People

The Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI) is located in the Faculty of Economics and Finance of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). IERI operates as a full academic Department of the Faculty. The full-time academic personnel of IERI are employees of TUT, a Public Higher Education Institution established by statute in South Africa. IERI staff members participate in all the various committees of the Faculty and are also members of the Faculty Board. IERI is also responsible for managing the Faculty's Research and Innovation Focus Area titled: "The Political Economy of Innovation and Local Development."

As a networked competency, IERI's total staff capacity comprises a small core of full-time academics and administrators who work with a formal network of selected research associates. The research associates of IERI are organized in categories that reflect the status accorded to them by TUT. The capabilities of all members of the IERI collective are reflected in their range of experience, academic qualifications and developmental orientation.

The current full-time staff of the IERI collective comprises the following core people:

Professors Extraordinaire

Professors Extraordinaire are formally granted this status by the Council of TUT and work on the teaching, learning, research and community engagement activities of IERI. The following people were accorded this status:

Associate Research Fellows

IERI has bestowed the status of Associate Research Fellows upon a selected group of academic scholars and activists. As Associate Research Fellows, the following people have worked with IERI on specific projects, developed wider learning programmes, and actively engaged in expanding the knowledge boundaries of the fields of political economy, science, technology and innovation studies.

Visiting Scholars

IERI also provides research accommodation to international scholars. Since its launch, IERI has hosted the following Visiting Scholars. Visiting Scholars have helped in developing the research agenda of IERI, contributed to research outputs and helped build institutional networks, collaboration and partnerships.

Doctoral Candidates

Interns & Temporary Appointments