PhD Stipends, Economic Complexity and Emerging Ecosystems of AI Technologies

At the Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Business and Management, a PhD scholarship in Economic Complexity and Emerging Ecosystems of AI Technologies is open for appointment on 1 September 2020 or as soon as possible. The capability to fast and efficiently select and acquire relevant knowledge, and transfer insights and applications into new fields of economic activity is critical in times of rapid technological change, where new technological opportunities spring up frequently. In the advent of potential general-purpose-technologies (GPT), these capabilities provide opportunities for firms to disrupt established industries, and for countries to trigger changes in industrial and technological leadership. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML&AI) are generally perceived as a likely candidate for a GTP that will revolutionize the economy. Consequently, many developed and emerging economies have entered the race for leadership in the field of AI, leading to numerous national and supranational strategic initiatives to boost the development and application of AI technologies.