Walsh John Pyne
Full Professor
John P. Walsh is Full Professor of Organization and Innovation in the Department of Management Engineering.
He is also an editor at Research Policy.
Career
PhD: Sociology Northwestern University
Master of Arts: Sociology, Northwestern University
Research
He studies the work and organization of academic and industrial research and how these are affected by the policy environment. In particular, he focuses on intellectual property policies. Key themes in the research are collaboration, creativity, and learning.
Selected Publications
2025. Choi, J, T. Lieu, C. C. Liu and J. P. Walsh. Is flat 15% fair? Science 2025 Vol. 387 (6740):1258-1259.
2024. Ceccagnoli, M, YN Lee and JP Walsh. Reaching beyond low-hanging fruit: Basic research and innovativeness. Research Policy 53 (1), 104912.
2018. Milojević, S, F Radicchi and JP Walsh. The changing demographics of scientific careers: The rise of the temporary workforce. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (50), 12616-12623.
2012. Shibayama, S, JP Walsh, and Y Baba. “Academic entrepreneurship and exchange of scientific resources: material transfer in life and materials sciences in Japanese universities.” American Sociological Review 77(5) 804-830.
2002. Cohen, WM, RR Nelson and JP Walsh. "Links and impacts: survey results on the influence of public research on industrial R&D." Management Science 48:1-23.
Grants, awards and Honours
2023 Kim Bo-Jung Endowment Visiting Professor, KAIST
2019 Altmetrics Top 100 (“The changing demographics of scientific
careers.” 2018. PNAS)
2016 Innovation Management 2016 Best Paper Award (Second Prize,
1000€) European Business School, Wiesbaden, Germany
(“Inventing while you work.” 2016. Research Policy.”)
Community service