmail.com, W: www.issaindia.in | Attn. Dr. N. P. Chaubey, General Secretary, Indian Social Science Academy, Iswar Saran Ashran Campus, Allahabad-211004

Organizing Secretary: Dr. Sasmitarani Samanta, 42nd Indian Social Science Congress & Registrar, KIIT Bhubaneswar | Email: issc.kiit@kiit.ac.in | Mobile: +919437035188; +919937220218.

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Listen to Audio Record of CSSP Talk "Regulating Biotechnology through the Patent System: Learning from US and European Approaches" delivered by Dr Shobita Parthasarathy.

CSSP Talk on "Regulating Biotechnology through the Patent System: Learning from US and European Approaches in Comparative Perspective" was delivered by Dr Shobita Parthasarathy, Director of Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, University of Michigan, USA, on 4th December 2018.

Abstract: Over the past thirty years, the world's patent systems have experienced pressure from civil society like never before. From farmers to patient advocates, new voices are arguing that patents impact public health, economic inequality, morality—and democracy. These challenges, to domains that we usually consider technical and legal, may seem surprising. But in Patent Politics, the speaker argues that patent systems have always been deeply political and social. To demonstrate this, Parthasarathy takes readers through a particularly fierce and prolonged set of controversies over patents on life forms linked to important advances in biology and agriculture and potentially life-saving medicines in the United States and Europe. Clashes over whose voices and which values matter in the patent system, as well as what counts as knowledge and whose expertise is important, look quite different in these two places. And through these debates, the United States and Europe are developing very different approaches to patent and innovation governance.     

About the Speaker: Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, at University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the governance of emerging science and technology in comparative perspective. She is interested in how technological innovation, and innovation systems, can better achieve public interest and social justice goals, as well as in the politics of knowledge and expertise in science and technology policy. She has done research in the United States and Europe, and her current research focuses on India. She is the author of numerous articles and two books: Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017) and Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007). Patent Politics received the 2018 Robert K. Merton Award from the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological Association, for an outstanding book on science, knowledge, or technology. Findings from Building Genetic Medicine influenced the 2013 US Supreme Court decision prohibiting patents on isolated human genes. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Chicago and Masters and PhD degrees in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University. 

 

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Listen to Audio Record of CSSP Talk "The Constituency of Science and its Tryst with the University" delivered by Dr Avishek Ray, NIT Silchar

CSSP Talk on "The Constituency of Science and its Tryst with the University" was delivered by Dr. Avishek Ray, National Institute of Technology Silchar, on 20^th November 2018.

Abstract: Through the process of colonisation, the university has become the standard model for higher education in modern India. This talk questions the normative status of the university and argues that its emergence has come at the cost of vernacular pedagogic cultures that existed outside modern frameworks of knowledge. It examines how the discourse of Science draws its legitimacy from the pedagogic model of the university.     

  

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Launch of an Atlas on the retreat of Andean glaciers and the reduction of glacial waters

UNESCO Media Advisory No.2018-105

Launch of an Atlas on the retreat of Andean glaciers and the reduction of glacial waters

Paris, 04 December—If current trends continue, some of the lower-altitude glaciers of the tropical Andes could lose between 78 and 97% of their volume by the end of the century, reducing the region's available freshwater resources. This alarming analysis is from the Andean Glacier and Water Atlas that will be launched by UNESCO and the Norwegian GRID-Arendal Foundation, during the COP24 taking place on 3-14 December in Katowice (Poland).

 

Most glaciers have been retreating for decades due to climate change, a problem that has been particularly acute in the tropical Andes since the 1950s. In Peru, the country with the largest number of tropical glaciers on the continent, glaciers have been retreating rapidly over recent decades and the only glacier that subsists in Venezuela is expected to have melted away by 2021.

A rapid glacial retreat has also been observed since the 1980s in Bolivia, where some glaciers have lost two-thirds or more of their mass. In Chile and Argentina, the retreat of low-lying glaciers in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego is accelerating. In Colombia, it is likely that only the largest glaciers located on the highest peaks will subsist by the 2050s. Dramatic glacial loss has also been observed in Ecuador over the past 50 years.

