Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner

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