Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner
Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 3
07743 Jena
Tel.: +49 3641 943 200
Curriculum vitae
| 1980-1985 | University of Augsburg: Business Administration/Economics (degree: Dipl.oec.) |
| 1983-1984 | Wayne-State University, Detroit, MI, USA: Economics (degree: MA) |
| 1985-1990 | Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Horst Hanusch, Department of Economics, University of Augsburg |
| 1990 | PhD at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Professor Dr. Franz Gehrels, Institute for International Economics, topic: "Technischer Fortschritt, neue Güter und internationaler Handel" (Technical Progress, New Goods and International Trade) (degree: Dr.oec.publ.) |
| 1990-1996 | Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Horst Hanusch, Department of Economics, University of Augsburg |
| 1996 | Habilitation in Economics, topic "Heterogenität und technologische Spillovers - Grundelemente einer ökonomischen Theorie des technologischen Fortschritts" (Heterogeneity and Technological Progress -basic elements of an economic theory of technological progress) (degree: Dr.rer.pol.habil.) |
| 1996-1997 | Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Augsburg |
| 1997-1998 | Temporary Professorship at the Department of Economics, University of Augsburg |
| 1998 | Guest Professor at Université du Toulon et du Var |
| 1998, 1999, 2000 | Guest Professor at Université de Rennes |
| 04/2000-11/2000 | Temporary Professorship at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena |
| since 12/2000 | Professor of Economics, Chair for Microeconomics at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena |
| since 07/2010 | Professor of Economics (II) at the University of Southern Denmark/Odense |
Scientific appointments
| since 1997 | Member of the faculty of the European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics (ESSID) |
| since 1998 | General Editor of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) |
| 1999-2000 | Member of the Jury of the Joseph A. Schumpeter Prize 2000 |
| since 2001 | Editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Economics (JEE) |
| 2002 | Member of the Jury of the Joseph A. Schumpeter Prize 2002 |
| since 2005 | Vice Chair of the Governing Board of the DIME EU-Network of Excellence |
| 2005-2006 | Mitglied im Beirat des ZEW Innovations-Panels |
| since 7/2006 | Spokesman DFG-RTG 1411 "The Economics of Innovative Change" |
| since 10/2006 | Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Mannheim Innovationpanel of the ZEW (MIP) |
| since 12/2007 | Director Jena Graduate School "Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change" |
| 2008-2009 | Chairman of the Evolutionary Economics Chapter of the German Economic Association |
| since 2009 | Member Scientific Advisory Board of the IWH in Halle/Saale |
| 2010 | Member of the Jury of the Joseph A. Schumpeter-Prize 2010 |
| since 2010 | Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Economic Analysis (JEA) |
| since 06/2010 | President-elect of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society |
Research interests
- Economics of Innovation
- Evolutionary Economics
- Industrial Economics
- Productivity: Theory and Measurement
- Public Economics, Public Finance
Most recent publications (Complete list of publications)
- Cantner U., Industrial dynamics and evolution – the role of innovation, competences and learning, in: Drexl, W., Kerber, W., Podszun, R. (eds), Competition Policy And The Economic Approach, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011, ch 8
- Cantner U, M. Guerzoni, Innovation and the evolution of industries - A tale of incentives, knowledge and needs in: Audretsch D.B., Falck O., Heblich S., Lederer A., Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011, 382-402
- Buhl, M., Cantner, U., Ebert, K., Friesel, J. Fornahl, D., Heinze, L., Ketels, C., Liecke M., Meier zu Köcker, G., Schricke, E., Stahlecker, T., Analyse der Clusterlandschaft, Dossier für den 2. Innovationsdialog zwischen Bundesregierung, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft, Berlin, achatech, 2011
- Cantner U., H. Graf, Innovation Networks: formation, performance and dynamics, in: Antonelli C. (ed.), Handbook on the System Dynamics of Technological Change, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011, 366-394 Brenner T., U. Cantner, H. Graf, Innovation Networks: Measurement, Performance and Regional Dimensions, Industry and Innovation 18(1), 2011, 1–5
- Cantner U., K. Joel, Network Position, Absorptive Capacity and Firm Success, The IUP Journal of Knowledge Management IX(1), 2011, 37-56, 2010
- Cantner U., W. Güth, Confirming Intuitions about “Who Will Win?”- A comment on Manfred Stadler’s analysis of “Market Structure, Spillovers, and Licensing in R&D Contests, in: Ramser H.J., Stadler M. (eds), Marktmacht, Mohr Siebeck, 2010, 21-25
- Cantner U., Yardstick Competiton - an empirical approach, in: Mehler A., Cantner U. (eds), Dimensionen Öffentlichen Wirtschaftens - Dimensions of Public Economics – Strategies and Policies Facing Uncertainty and Market Failure, 2010, 267-286
- Cantner U., A. Mehler (eds), Dimensionen Öffentlichen Wirtschaftens - Dimensions of Public Economics – Strategies and Policies Facing Uncertainty and Market Failure, München: Martin Medienbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2010
- Cantner U., E. Conti, A. Meder, Networks and innovation: the role of social assets in explaining firms’ innovative capacity, European Planning Studies 18(12), 2010, 1937-1956 Huettner M., A. Freibauer, C. Haug, U. Cantner, Regaining momentum for international climate policy beyond Copenhagen, Carbon Balance and Management 2010, 5:2 doi:10.1186/1750-0680-5-2
- Cantner U., Dynamischer Wettbewerb von Unternehmen - Eine Anwendung der Replikatordynamik, in Otto, K.S., T. Speck (Hrsg.), Darwin meets Business - Evolutionäre und bionische Lösungen für die Wirtschaft, Gabler-Verlag, 2010, 201-211
- Cantner U., A. Meder, A. ter Wal, Innovator networks and regional knowledge base, Technovation 30(9-10), 2010, 496-507