Glacial meltwater is a critical resource for millions of people, most notably for those living in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It represents about 5% of the water supply in Quito (Ecuador), 61% in La Paz (Bolivia) and 67% in Huaraz (Peru). During a drought year, this proportion can reach 15% in Quito, 85% in La Paz and 91% in Huaraz.

The situation is all the more worrying as annual mean temperatures are rising in the tropical Andes (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela). In these countries, it has increased by approximately 0.8°C over the last century and could rise further by 2 to 5°C by the end of the 21^st century. In the southern Andes, temperatures could increase by 1 to 7 °C according to some estimates.

To meet the challenges of ensuring water security for the populations that depend on these glaciers, the Atlas makes a series of recommendations for policy makers in the region. It calls for better integration of scientific data into political decision-making, improved climate change monitoring infrastructure, integrated water resources management, and strengthened coordination between Andean countries.

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Media contact: Agnès Bardon, UNESCO press service, +33 (0) 1 45 68 17 64, a.bardon@unesco.org

 

Download the Atlas (in English): http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002658/265810e.pdf   

Download the Atlas (in Spanish): http://www.unesco.org/tools/fileretrieve/20cac6a.pdf

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UNESCO cautions against reckless application of gene editing

UNESCO cautions against reckless application of gene editing

 

Paris, 29 November—In light of recent reports claiming the birth of the first gene-edited babies, UNESCO reiterates the absolute need to heed internationally agreed principles that affirm the value of human rights and human dignity as the prime concern for any medical research and intervention on human beings.

 

While developments in genome editing techniques represent a promising scientific advancement with potential benefit for humanity, UNESCO is compelled to remind governments and the scientific community of the ethical principles of the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights (1997).

 

Caution must be exercised when it comes to gene modifications that will pass on to future generations such as germline therapy and human embryo interventions. In this regard, the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO called for a moratorium on genome engineering of the human germline, at least as long as the safety and effectiveness of procedures remain unproven (cf. the 2015 Report on Updating its Reflection on the Human Genome and Human Rights.

 

In line with these recommendations, UNESCO wishes to remind researchers, institutions and governments to respect universally agreed principles and procedures in research, and calls on governments to cooperate in establishing measures to ensure ethically sound research and application of genome editing techniques that respect human dignity and human rights.

 

UNESCO will continue to monitor and reflect on emerging ethical issues related to genome editing and other developments in the life sciences. The Organization calls for continued international dialogue on the ethical implications of genome editing for the individual, society and humanity as a whole.

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"India's Jagadish Chandra Bose is the Reason why the World will Enjoy Superfast 5G Internet"

• "The True Laboratory is the Mind, where behind Illusions we uncover the Laws of Truth.": Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
  
• Sir J.C. Bose refused to patent most of his inventions, because he believed that knowledge should be available to everyone. He was the pioneer in "open innovation" in India.
• "India's Jagadish Chandra Bose is the Reason why the World will Enjoy Superfast 5G Internet"

New Issue of "Asian Biotechnology and Development Review" is released

Asian Biotechnology and Development Review (ISSN: 0972-7566)

Vol. 20 No.1 & 2 March, July 2018

Table of Contents

• Editorial Introduction | K. Ravi Srinivas
  
• Bayer-Monsanto Merger and India's IP Approach to Agricultural Biotechnology: Navigating through a complex web of law and policy | Kshitij Kumar Singh
  
• The GM Crop Debate in India: Stakeholders' Interests, Perceptions, Trust and Public Policy | Anurag Kanaujia and Sujit Bhattacharya
  
• Ethical Considerations in Human Genome Editing–An Indian Perspective | Roli Mathur
  
• Sustainability in Crop Research and Agricultural Models: Promoting Reliance on Neglected and Underutilised species | Abhinav Jha, Kunal Sinha, Manish Dubey and Ravi Chauhan
  
• Regulating Genome Edited Crops and European Court of Justice Ruling | K. Ravi Srinivas
  
• Book Review | Women in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Biotechnology | Amit Kumar
  

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CSSP Lecture "Regulating Biotechnology through the Patent System: Learning from US and European approaches in Comparative Perspective" by Dr Shobita Parthasarathy | 4th December

Centre for Studies in Science Policy 
Jawaharlal Nehru University 

Invites you to a Special Lecture on

Regulating Biotechnology through the Patent System: Learning from US and European approaches in Comparative Perspective.

