Industrial economics: innovation, industrial evolution and green technology

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 (or equivalent), with masters degree preferred

Months of entry

October

Course content

The Economics discipline at the OU has built up, since the 1990s, an innovative specialism in industrial economics - notably in the leading-edge field of evolutionary industrial theory and its implications for industrial and regulatory policy. Our expertise is acknowledged to have been one key element in the winning of the ESRC Innogen research centre, and the continuation of the Innogen Institute which includes several members of the discipline. We took the lead in building up cross-faculty expertise in industrial development and innovation through the IKD research centre, which brings together innovation researchers in health, human capabilities and finance.

The current group of industrial economists research the topics of industrial dynamics, industrial development, industrial finance and the implications of technical change, as well as the relationships and processes of finance and innovation.

Potential supervisors

• Professor Paul Anand
• Dr George Callaghan
• Dr Stuart Parris
• Dr Alan Shipman
• Dr Roberto Simonetti
• Dr Andrew Trigg

Department specialisms

- Industrial development and innovation - Evolutionary economics and theory of development - Financial markets and innovation - Innovation theory and models of innovation - Firm capabilities, growth and innovation systems (national, regional or sectoral) - Health, innovation and equity - Finance, innovation and development - Financialisation and innovation - Studies of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, environment and renewables firms and industries.

Fees and funding

Please see The Open University website http://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/research-degrees/fees-and-funding

Qualification and course duration

PhD

MPhil