University of Reading

Funding for travel and accommodation is available for early career researchers to engage in this capacity building event hosted at the University of Reading, organized around Prof Andrew Hargadon's visit to the UK.

Details are below, to apply for online access to the seminar on Brokering Innovation (10.30am-12.00pm), please email designinnovation@reading.ac.uk.

To apply to participate in person in the whole day of AIM capacity building events, please send a one page summary of your research to designinnovation@reading.ac.uk, indicating how you expect to benefit from the poster presentation session by 30 January.
Applications will be considered as they are received, and you can expect a reply within 4 working days.

Prof Andrew Hargadon, AIM Visiting International Fellow at University of California, Davis

Prof Hargadon is Director of the Technology Management Programs, Faculty Director of the UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship, Associate Director of the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center and a Full Professor in Management. His work is published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science and Harvard Business Review and he has served on the editorial boards of both Organization Studies and Organization Science.

Thursday, 10 February 2011 - Morning: AIM Capacity Building event for early-career academics

9.00-10.30am Poster presentations of research projects on management practices in innovation (PhD and post-doctoral students)

10.30-12.00 Seminar on Brokering Innovation (Prof Andrew Hargadon)

12.00-1.00pm Lunch in the Design Innovation Research Centre (room 216 Engineering)

Afternoon: AIM Capacity Building activities

1.30-5.00pm discussions of ongoing work

Evening: Drinks reception and dinner with colleagues