Richard Hawkins is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in the Science, Technology and Society Program at the University of Calgary. He is also Senior Fellow at The Centre for Innovation Studies (THECIS), and Associate Senior Scientist in the Innovation Policy Group at the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Prior to taking up the Canada Research Chair, he was Leader of the Network Economy Program and later Senior Advisor to the Society, Technology and Innovation Program at the TNO. Previous to this, he was Senior Fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex. He holds BA and MA degrees from Simon Fraser University (Canada), and a DPhil from the University of Sussex (UK).
Dr Hawkins is a political economist specializing in innovation and research policy issues. In addition to academic work, he has extensive experience internationally as a policy consultant and advisor. Major clients have included the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, Industry Canada, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the UK Department of Trade and Industry, the UK Office of Science and Technology, the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, the International Labor Organization, the Italian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (AGCOM), the London Metropolitan Police Service, the Telecommunication Managers Association (UK) and the British Standards Institution.
