Past events
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Deploying AI in Organisations
28 April - 23 May 2025
Deploying AI in Organisations Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds the potential to revolutionise individual organisations and transform the way organisations across sectors — public, private, non-profit — work (together) to tackle grand societal challenges. Through real-world case studies, Professor...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - From invention to innovation: The role of corporate inventors in bringing their technology to the market
14:30 - 15:30 31 March 2025
From invention to innovation: The role of corporate inventors in bringing their technology to the market Markus Simeth, Associate Professor at the Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI) at Copenhagen Business School, will discuss the role of corporate inventors in driving the commercialization of...
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MIOIR-IB Group Joint Seminar - Human resource management and machine investments. A new take on the relations between technical change, automation and jobs in organizations
15:30 - 16:30 17 March 2025
Manchester Institute of Innovation Research & International Business (IB) Group Joint Seminar, with Guest Speaker Professor Martin Henning Human resource management and machine investments. A new take on the relations between technical change, automation and jobs in organizations Co-authors: Emelie...
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MIOIR Seminar Series with Prof. Riccardo Crescenzi
15:30 - 16:30 10 March 2025
Green(ing) Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Regional Development As the world transitions to net-zero emissions, goods and services are increasingly incorporating green attributes. Achieving this shift requires new and diverse technologies and processes to deliver sustainable products from...
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Annual Fred Jevons Lecture - What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology and geopolitics
17:00 - 18:30 5 March 2025
This year’s Fred Jevons lecture will be delivered by John Krige - a Kranzberg Professor Emeritus from the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Understanding the global circulation of knowledge, its geopolitics and future...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy
15:30 - 16:30 24 February 2025
Artificial Intelligence, between industrial dynamics and industrial policy In this talk, I will combine three of my ongoing projects to offer a bird's eye view of important trajectories in AI economics research: whether AI is poised to follow industry-life cycle patterns; whether software-hardware tandems...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Local Business Networks and New Firm Formation
15:30 - 16:30 3 February 2025
Local Business Networks and New Firm Formation Hanna Hottenrott, Professor of Innovation Economics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will discuss how local business networks influence new firm formation, entrepreneurial entry, and firm performance in regional economies. New business formation...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Supporting sustainability transitions through policy mixes
15:30 - 16:30 9 December 2024
Supporting sustainability transitions through policy mixes Dr. Florian Kern, Head of the Research Group on Ecological Economics and Environmental Policy at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) in Berlin, will discuss how policy mixes can support sustainability transitions. Transitions...
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MIOIR & SCI Joint Seminar with Dr Lili Jia - Exploring sustainability pathways with action research
15:30 - 16:30 25 November 2024
Exploring sustainability pathways with action research The world’s understanding of sustainability is rapidly evolving. So is our appreciation of the need for sustainable solutions in every aspect of our lives. Understanding our direction of travel does not, however, always tell us how to reach our...
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MIOIR Seminar Series - Too much support? Entrepreneurial ecosystems and firm growth in the Greater Toronto Area.
4 November 2024 - 23 May 2025
Too much support? Entrepreneurial ecosystems and firm growth in the Greater Toronto Area. Shiri M. Breznitz, Professor and Director of Research at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, will explore the dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems and their impact on firm growth in the Greater...
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