The 12th Globelics International Conference will be hosted by Addis Ababa University and Adama Science and Technology University and held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Like previous Globelics Conferences, this conference intends to bring together scholars from different disciplines to enhance the quality of innovation studies in relation to development and growth in the context of globalization and accelerating pace of change. The conference will combine presentation of research papers in parallel tracks with panel discussions and plenary lectures.
This year’s key note lectures will be given by the world leading scholars on innovation and development, Martin Bell (the 2014 Freeman Lecture) and Calestous Juma (the 2014 Globelics Lecture).
Paper Submissions


We invite submission of original unpublished full papers for the conference.
Submission of full paper (in PDF) not exceeding 12,000 words (including notes, tables, appendices, list of references, etc.) should be made via the online submission form available at the conference website http://2014.globelics.org. We especially encourage the participation of young researchers. The selection of the papers will be based on a peer review process. Globelics reserves the right to use available software to control for plagiarism and to take appropriate action in severe cases.

!The Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (Globelics) is an international network of scholars who apply the concept of "learning, innovation, and competence building system" (LICS) as a framework for promoting inclusive and sustainable development in developing countries, emerging economies and societies in transition. The research aims at locating unique systemic features as well as generic good practices to enlighten policy making relating to innovation, competence building, international competitiveness, regional development, labor market and human capital development. In an increasingly global and knowledge-based competition, both management strategies and policy need to be based upon an understanding of how globalization changes these framework conditions.
Regional chapters of Globelics have been developed in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Mediterranean region (Asialics, AfricaLics, Lalics and MEDAlics). In some big countries national networks have been established (CICALICS in China and Indialics).”
Apart from providing training for PhD scholars through the Globelics Academies in Rio, Lisbon and Tampere, Globelics organizes annual conferences. Until now eleven Globelics conferences have been organized. The first conference was held in 2003, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it was followed by the second conference at Beijing, China (2004), the third conference at Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa (2005), the fourth in Trivandrum, India (2006), the fifth in Saratov, Russia (2007), the sixth in Mexico City, Mexico (2008), the seventh in Dakar, Senegal (2009), the eighth in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2010), the ninth in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2011), the tenth in China (2012) and the eleventh in Turkey (2013). Leading scholars from both developed and developing countries in the field of innovation, technological change and development have attended these meetings.