Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to share attached the PhD Scholarship on 'Deep-Tech Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Early Career Researchers (ECRs)' Pathways' at Aix-Marseille University in France.
The PhD project "Deep-Tech Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Early Career Researchers (ECRs)' Pathways" is in line with the ECO-CARE funded project. The objective of this research is to explore how early career researchers (ECRs) can transition from academic research to entrepreneurship within deep-tech, and to identify how entrepreneurial ecosystems can be designed or adapted to better support these transitions. The project is funded by the ANR Collaborative Research Project - Enterprise (PRCE) no ANR-25-CE26-3852 'ECO-CARE ECRs towards Entrepreneurial Careers: An Ecosystem Approach on Deep Tech Tools for Entrepreneurship'.
➡️Supervision: Christina Theodoraki (IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management); Rani J. DANG (Université Côte d'Azur)
👉 To apply upload your file in English in one single pdf file before January 31, 2026 via the Application Form: https://lnkd.in/eBCk7Mfm including:
- A detailed curriculum vitae
- A document detailing the courses taken on methodology
- A letter of motivation explaining (max 1 page)
- Copies of diplomas and transcripts from the first year of higher education
- Thesis proposal (3-6 pages)
Applicants who are about to complete their degree are explicitly encouraged to apply.
Contact:
We encourage you to share this PhD Scholarship to your networks and anyone interested.
Kind regards,
Christina THEODORAKI
Full professor (HDR) | Entrepreneurship & Strategy |
IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management
Aix-Marseille University, CERGAM (EA 4225)
Editor: Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal
Associate Editor: Journal of Small Business Management, Revue internationale PME, Management & Prospective (Gestion 2000)
Chair Elect ENT Division Academy of Management
christina.theodoraki@iae-aix.fr
