Sarah Tung
RESEARCH PROFILE
Sarah Tung is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology (黑料福利网), within the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (IE&IS) and the Innovation, Technology Entrepreneurship & Marketing (ITEM) group. Her research lies at the intersection of innovation economics, entrepreneurship, and science鈥搃ndustry relations, with a specific focus on the organizations and support structures that enable knowledge transfer and academic entrepreneurship. Building on her PhD work on innovation intermediary organizations, she examines how intermediary actors (e.g., technology transfer offices, incubators, and regional support organizations) shape entrepreneurial journeys and innovation ecosystems.
She collaborates closely with The Gate (黑料福利网鈥檚 Knowledge Transfer Office) on an 18-month project investigating how academic and student entrepreneurs mobilize resources and navigate support ecosystems. Her work combines qualitative interviews with ecosystem-level analysis to understand entrepreneurs鈥 needs and the challenges they face across the different phases of venture creation. In parallel, she contributes to the co-design and development of a digital platform aimed at providing practical guidance and tools for early-stage founders.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Sarah Tung holds a PhD in Economics (2020鈥2024) from the University of Strasbourg (BETA, UMR 7522), completed in co-supervision with the Universit茅 Catholique de Lille. Her doctoral research examined the functions, evolution and skills of science鈥搃ndustry intermediary organizations, combining historical, qualitative and quantitative approaches. This work has led to several ongoing publication projects and conference presentations.
She previously completed a Master鈥檚 degree in Economic Analysis and Policy (2018鈥2020) at the University of Strasbourg, specializing in Statistics and Econometrics. Her Master鈥檚 research thesis explored the role of the 鈥渕iddleground鈥 in innovation ecosystem orchestation, based on the case of Eurasant茅, work that led to a first academic publication in Technological Forecasting & Social Change (2020). During her Master鈥檚 studies, she participated in two Erasmus exchanges, at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and at the Friedrich鈥揂lexander University of Erlangen鈥揘uremberg. She completed a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Economics and Management (2017鈥2018) while simultaneously pursuing the Magist猫re in Economics (2017鈥2020), a selective research-intensive programme at the University of Strasbourg.
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