Dr. Ademir-Paolo Vrolijk

Ademir is a Senior Policy Advisor at Impact Canada. He is responsible for measuring, analyzing, and reporting on the immediate and long-term impacts of the Challenge portfolio. He also supports the design of new Challenges and mentors Impact Canada's Fellows on the challenge process.

Ademir draws on his academic work for this role. His research studied the use of innovation challenges in complex, technical contexts and open innovation approaches in government agencies. This experience allows Ademir to translate academic findings into practice and communicate Impact Canada's insights to open innovation scholars and practitioners.

Before joining the Privy Council Office, Ademir was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ready Lab at the University of Toronto. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the Laboratory for Innovation Sciences at Harvard (LISH) at Harvard University--a centre of excellence for open innovation. Ademir holds a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from Carleton University.