Bio
Claudia Werker is an associate professor in Economics of Technology and Innovationat the Department Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology as well as a visiting professor at the Research Area Technology, Innovation, Marketing and Entrepreneurship (TIME) at RWTH Aachen University. She has been teaching Bachelor, Master and PhD students in the field of Economics of Innovation and Technology.
Claudia Werker received her PhD-degree in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) from Freiberg University of Technology, Germany (summa cum laude). Starting with her PhD thesis she has been studying the creation and dissemination of innovation and knowledge in innovation systems.
Currently, her recent research focuses on management of technology and innovation, the economic effects of big data and design for values.
research interest
Management of technology and innovation.
Economic effects of big data.
Design for values.
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position
Associate professor of Economics of Technology and Innovation
degrees
PhD in Economics, Freiberg University of Technology
MSc in Economics, University of Konstanz
faculty
Publications
Key Publications:
- Values in University-Industry Collaborations: The Case of Academics Working at Universities of Technology (forthcoming), in Science and Engineering Ethics, with Rafaela Hillerbrand.
- Personal and Related Kinds of Proximity Driving Collaborations: A Multi-Case Study of Dutch Nanotechnology Researchers (2016), in Springer Plus, with Ward Ooms and Marjolein Caniels. https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40064-016-3445-1
- Research Orientation and Agglomeration: Can Every Region Become a Silicon Valley? (2015), in Technovation, with Ward Ooms, Marjolein Caniels and Herman van den Bosch Vol. 45-46, pp. 78–92. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497215000589
- Universities' Functions in Knowledge Transfer: A Geographical Perspective (2013), in: Annals of Regional Science 51, 621-643, with Martina Fromhold-Eisebith https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00168-013-0559-z
- Proximity and Collaboration in European Nanotechnology (2012), in: Papers of Regional Science, with Scott Cunningham. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00416.x/abstract;jsessionid=FA2B83F47F74ADB489F85227219CE0D3.f03t03
- Policy Advice Derived from Simulation Models (2009), in: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, October, 12 (4), with Thomas Brenner. http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/12/4/2.html
