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NEW THA MEMBERS – JUNE/AUGUST 2017

We welcome new THA members joining our Association between June 2017 and August 2017, and are pleased to announce the renewed support from Tomsk State University (Russia) who have subscribed for 2017-2018 with THA Silver Organizational Membership. We hope to maintain this momentum and see Universities, Research Centers, Innovation intermediaries, Companies and Governmental Institutions joining us as Organizational members to sustain our open access policy, and to share our efforts in building, disseminating and transforming into practical achievements the Triple Helix theories and models.

Please consult www.triplehelixassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/THA- Organizational-Membership-Levels-and-benefits.pdf for THA organizational membership levels and related benefits, and you can subscribe for membership by completing the form at www.triplehelixassociation.org/membership-request.

 

Organisational Members

 

TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY (NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY)

Tomsk, Tomsk region 634050 RUSSIA

en.tsu.ru

Contact : Dr Liana Kobzeva, Vice-Director, Research and Educational Center “Economic policy and innovation governance” *email address protected*

TSU is the oldest university in Russian Asia, in Siberia, that was founded in 1878 in Tomsk, Russia. Tomsk State University, as a research university, sees its mission as preserving and enhancing spiritual values of humanity in the production and dissemination of progressive knowledge and information, and in the advanced training of intellectual leaders of society based on the integration of the educational process with fundamental scientific research and innovative approaches.

Today, Tomsk State University is involved in a Russian academic excellence project, to maximize the competitive position of a group of leading Russian universities in the global research and education market. Therefore, the university is interested in a different kind of collaboration with other universities and international institutions in order to conduct breakthrough researches.

 

ST MARY’S UNIVERSITY

St Mary’s University Twickenham TW1 4SX UNITED KINGDOM

www.stmarys.ac.uk

Contact: Dr Emanuela Todeva, Professor – International Business Strategy and Innovation, *email address protected*

We are a strong and welcoming community committed to the highest standards in teaching across the wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In addition, we have a vibrant research culture and environment Value and Impact: St Mary’s has an established culture of research and scholarship, concentrated in hubs of excellence within research centres and clusters, and at discipline level in Academic Schools. Research is valued, encouraged and supported; undertaking research and scholarship is an integral part of academic life. Academics have networks and professional groups nationally and overseas, which offer opportunities for collaborative working, joint grant applications, and access to a range of resources and expertise. We welcome visiting scholars from around the world as part of our research community. Research areas include: Business and Law, Education and Teaching, Humanities, Theology and Ethics, Media and Creative Arts, Social and Behavioural Science, and Sport, Health and Science.

 

Individual Members

 

PROFESSOR IRINA DEZHINA
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Moscow
RUSSIA (THA Chapter Russia)
*email address protected*

Dezhina I G – DSc degree in economics (2007, RAS IWEIR), a Fulbright Scholar (1997). Irina Gennadyevna worked at SRI International, served as a consultant for the World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, CRDF, OECD, APEC, EU Framework Program, Russian Foundation for Technological Development, and other organizations.

Areas of interest in TH research
New mechanisms of interaction between science and industry.

 

DILARA ORYNBASSAROVA
Nazarbayev University Kabanbay Batyr KAZAKHSTAN
*email address protected*

Doctoral student, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

Areas of interest in TH research
National innovation systems, U-I-G innovation development models, Triple, n- Helix Actors’ Interactions, THA Social Network Analysis (THA SNA), THA Metrics, Science Parks and Incubators, TechTransfer.

 

IJAZ AHMAD
University of Tampere (Finland)
University of Engineering and Technology Taxila Pakistan Islamabad
PAKISTAN
*email address protected*

I did my BS in Electrical Engineering from a University in Pakistan in 2000. After working for ten years in the industry, I did an MPhil in Public Policy from 2011-2013. In 2015, I received an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship to pursue a Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education, a program jointly offered by three European (Austria, Finland, Germany) universities, and one Asian (Chinese) University. Currently, I am living in Pakistan and working on my master thesis. My thesis supervisor is Professor Yuzhuo Cai who is a professor in University of Tampere (Finland) and a member of THA.

Areas of interest in TH research
Entrepreneurial universities and academia-industry linkage.