Speaker: Dr Shobita Parthasarathy

Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies (by courtesy);

Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, University of Michigan, USA

Venue: Room No. 227, 2nd Floor, SSS-1 Building, JNU

Date: Tuesday, 4th December 2018 | 12:00 noon

Abstract: Over the past thirty years, the world's patent systems have experienced pressure from civil society like never before. From farmers to patient advocates, new voices are arguing that patents impact public health, economic inequality, morality—and democracy. These challenges, to domains that we usually consider technical and legal, may seem surprising. But in Patent Politics, the speaker argues that patent systems have always been deeply political and social. To demonstrate this, Parthasarathy takes readers through a particularly fierce and prolonged set of controversies over patents on life forms linked to important advances in biology and agriculture and potentially life-saving medicines in the United States and Europe. Clashes over whose voices and which values matter in the patent system, as well as what counts as knowledge and whose expertise is important, look quite different in these two places. And through these debates, the United States and Europe are developing very different approaches to patent and innovation governance.     

About the Speaker: Shobita Parthasarathy is Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, and Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, at University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the governance of emerging science and technology in comparative perspective. She is interested in how technological innovation, and innovation systems, can better achieve public interest and social justice goals, as well as in the politics of knowledge and expertise in science and technology policy. She has done research in the United States and Europe, and her current research focuses on India. She is the author of numerous articles and two books: Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017) and Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007). Patent Politics received the 2018 Robert K. Merton Award from the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological Association, for an outstanding book on science, knowledge, or technology. Findings from Building Genetic Medicine influenced the 2013 US Supreme Court decision prohibiting patents on isolated human genes. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Chicago and Masters and PhD degrees in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University. 

All are welcome to attend the Lecture.

Coordinator, CSSP Lecture Series

New Report "Data Localisation in a Globalised World: An Indian Perspective"

Data Localisation in a Globalised World: An Indian Perspective

by The Dialogue, C/O Foundation for Progressive Narrative, November 2018.

Abstract: India is ushering into a crucial juncture, more than seventy years after independence. The country is taking important strides towards emerging as a middle-income economy, provide jobs to millions of people, take global leadership on issues of geopolitical importance and stake claim for a growing superpower. In all of this, data and technology will play a fundamental role for India going forward. If the 20th century brought the promise of the Internet as a decentralised and self-regulating space, the 21st century is marked by battles over the control of data. This study aims to study the impact of data localisation from various perspectives, analyse the government's objectives towards implementation of such policy, identifies alternate policy mechanisms that we believe are better suited to drive home the objectives as opposed to blanket data localisation. Some of the key recommendations in this report include the Cross-Border Data Flow Fundamental, Huge Costs to Mandatory Data Localisation, Organic Data Storage through Progressive Policies, and Alternative Policy Mechanisms.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Cross-border Data Flows and Why They Matter

Chapter 2: Data Localization Driving Domestic Protectionism

Chapter 3: Sub-optimal Impact Of Forced Data Localisation

Chapter 4: Data Localization and the Indian Context

Chapter 5: Analysing the Motivation Behind Data Localization In India

Chapter 6: Alternative Policy Mechanisms

Chapter 7: Greater International Cooperation

Chapter 9: Towards Making India A Big Data Centre Hub

Chapter 10: Comparative Analysis With Other Nations

Chapter 11: Sectoral Analysis

Chapter 12: Content and Thematic Analysis

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A Dialogue on Transparency, Open Access and Ethics in Development Research | 4 December | India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

