Uwe Cantner
Uwe Cantner
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)Appointments
- Full Professor of Economics at the FSU Jena
- Professor of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark/Odense
- Vice President for Young Researchers and Diversity Management at FSU Jena (2014 - 2024)
- Chairman of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI: Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation) at the Federal German Government
- Spokesman of the DFG-GRK 1411 – The Economics of Innovative Change
Contact
Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner
Carl-Zeiss-Straße 3, Room 5.23
D-07743 Jena
fon: +49 (0) 3641 9 43200
fax: +49 (0) 3641 9 43202
uwe.cantner@uni-jena.de
Consultation hours: By appointment (please contact the office in advance)
Main fields of interest
- Economics of Innovation
- Evolutionary Economics
- Industrial Economics
- Productivity: Theory and Measurement
- Public Economics, Public Finance
- RePEc ProfileExternal link
- Google ScholarExternal link
- Watch Latest Thinking Video on “How Is Economic Change Influenced by Innovations?External link“
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Most Recent Refereed Publications
Cantner, U., D. Fornahl & S. Kuhlmann, Towards a New Role of the State for Transformative Innovation, in: Cantner, U., D. Fornahl & S. Kuhlmann (eds), The New Role of State in Transformative Innovation, Elgar, 2026, 1-18
Cantner, U., H. Dauchert, L. Dreier, P. Figge, C. Häussler, Technological Sovereignty of an Economy: Mastery and Availability of Key Enabling Technologies, in: Cantner, Fornahl, Kuhlmann (eds), The New Role of State in Transformative Innovation, Elgar, 2026, 360-77
Cantner, U., D. Fornahl & S. Kuhlmann, Afterword: dawn of a liberterian and conflictual area, in: Cantner, U., D. Fornahl & S. Kuhlmann (eds), The New Role of State in Transformative Innovation, Elgar, 2026, 264-66
Cantner, U., D. Fornahl & S. Kuhlmann (eds), The New Role of State in Transformative Innovation, Elgar, 2026
Cantner, U., Raus aus der Struktur- und Wachstumskrise: mit Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik, Wirtschaftsdienst, 105(12), 2025, 870-75
Cantner, U., & B. Verspagen, Jevons Stanley (Stan) Metcalfe and his contributions to the Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 35(5), 2025, 801-5
Cantner, U., Verspagen, B. The 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 35(5), 2025, 807-8
Cantner, U., Wissenschaft trifft Wirtschaft: Von Transferkanälen zu Transferökosystemen, Forschung und Lehre 11, 2025
Cantner, U., Innovation und Transformation, Internationale Politik Special 6, 2025, 63-67
Cantner, U., P. Gaikwad, & M. Menter, Familiarity or Specialization? The Influence of Firm’s Level of Technology Engagement on Radical Inventiveness, Available at SSRN 5686279.
Stehnken, T., M. Astor, J. Jaspersen, P. Möhlmann, J. Reichert, C. Rammer, A. Ehrlich, L. Strecke, U. Cantner, N. Grashof, C. Brinkhof & T. Brenner (2025), Evaluation: Programmfamilie „Unternehmen Region“, Prognos, Basel, 2025
Bertschek, I., G. Buenstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, CM. Schmidt & F. Welter, Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) Report 2025, Berlin, 2025
Bertschek, I., G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, C.M. Schmidt & F. Welter. Keine Zeit verlieren in der Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik, EFI - POLICY BRIEF NR.2-2025, Berlin, 2025
Cantner, U., & Verspagen, B. (2025). Introduction to the papers of Richard Nelson in the Journal of Evolutionary Economics. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 1-3.
Bünstorf, G., U. Cantner, C. Häussler & P. Meurer. Innovationsmotor Start-ups: Herausforderungen und politische Unterstützung. ifo Schnelldienst, 78(05), 2025, 10-13.
Büchele, S., G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, L. Dreier, L. Eilers & F. Welter. Soziale Innovationen und Soziale Digitalisierung. In: Opielka, M., & Erfurth, C. (Hrsg) (2025). Soziale Digitalisierung: Perspektiven zu den Schnittstellen von Technik und Gesellschaft, Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 2025, 73-95
Cantner, U., Welter, F., Brink, S., Dreier, L., Hädrich, T., & Rieger-Fels, M. (2025). Herausforderungen in der Wasserwirtschaft bedürfen innovativer Lösungen. Wasserwirtschaft, 115(5), 50-51.
