Fellows Program

Emergia Institute invites young researchers from the graduate level onwards to join the institute with their individual research projects. Emergia Institute offers its own expertise, access to empirical projects and to its network of experts.

Current research topics of interest include:

Market Research and Innovation Processes

• User-led innovation with low-income customers
• ITC solutions for market data genera tion in a development context

Business Model Development

• China focus: Environmental politics and sustainable business models, health in rural China (insurance, pharmaceutical industry), water management in rural China
• Microfranchising - success factors of existing business models
• Employing the CDM mechanism to enable business models in development contexts

Impact Assessment and Evaluation

• Incorporating triple bottom line assessments into business development processes