• Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Economic Competitiveness
• Venture capital markets
• Political Economy of East Asia
• Diffusion and Contextual Rationality

Dr Klingler-Vidra is currently engaged in several research projects. First, the rise of startup capitalism, and the ways in which state support for startups relates to the competitive positioning of incumbent firms (see Startup Capitalism: New approaches to innovation strategies in East Asia). Second, how the Silicon Valley model is adapted as it diffuses globally, with particular emphasis on the forms innovation policies take in East Asia (see The Venture Capital State: The Silicon Valley Model in East Asia, Cornell University Press, 2018). Third, she is exploring the relationship between the personal characteristics of policy leaders as well as entrepreneurs to understand preferences and performance (see recent papers in Business and Politics, Competition & Change, and World Development). and their innovation policy preferences. 

Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Vice Dean, Global Engagement, and Reader in Political Economy & Entrepreneurship at King’s Business School, King's College London. She is the author of The Venture Capital State: The Silicon Valley Model in East Asia (Cornell University Press, 2018), Inclusive Innovation (with Alex Glennie and Courtney Savie Lawrence, Routledge, 2022), and Startup Capitalism: New Approaches to Innovation Strategies in East Asia (with Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Cornell University Press, 2025).

Her research focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture capital and has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including International Affairs, International Studies Quarterly, New Political Economy, Regulation & Governance, Socio-Economic Review, and World Development. She  leads a range of executive education programmes as well as international studies for the Asian Productivity Organisation, Innovate UK, and the UN Development Programme. Robyn obtained her BA in Political Science at the University of Michigan and her MSc and PhD in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

• Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Economic Competitiveness
• Political Economy of East Asia
• Venture capital