Training
UNU-MERIT
PhD programme
The United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) offers a PhD study programme, in co-operation with the University of Maastricht.
The PhD training programme is designed to train students in conducting research on the theoretical, institutional and policy issues underlying technical change and on the role of technical change in fostering economic growth and development in both developed and developing countries.
The programme is offered every year - with an intake each September. Supervision of the studies is by scholars from UNU-MERIT, while the PhD degree is granted by the University of Maastricht. Please click on the link below for detailed information on the programme.
PhD programme in the Economics and Policy Studies of Technical Change
Next starting date: September 2009
Application deadline: 31 January 2009
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Training Courses
Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policy in Developing Countries (DEIP)
The training course in the Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies,
DEIP, was set up as a pilot UNU-INTECH project in 2004. The programme
aims to meet the growing demand from developing countries for support
in analysing the latest technological developments and designing appropriate
responses tailored to their specific development contexts. By the end
of the pilot phase in 2005 more than 60 senior policymakers and technical
advisers in relevant government ministries from 23 developing countries
had participated in the courses.
Following the positive evaluation of the pilot phase UNU-MERIT is expanding
the project by offering more training workshops in developing countries
in collaboration with partner organizations and governments in these
countries.
More information
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Other teaching activities
1. DIMETIC
In addition to its internal teaching activities, UNU-MERIT is one of
the three institutions that founded the Economics of Technological and
Institutional Change (ETIC) programme. The two other institutes are
BETA (Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, in Strasbourg, France),
and IKE (Institute of Production) at Aalborg University, Denmark. The
ETIC programme has been a series of doctoral training programmes aimed
primarily at PhD students in the early stages of their research. Each
year there are two two-week sessions, one at UNU-MERIT and one at BETA
in Strasbourg, the Maastricht session focusing on microeconomics and
industrial dynamics, the Strasbourg session concentrating largely on
macro-economic and policy issues. This programme was initially funded
for three years, starting in 1997, by the "Training and Mobility of
Researchers" programme of the European Union. The funding has recently
been renewed for a further three years. since 2005, the ETIC programme
has become part of DIME (Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in
Europe) an EU 6th Framework Network of Excellence. The name has been
changed to DIMETIC and the focus of the programme has been expanded to
reflect the broader scope of interests in DIME. In addition a third
two-week session has been added, held in Pecs, Hungary. Starting in
2007, the themes of the three sessions will be
Micro approaches to innovation and innovation networks
Geography of innovation and growth: theory, empricis and policy
Modelling - Regional innovation systems, clusters and dynamics.
People from UNU-MERIT participating in DIMETIC are Robin Cowan, Pierre
Mohnen, Gerry Silverberg, Luc Soete, Thomas Ziesemer, and Bart
Verspagen.
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2. METEOR Research Masters
UNU-MERIT faculty are involved in the newly accredited Reseach Master's
of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Universitiet
Maastricht. The Technology and Growth track of this degree is coordinated
by Robin Cowan and courses in the track are taught by Robin Cowan,
Pierre Mohnen, Luc Soete and Thomas Ziesemer. More information can
be found here.
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Master of Science in Infonomics (INF)
ICT has an immense impact on the economy and on society
as a whole. The growing interest in the emerging new, digital economy
and e-business world is reflected in the rapidly changing international
business and policy environment. Both within governments and business
there is a growing need for economists who are able to combine their
economic knowledge with a good understanding of ICT. By adopting an interdisciplinary
approach, the Master of Science in Infonomics (INF) programme of the
University of Maastricht educates economists who are able to operate
between both technically educated and more socio-economically educated
people.
Several UNU-MERIT staff members are involved in the
project, among them Luc
Soete, Robin
Cowan, and Huub
Meyers.
More
information about the programme
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