- Tier l CRC-Social Contexts Tec
- Professor
University of Calgary
Richard William Hawkins
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
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Education
PhD (Political Economy) University of Sussex
About
Richard Hawkins joins the University of Calgary this year as Professor
and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Science, Technology and
Innovation Policy. He is also Senior Fellow that the Center for
Innovation Studies (THECIS) and Senior Associate Scientist with the
Innovation Policy Group at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied
Scientific Research (TNO).
Dr Hawkins is a political economist specialising in information and communication technology policy issues, he holds BA and MA degrees from Simon Fraser University, and a DPhil from the University of Sussex (UK). Before coming to Calgary Dr Hawkins was Leader of the Network Economy Programme at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Senior Consultant to the TNO Society, Technology and Innovation programme. Prior to this he was Senior Fellow and Lecturer at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, at the University of Sussex.
In addition to academic work, Dr Hawkins has extensive international experience as a policy consultant and advisor. Clients have included the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, the UK Department of Trade and Industry, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, the European Science and Technology Observatory, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), the UK Office of Science and Technology, the International Labour Organisation, the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority, the London Metropolitan Police Service, and the British Standards Institution.
Dr Hawkins is a political economist specialising in information and communication technology policy issues, he holds BA and MA degrees from Simon Fraser University, and a DPhil from the University of Sussex (UK). Before coming to Calgary Dr Hawkins was Leader of the Network Economy Programme at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Senior Consultant to the TNO Society, Technology and Innovation programme. Prior to this he was Senior Fellow and Lecturer at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, at the University of Sussex.
In addition to academic work, Dr Hawkins has extensive international experience as a policy consultant and advisor. Clients have included the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, the UK Department of Trade and Industry, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, the European Science and Technology Observatory, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), the UK Office of Science and Technology, the International Labour Organisation, the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority, the London Metropolitan Police Service, and the British Standards Institution.
Books
Hawkins, R. & G. Vickery (2008) Re-making the Movies: Digital
Content and the Evolution of the Film and Video Industries, Paris:
OECD.
Hawkins, R. & G. Vickery (2008) Re-making the Movies: Digital Content and the Evolution of the Film and Video Industries, Paris: OECD.
Hawkins, R. & G. Vickery (2008) Re-making the Movies: Digital Content and the Evolution of the Film and Video Industries, Paris: OECD.
Journal Articles
Young, J., R. Hawkins, E. Sharlin & T. Igarashi (2009) Toward Acceptable Domestic Robots: Applying Insights from Social Psychology, Journal of Social Robotics (accepted, September 2008, forthcoming 2009).
Ballon, P. & R. Hawkins (2009)
Standardization and business models for platform competition: the case
of mobile television, International Journal of Information Technology
Standards and Standardization Research 7 (1), 1-12 (forthcoming).
Hawkins, R. & P. Ballon (2007) When standards become business
models: reinterpreting ‘failure' in the standardization paradigm, Info
- the Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for
Telecommunications, Information and Media , 9 (5) 20-30.
Conference Presentations
Hawkins, R., M. Godin & P. Josty, Interprovincial Regulatory Barriers to Procurement in Canada's Oil & Gas Sector: Potential Standardization-based Solutions, Report Submitted to the Standards Council of Canada, 15 October 2007.
Hawkins, R., Digital Broadband Content: Film and Video, Report to the OECD Working Party on the Information Economy, Committee for Information, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, Committeefor Information, Computer and Communications Policy, DSTI/ICCP/IE(2006)11/REV2, Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Hawkins, R. & C. Langford, A Comparative Assessment of National Policies in Canada and Seven OCED Countries to Promote Collaboration Between Industry and Post-secondary Educational Institutions, Paper prepared for Industry Canada, Ottawa, 14 March 2007.
Hawkins, R., C. Langford, T. Ross & K. Sidhu, Collaboration between Post-secondary Educational Institutions and Industry in Canada, Final Report for Industry Canada, 17 May 2007.
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