IKON Research Scholarships

IKON (Innovation, Knowledge & Organizational Networks) Research Centre, at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, invites applications for doctoral research scholarships to run for 3 years (subject to satisfactory progress) starting in October 2007. These new scholarships provide £5000 p.a. which may be used towards Warwick University PhD fees (currently £3200 at UK/EU level) and/or living expenses. Successful applicants will be able to fully participate inthe IKON Research Centre activities. Applications should aim to complement any aspect of IKON's current research programme (click here for more information), but applicants with an interest in the following areas are especially welcome:

• Comparative international (esp. UK, US, Brazil) studies of biomedical innovation focusing on the translation of innovation into clinical practice
• The role of social networks and "communities of practice" in supporting innovation
• The institutional and organizational barriers to the development of "open innovation" strategies by firms
• The role of social factors, including trust, in the commercialization of early stage technology
• The influence of fashion, social networks, and discourses on the spread of new management ideas and organisational forms
• Knowledge and learning in project-based organizations
• The circulation of innovation in health care
• Practice-based approaches to knowing and learning in organisations

Further information is available here.