3ie and Sehgal Foundation are organising a one-day event which will act 

A Dialogue on Transparency, Open Access and Ethics in Development Research 3ie and Sehgal Foundation are organising a one-day event which will act as a platform for policymakers, including government representatives, researchers and students to discuss transparency, open data, ethical values and issues related to development research. This dialogue will help identify underlying deterrents to data transparency and consequential access thus calling upon researchers and users of data in development to propose solutions to promote ethical data sharing and use. This event will be open for all. December 2018 4 Venue: Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Time: 9am-5pm REGISTER Agenda 9:00 - 9:30 Registration 9:30-9:45 Welcome address Ajay Kumar Pandey, CEO Sehgal Foundation 9:45 - 10:30 Keynote address Jairam Ramesh, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 10:30-10:45 Q&A session 10:45-11:00 Break 11:10-12:30 Session 1: Transparency and open access in research Chair: Marie Gaarder, director, Evaluation Office and global director, Innovation and Country Engagement, 3ie Panellists: Arul George Scaria, assistant professor of law and co-director, Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition, National Law University; Avani Kapur, director, Centre for Policy Research; Prabhakar Singh, executive director, Centre for International Legal Studies, O.P Jindal Global University; and Saurabh Bhajibhakare, senior research manager, J-PAL South Asia 12:05-12:20 Q&A 12:20-13:30 Lunch 13:30-14:35 Session 2: The state of open data in India Chair: Ramaswamy Sudarshan, executive director and dean, Jindal School of Government & Public Policy Panellists: Doug Johnson, director, IDinsight; Guneet Narula, technical officer, Akvo Foundation; Rakesh Ranjan, senior consultant, Niti Aayog, Government of India; and Vikas Pathak, The Hindu, New Delhi 14:35-14:50 Q&A 14:50-15:00 Break 15:00-16:05 Session 3: Ethics in research life cycle Chair: Savithri Singh, principal, Acharya Narendra Dev College Panellists: Anant Padmanabhan, fellow, Centre for Policy Research; Anupama Jha, regional consultant, Trace International; L Vekatachalam, professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies and Stephen Marks, professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 16:05-16:20 Q&A 16:20-17:00 Closing remarks Emmanuel Jimenez, executive director, 3ie Share Tweet Forward Share Our mailing address is: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) 202-203, Rectangle One, D-4, Saket District Center, New Delhi 110017, India

Call for Papers: "R&D Management" Special Issue on Innovation Management Research Methods

R&D Management

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Innovation Management Research Methods

In collaboration between R&D Management and the ISPIM Special Interest Group on Innovation Research Skills (IRS)

Submission Deadline: January 31, 2019

Special Issue Guest Editors:

• Paavo Ritala, Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland | Innovation Research Skills Special Interest Group leader, ISPIM
  
• Sabrina Schneider, Assistant Professor, University of Kassel, Germany
  
• Snejina Michailova, Professor, University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand
  

Main goal of the call:

This is a call for insightful scholarly contributions to the application of existing and emerging methodologies in the field of innovation management research. In particular, we are looking for submissions that develop methods for improved and more rigorous examination of R&D and innovation activities.

Setting the scene:

Innovation refers to the discovery, development, implementation and adoption of new products, services or business models, new ways of organising the value chain, new production processes and new forms of organisational structure (e.g. Tidd & Bessant, 2013). Innovations are essential for the competitiveness of individual firms and ecosystems, as well as for addressing grand challenges in society and economy. Therefore, understanding how to manage innovation is a topic of both academic and practical relevance.

Innovation Management is maturing as a research field, creating increasing demands for rigor in research design, execution and publication. Effective research topics in a management field are those that address a grand challenge, provide novel insight that potentially change the conversation, catch and hold the attention of academic experts, and have relevant scope and insights for practice (Colquitt & George, 2011). The topics studied in the sub-discipline of innovation management often fulfill these criteria. However, the level of rigor applied in research design and execution varies greatly. The fundamental principles of good research – such as to match the research design with the research question, or to choose samples that are appropriate for answering the research question (Bono & McNamara, 2011) – indeed apply to the field of innovation management research. However, the field also provides a number of specific challenges that call for the adaption of existing methods, or the development of distinctive research methods.

