Marc E. B. Picavet is a postdoctoral fellow in digital innovation and governance in the School of Management at the QUT Business School at the Queensland University of Technology. Picavet has a PhD in Public Administration and Government at the School of Business Administration of São Paulo (FGV EAESP) and recipient of a FAPESP scholarship. His background includes a master’s in Political Economy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BA in Economics from Insper in Brazil.
During his PhD, he participated in the Belmont Forum project “Understanding Innovative Initiatives for Governing Food, Water and Energy Nexus in Cities” focused on green infrastructure and the food-water-energy nexus and in the FAPESP-funded projects “Innovation for Creating Sustainable Value: Understanding Global Value Chains in the Amazon” and “Local Public Policies and Global Environmental Changes: Understanding Innovative Initiatives in Brazil.” He also led and coordinated his own project together with FGV master’s and undergraduate students and with funding from FGV EAESP.
He has also international experience having worked several years for a consultancy in Hong Kong, and another consultancy in Brazil specialized in innovation. His research interests are innovation and collaboration in public sector, artificial intelligence, sustainability and cities.