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    „The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.“ (John Maynard Keynes)

Welcome

to the Chair of Economics of Innovation and Structural Change

Since September 01, 2023 Torben Klarl is acting head of the Chair of Economics, esp. Innovation and Structural Economics. Torben Klarl is Professor of Economics, esp. Macroeconomics, in the Department of Economics.

The holder of the professorship, Jutta Günther, serves as President of the University of Bremen since September 01, 2022. The scientific work and third-party funded projects at the professorship will continue seamlessly.

Currently, a joint research project deals with the structural economic consequences of socialism and transformation in East Germany and Eastern Europe (Mod-Block-GDR). Other projects of the working group focus on the development and deployment of sustainable energy systems and technologies (H2B, hyTracks, hyBit) and on the dynamics of innovation systems (DynamicInno). Postdocs of the working group are initiators of the network "Learning (from) Transformation", which is funded by BYRD.

Prof. Dr. Torben Klarl

Prof. Dr. Torben Klarl (commissary management)

University of Bremen
Faculty of Business Studies and Economics
Max-von-Laue-Str. 1
28359 Bremen

E-Mail:

office-guenther(at)uni-bremen.de
ierp.office.klarl(at)uni-bremen.de


Phone: +49 (0)421 218-66631

Prof. Günther

Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther (on leave)

Latest news

Heide Fest

Successful meeting of the Mod-Block-GDR research consortium at the European University Viadrina

The BMBF-funded Mod-Block-DDR research consortium met at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder from 22-23.02.24.


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New Publication: Overcoming barriers to technology transfer – empirical evidence from the German Democratic Republic

Ann Hipp, Björn Jindra and Kehinde Medase published a research paper entitled „Overcoming barriers to technology transfer – empirical evidence from the German Democratic Republic“ in The Journal of Technology Transfer.


DFG Treffen Jena

Ann Hipp leads 4th DFG Network meeting on “The dynamics of innovation systems” in Jena

From January 25th to 26th, 2024 the 4th meeting of the DFG network "The Dynamics of Innovation Systems: Perspectives, Influences and Operationalization" led by Ann Hipp took place at FSU Jena.


GeoINNO

Research presentations at GEOINNO Conference in Manchester

From January 10th to 12th, 2024 the 7th Geography of Innovation Conference (GEOINNO) was held at University of Manchester. Jessica Birkholz, Ann Hipp, Philip Kerner and Mariia Skolnykova have participated at the conference and presented their current research.


Susanna Bolz

New Publication „Regional capabilities and hydrogen adoption barriers“

Susanna Bolz, Julian Thiele and Tobias Wendler have published an article in the international peer-reviewed journal "Energy Policy" on innovation adoption barriers for hydrogen applications.


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Call for Papers – Input-Output-Workshop

From 29 February to 01 March 2024, the 15th Input-Output-Workshop will take place at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück.