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SUMMARY:Innovation Moving South: Globelics at Twenty
DESCRIPTION:We wish to inform you that the webinar originally scheduled for Thursday 4th September 2025\, has been postponed. The new date will be communicated to you in due course. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. \n\nOver the past 20 years\, the Global Network on the Economics of Learning\, Innovation\, and Competency Building Systems (Globelics) has significantly enriched and reshaped the field of innovation studies. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary\, this paper reviews the accomplishments of the Globelics network\, points to limitations of past research\, and speculates on future directions. The network has broadened the scope of the field of innovation studies to include the Global South and explored topics and concepts where the South provides a distinctive view. Globelics scholars have pursued both catch-up and build-up approaches to development; brought actors from the margins into the understanding of innovation; and woven the complexity of sustainability into thinking about the dynamics of innovation. The future research agenda includes analyzing the multiple pathways to development\, developing concepts at the global level\, moving beyond case studies and applying complex modelling to understanding system dynamics. \nSpeakers \n\nErika Kraemer-Mbula\, University of Johannesburg\, Johannesburg\, South Africa\nSusan Cozzens\, Georgia Institute of Technology\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, USA\nMichiko Iizuka\, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies\, Tokyo\, Japan\nRasmus Lema\, University of Johannesburg\, Johannesburg\, South Africa\nMarina Szapira\, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil\nAndrew Cummings\, Latin American Faculty in Social Sciences (FLASCO)\, El Salvador\n\n\nHow to register \n\nIf you are interested in attending the webinar\, please register via this link or get in touch with Yvonne Gitu at Y.Gitu@acts-net.org for more details. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email from AfricaLics Zoom account containing information about joining the webinar. Please ensure you add the invitation to your calendar.
URL:https://africalics.org/event/innovation-moving-south-globelics-at-twenty/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Virtual Events,Webinar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="AfricaLics Secretariat":MAILTO:secretariat@africalics.org
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SUMMARY:An Agenda for Research on Innovation and Development: A conversation with Susan Cozzens
DESCRIPTION:Based on the workshops and summary paper prepared for the 20th anniversary of Globelics\, Susan will lead a discussion of key research challenges for the field to address in the coming decades. She will present the main findings from a paper: “Innovation Moving South: Globelics at Twenty\,” co-authored by Erika Kramer-Mbula\, Susan Cozzens\, Michiko Iizuka\, Rasmus Lema\, Marina Shapiro\, and Andrew Cummings. \nKeynote Speaker \n\nProf. Susan Cozzens \nSusan E. Cozzens is Professor Emerita in the School of Public Policy. Prof. Cozzens’s research interest is innovation and inequality\, with a focus on how science\, technology\, and innovation policies affect the intersections between them. Her current projects are on the potential for artificial intelligence to increase or decrease inequalities and on women in leadership in science-intensive U.S. federal agencies. Prof. Cozzens is on the Scientific Board of GLOBELICS\, the global network on the economics of learning\, innovation\, and competence building systems\, as well as its AfricaLics regional chapter\, and Chair of the Advisory Committee of CESTII\, the Centre for Science\, Technology and Innovation Indicators of the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa. \n\nHow to register \n\nIf you are interested in attending the webinar\, please register via this link or get in touch with Yvonne Gitu at Y.Gitu@acts-net.org for more details. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email from AfricaLics Zoom account containing information about joining the webinar. Please ensure you add the invitation to your calendar.
URL:https://africalics.org/event/an-agenda-for-research-on-innovation-and-development-a-conversation-with-susan-cozzens/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Virtual Events,Webinar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260226T160000
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SUMMARY:From Discrimination to Commitment: diversity management in emerging economies
DESCRIPTION:Register Here \nDecades of HR diversity management research in the Global North has examined the impact of negative stereotypes on organisational outcomes. Yet\, understanding is limited in the Global South\, notably in post-colonial countries like Nigeria\, where indigenous multi-ethnicity complicates perceptions of employee commitment and discrimination against specific social identities. This study investigates the relationship between age discrimination and employee commitment\, moderated by diversity management\, within the Nigerian banking industry. Utilising a quantitative explanatory approach and drawing on social exchange theory\, data were collected from 656 employees in the Nigerian banking sector through survey questionnaires. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)\, confirmatory factor analysis\, and Cronbach alpha techniques were employed for hypothesis testing and reliability assessment. The findings reveal a negative association between perceived age discrimination and employee commitment within the Nigerian banking sector. The findings suggest a need for integrating diversity management policies with HR practice fairness (policy-practice exchange)\, tailored to the contextual nuances of employee inequality experiences (context-experience exchange). The study contributes to HRM theory and practice. Drawing on social exchange theory\, we show that diversity management in Global South organisations necessitates prioritising the integration (or exchange) of HRM practice with practice fairness. This approach is crucial for fostering employee commitment and addressing discrimination based on specific identities like age. \nKeywords: Age Discrimination\, Employee Commitment\, Diversity Management\, Age\, Nigerian Banking Sector \n\nSpeaker \nOluwatomi Adedeji is a Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour in the Department of Leadership\, Management and Human Resources. Dr. Oluwatomi has 11 years of experience in teaching and research. She is an Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)\, UK. Oluwatomi hold an M.A. in Human resouces management from Coventry University\, UK and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business and Management from the University of Huddersfield. \nOluwatomi’s research interest cuts across the fields of Human Resource Management; particular interests are Organisational Behaviour\, Employee Commitment\, Diversity and Conflict Management\, Age discrimination among others. In her doctorial research\, Oluwatomi researched on how age inclusive HR practices are related to perceptions of age discrimination and in turn how perceived age discrimination is associated with employee commitment and turnover intention as well as how diversity management interacts with this association. Oluwatomi is actively engaged in research projects and activities both nationally and internationally. \n\n\nHow to register \n\n\n\n\nIf you are interested in attending the webinar\, please register via this link or get in touch with Ms. Yvonne Gitu at Y.Gitu@acts-net.org for more details. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email from AfricaLics Zoom account containing information about joining the webinar. Please ensure you add the invitation to your calendar.
URL:https://africalics.org/event/from-discrimination-to-commitment-diversity-management-in-emerging-economies/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Virtual Events,Webinar Series
ORGANIZER;CN="AfricaLics Secretariat":MAILTO:secretariat@africalics.org
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