Access and Benefit Sharing over Genetic Resources
Funding available for Aboriginal Canadian Students interested in pursuing LLM or PhD research in the area(s) of Canadian and international laws and policy on access and benefit sharing (ABS) relating to genetic resources in the context of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on ABS. The funding is offered pursuant to a project that seeks the integration of Aboriginal interest and capacity building in the process of development of Canadian policy on ABS. There is ample flexibility for potential applicants to liaise with supervising Professor Oguamanam in shaping or tailoring your research proposals or projects in other relevant directions, including those around various subjects at the intersections of traditional or Aboriginal knowledge, intellectual property, biotechnology and access to and utilization of genetic resources in the Canadian contexts. Please contact Professor Oguamanam at Chidi.Oguamanam@uottawa.ca for further information about this opportunity.
Intellectual Property and Open Innovation
Funding available for graduate students at the LLM and PhD levels in the area of intellectual property and open innovation. Additional funding is available to support fieldwork and travel for disseminating research results. Students will work and study at the University of Ottawa with Professor de Beer and a team of interdisciplinary collaborators at other institutions. Research will focus on the extent to which intellectual property may be both an incentive for technological innovation and an impediment to access to knowledge. Students will collaborate on case studies -- in the areas of smartphone patents, digital content, and science & technology -- to understand which IP practices and policies work well, which do not and, most importantly, why. More information is online about the SSHRC-funded project, "Rethinking Intellectual Property & Open Innovation." Please contact Professor de Beer at Jeremy.deBeer@uOttawa.ca for further information about this opportunity.
Digital Economy Strategy
Funding available for graduate students in the area of digital economy strategy research. The emergence of the Internet as a mainstream tool for communication and commerce in the 1990s brought with it a national effort to facilitate broadband access, enhance e-commerce adoption, and foster the affordable availability of communication technologies. While Canada was widely viewed as a global digital economy leader at the turn of the century, the decade that followed was marked by few policy initiatives to build on the prior success stories. Renewed interest in a Canadian digital economy strategy in recent years has largely failed to address crucial governance issues. Research will examine digital strategy leadership governance models, the international impact on national digital economy strategies by examining Canada’s ability to influence – and be influenced by - the global agenda, and how public input is incorporated into policy development. Please contact Professor Michael Geist at michael.geist@uOttawa.ca for more information about this opportunity.
If you would like more information about our LLM or PhD programs generally, please contact Professor Elizabeth Judge at Elizabeth.Judge@uOttawa.ca. We remind you that the deadline for application is February 1, 2015 (PhD) and March 1, 2015 (LLM in Law & Technology). We look \forward to hearing from you!