The most fundamental of these challenges is probably the complexity of the definitions, operationalisations, and measurements of central innovation management concepts such as "innovation performance", "creativity" and "novelty" (see e.g. Crossan & Apaydin, 2010; Klijn & Tomic, 2010). In addition, innovation management researchers frequently face challenges when attempting to generalize their findings. Furthermore, innovation theories have become more complex and open over time, and they now articulate relationships between multiple actors and stakeholders (Sørensen, Mattsson, & Sundbo, 2010). The rapid and pervasive spread of digital technologies provides additional sources of data and methods of analysis, which can challenge the fundamental assumptions of extant innovation theories, the scope of how innovation is defined, and the central agency of the nature of innovation (Benner & Tushman, 2015; Nambisan, Lyytinen, Majchrzak, & Song, 2017). Furthermore, in examining relevant issues and phenomena for innovation management, researchers face challenges with new organizing forms and levels of analysis such as innovation ecosystems (e.g. Rohrbeck et al., 2009; Ritala et al., 2013) and platform-based markets (Gawer & Henderson, 2007; Parker & Van Alstyne, 2017). The objective of this Special Issue is to put forward a collection of relevant methodological developments within the context of innovation management. It will aim to contribute to a more thorough understanding of existing and emerging methods and their application in innovation management research. Furthermore, we want to encourage researchers to address promising research opportunities in innovation management by providing methodological guidance and inspiration that cater for the specific characteristics of this field. 

We invite papers that focus specifically on research methods for innovation management. The call is open to contributions that emphasize any method, whether it is qualitative, quantitative or conceptual in nature. In particular, we are looking for papers that provide specific methodological implications for future research on innovation management. The papers should deepen our understanding of how the reliability, validity, generalizability and overall quality in innovation management research can be improved. Whereas illustrative applications in innovation management contexts would be highly appreciated, the emphasis of each paper should be on the research method itself. We encourage contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics (if you have an idea that is not listed here, please contact us):

• Innovation management as a unique discipline. How do specific innovation management characteristics impact the way research methods need to be applied in innovation management research? What characterizes innovation management as a self-standing discipline? Borrowing from neighbouring disciplines. How can we as innovation management researchers learn from and borrow methods used in other disciplines such as psychology or the behavioural sciences? How can we conduct good, systematic inter-disciplinary work that can enhance innovation management research? 
  
• (Innovative) research designs. How can existing research designs be adapted to suit the particular requirements of innovation management research? Which new research design formats might emerge? 
  
• New units and levels of analysis in innovation management. What kind of challenges and opportunities are there when studying broad and often loosely-coupled forms of organizing such as innovation ecosystems and platform-based markets? How can we study innovation management issues in structures that involve a large number of actors and fewer possibilities for "management" or "coordination" than in more traditional, well-defined structures? 
• Measurement issues in innovation management research. How can we measure the seemingly immeasurable concepts used in innovation management research? How can we adapt existing methods of measurement from other disciplines to the innovation management context? 
• Model specification in innovation management. How can we identify appropriate and complete model specifications in the context of innovation management research? How can we select meaningful mediators and moderators to refine / extend / challenge current innovation management theories? 
• Theorizing in innovation management research. How can we develop theory from empirical data in innovation management that suits the field's distinct features? 
• Data sources. How can we create appropriate samples to answer research questions in innovation management? How can new and emerging sources of data (such as those provided by social media) be leveraged in innovation management research? How can we deal with methodological challenges and the opportunities that big data generates? 
• Methods and practical impact. How can we utilize methods that allow better communication of the results so that they are understood outside of academia? How can we combine rigorous research methods with practical relevance without compromising any of them? How can we foster academic and practitioner collaboration in innovation management research? 
  