Bertschek, I., G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, C.M. Schmidt, F. Welter & H. Dauchert. Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik stärken. Wirtschaftsdienst, 3, 2025, 146.
Ali, M., U. Cantner, I. Roy & M.F. Riaz. Bridging the Innovation Divide in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis of India and Pakistan. 2025, available at SSRN 5200543
Cantner, U., & T. Hädrich. Taking up the proper modes of innovation-DUI, STI or both?. FSU Jena mimeo, 2025
Bertschek, I., G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, P. Meurer, T. Requate, C.M. Schmidt & F. Welter, Effizienz der Klimapolitik erhöhen!, EFI POLICY BRIEF NR. 1-2025, Berlin, 2025
Bertschek, I., G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, C.M. Schmidt & F. Welter, Jahresgutachten zu Forschung, Innovation und technologischer Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands 2025, Berlin, 2025
Rothgang, M., U. Cantner, J. Dehio, L. Dreier, A.M. Scholz & K. Seidel. Begleitende Evaluation des sechsten zivilen Luftfahrtforschungsprogramm (LuFo-VI) des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), RWI, 2024
Cantner, U. & A. Freytag, Strukturwandel hin zu klimaneutralen Industrieländern ordnungspolitisch gestalten, in: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Wohlstand nachhaltig sichern - Erfolgreicher Strukturwandel durch klimaneutrale Industrialisierung, Berlin, 2024, 7-28
Cantner, U., A. Freytag & J. Cernicky. Sonderwirtschaftszonen als Probelauf für den Strukturwandel, Handelsblatt, 28.10.2024
Cantner, U., Table Forum Datengesellschaft: Warum wir eine Datengesellschaft werden müssen, um innovativ bleiben zu können und warum wir noch keine Datengesellschaft sind, 3.11.2024
Bertschek, I., G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, C.M. Schmidt, F. Welter, H. Dauchert & T. Requate, Synergieeffekte zwischen ziviler und militärischer Forschung klug nutzen, Wirtschaftsdienst 104(10), 2024, 677–682
Bertschek, I., G. Buenstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, T. Requate & F. Welter, Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) Report 2024, Berlin, 2024
Cantner, U., T Grebel & X. Zhang, The architecture of global knowledge production – do low-income countries get more involved? Industrial and Corporate Change 33(5), 2024, 1298–1329
Bertschek, I., G. Buenstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, T. Requate & F. Welter, Zur Leistungsfähigkeit und Attraktivität des Forschungs- und Innovationsstandorts Deutschland, ifo Schnelldienst 04/2024
Bertschek, I., G. Buenstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, T. Requate & F. Welter, Transformative F&I-Politik am Beispiel neuer Technologien in der Landwirtschaft und sozialer Innovationen, Wirtschaftsdienst 104(4), 2024, 225–229
Buechele S., G. Buenstorf, U. Cantner, L. Dreier, P. Meurer & L.P. Neumann, Commissioned Project Evaluations of Research and Innovation Policy in Germany: A Review, Studie zum deutschen, Innovationssystem | Nr. 11-2024, Berlin, 2024
Bertschek, I., G. Bünstorf, U. Cantner, C. Häussler, T. Requate & F. Welter, Jahresgutachten zu Forschung, Innovation und technologischer Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands 2024, Berlin, 2024
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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 - 2013
Guest Professor at the University of Turin - 2013
Guest Professor at the Telecom Ecole de Management, Paris - 2012-2014
President of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society - 2014
Guest Professor at the Telecom Ecole de Management, Paris - since 10/2014
Vice President for Young Researchers and Diversity Management of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena - 2015
Guest Professor at the Université des Nice/Sophia Antipolis, Nice - 2015
Guest Professor at the Telecom Ecole de Management, Paris - since 2022
Secretary General of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society
- 1980-1985
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Scientific Appointments
- since 1997
Member of the faculty of the European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics (ESSID) - 1998-2008
General Editor of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) - 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 - 2005-2012
Vice Chair of the Governing Board of the DIME EU-Network of Excellence - 2006-2008 Member of the Council of the ZEW Innovationpanel
- since 7/2006
Spokesman DFG-RTG 1411 "The Economics of Innovative Change" - since 10/2006
Member 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 - 2012-2016
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the IWH in Halle/Saale - 2010-2019
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Mannheim Innovation Panel at the ZEW Mannheim - 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) - 2012-2014
President of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society - since 2015
Member of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI: Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation) at the Federal German Government - since 2019
Chairman of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI: Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation) at the Federal German Government - since 2019
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Eurasian Business Review
- since 1997