Award of Honorary Thesis Prizes
The Innovation Research Network launches the Honoris Causa Award – Special Edition “Promotion of Research in Innovation Studies” with ISTE Editions, Smart Innovation.
The aim is to distinguish recently defended theses (within the last 3 years) in SHS, in particular in management, economics, sociology and history of innovation, by helping the publication of books resulting from the defended theses.
The work based on the defended thesis will have a maximum of 100,000 words
In the fields of economics, management, sociology and history
Innovation must of course be at the heart of the thesis
The thesis must have been defended within a maximum of three years prior to submission to the Scientific Committee for evaluation
The scientific committee is composed of members of the editorial board of the journals Innovations and Tech Inn
A special mention of this “prize” awarded by the RRI will be made on the cover page inside the book
For the 2021 edition, young PhDs can compete: those who have defended their thesis since 2018 and until May 30, 2021
the thesis, as well as the pre- and defense reports must be sent BEFORE JULY 15, 2021 to d.uzunidis@openscience.fr AND a paper version to the attention of D. Uzunidis, 39 rue Gaspard Neuts, 59240 Dunkerque, France)
Contacts RNI : Dimitri Uzunidis (dimitri.uzunidis@univ-littoral.fr), Didier Lebert (didier.lebert@ensta-
The winner
| Year | Laureate | Institution | Topic | Book |
| 2019 | Estelle Vallier | University of Paris-Saclay, University of Evry Val d’Essonne |
“Clustering”: between imaginary innovation and dodged cooperation dynamics | – |
| Manon Enjolras | ERPI, University ofLorraine – Nancy | Methodology for analysing the capacity of SMEs to innovate and export Manufacturing and Process Technologies: Identification and Characterization of an common space for the development of a multi-criteria tool to assist in the decision |
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| 2018 | François-Xavier Meunier | ENSTA ParisTech et University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Dual technologies | More info |
| Benjamin Serra | Laboratoire PACTE, University of Grenoble
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Economy of functionality | – | |
| 2017 | Clément Morlat | University of Saint-Quentin en Yveline | Dynamic modelling of cost systems for sustainable territorial management | More info |
| Romaric Servajean-hilst | Management Research Centre of École polytechnique | Dynamics of co-innovation. Management of customer-supplier interactions | More info | |
| 2016 | Romain Debref | University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Eco-Innovation and eco-design | More info |