Review Process & Timelines:

Please follow the author guidelines for submissions in the R&D Management journal website (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9310/homepage/ForAuthors.html). Full papers must be submitted no later than January 31st, 2019 and at the earliest on November 1st, 2018. All papers will be externally reviewed in accordance with the policies of R&D Management Journal. Expected time of publication of the special issue is Spring of 2020.

As part of the submission process, authors have the opportunity to develop their papers in collaboration with the ISPIM Special Interest Group in Innovation Research Skills and the Special Issue Editors. In particular, authors with an invitation to submit a revision following the first round in Spring 2019 will be invited to attend a Special Issue session at the ISPIM Innovation Conference, June 2019, in Florence, Italy. Participation to this session is not mandatory for the authors, yet it is highly recommended. 

References:

Benner, M. J., & Tushman, M. L. (2015). Reflections on the 2013 decade award - „Exploitation, exploration, and process management: The productivitiy dilemma revisited" Ten years later. Academy of Management Review, 40(4), 497–514.

Bono, J. E., & McNamara, G. (2011). From the editors: Publishing in AMJ - Part 2: Research design. Academy of Management Journal, 54(4), 657–660.

Colquitt, J. A., & George, G. (2011). From the editors: Publishing in AMJ - Part 1: topic choice. Academy of Management Journal, 54(3), 432–435.

Crossan, M. M., & Apaydin, M. (2010). A multi‐dimensional framework of organizational innovation: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Management Studies, 47(6), 1154-1191.

Gawer, A., & Henderson, R. (2007). Platform owner entry and innovation in complementary markets: Evidence from Intel. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 16(1), 1-34.

Klijn, M., & Tomic, W. (2010). A review of creativity within organizations from a psychological perspective. Journal of Management Development, 29(4), 322-343.

Nambisan, S., Lyytinen, K., Majchrzak, A., & Song, M. (2017). Digital innovation management: Reinventing innovation management research in a digital world. MIS Quarterly, 41(1), 223–238.

Parker, G., & Van Alstyne, M. (2017). Innovation, openness, and platform control. Management Science. Published online.

Ritala, P., Agouridas, V., Assimakopoulos, D., & Gies, O. (2013). Value creation and capture mechanisms in innovation ecosystems: a comparative case study. International Journal of Technology Management, 63(3-4), 244-267.

Rohrbeck, R., Hölzle, K., & Gemünden, H. G. (2009). Opening up for competitive advantage–How Deutsche Telekom creates an open innovation ecosystem. R&D Management, 39(4), 420-430.

Sørensen, F., Mattsson, J., & Sundbo, J. (2010). Experimental methods in innovation research. Research Policy, 39(3), 313–322.

Tidd, J., Bessant, J., & Pavitt, K. (2013). Managing innovation integrating technological, market and organizational change. 5th Ed. John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

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Call for Participation: Webinar on ICT Innovation in Education | 27th November, 14:00-15:30 IST (16:30-18:00, Beijing Time)

Smart Education Webinar

ICT in Education and ICT Innovation in Education

27^th November 2018, 14:00-15:30 IST (16:30-18:00, Beijing Time (GMT+8))

To Celebrate "Belt and Road Open Education Learning Week" | 26-30 November 2018

Join the Webinar: https://meet657481205.adobeconnect.com/smarteducationwebinar201811/

OER ensures various educational materials can be freely retained, reused, remixed, revised, and redistributed, and opens the door to innovation and creativity by encouraging creation, co-creation and sharing. This webinar focuses on the use of OER to promote innovation, design and learning.

This webinar is 90 minutes in length, from 14:00-13:30, Indian Standard Time (IST) and each presenter is expected to present less than 30 minutes. Here is the website to join the meeting: https://meet657481205.adobeconnect.com/smarteducationwebinar201811/. This webinar uses guest login mode to ensure everyone who has interest could participate in the webinars, so you just need to input you name and click "enter" (If you have an Adobe account, you are free to use it too). But please use your real name rather than nickname, so the host can identify you.

The Webinar includes a presentation on "Recent Innovations in Educational Technology in India for the Delivery of Lifelong Learning", by Dr Anup Kumar Das, Convener, Open Access India.

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