Uwe Cantner

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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
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
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Most Recent Refereed Publications

Cantner, U., H. Graf, M. Rothgang, Geographical Clustering and the Evaluation of Cluster Policies, Journal of Technology Transfer 44(6), 2019, 1665–1672
Wolf, T., U. Cantner, H. Graf, M. Rothgang, Cluster Ambidexterity towards Exploration and Exploitation – Actor strategies, cluster management and political support, Journal of Technology Transfer 44(6), 2019, 1840-1866
Cantner, U., T. Wolf, On regional innovator networks as hubs for innovative ventures, in: Lehmann, E.E., M. Keilbach (eds), From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship - A Tribute to David B. Audretsch, Cham (CH): Springer Nature Switzerland, 2019, 325-348
Cantner, U., E. Dettmann, A. Giebler, J. Günther, The impact of innovation and innovation subsidies on economic development in German regions, Regional Studies 53(9), 2019, 1284-1295
Cantner, U., I. Savin, S. Vannuccini, Replicator dynamics in value chains: explaining some puzzles of market selection, Industrial and Corporate Change 28(3), 2019, 589–611
Cantner U., A. Giebler, J. Günther, M. Kristalova, A. Meder, Regional and technological effects on cooperative innovation activities, International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics 8(3/4), 2018, 242-279
Cantner, U., H. Graf, E. Prytkova, S. Vannuccini, 2018, The Compositional Nature of Productivity and Innovation Slowdown, Jena Economic Research Papers 2018-006, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
Hendarman, A.F., U. Cantner, Soft Skills, Hard Skills, and Individual Innovativeness, Eurasian Business Review 8(2), 2018, 139-169
Cantner, U., T. Wolf, The selective nature of innovator networks and innovative companies’ survival, in: Cubico, S., Favretto, G., Leitão, J., Cantner, U. (eds), Entrepreneurship and the Industry Life Cycle - The Changing Role of Human Capital and Competences, Springer

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

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