Joanna Poyago-Theotoky is an economist and researcher, currently a full professor at th
University of Salento a visiting fellow at the
Australian National University and a visiting professor at the
University of East Anglia. Previously, she has held positions at the
University of St Andrews,
University of Nottingham,
University of Bristol,
Loughborough University
Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...
and
La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has served as a member of the Economics Learning Standards Working Party commissioned by the Australian Government to develop new learning standards for Economics Bachelor and Master's degrees.
She was born on the island of
Corfu, Κέρκυρα and is
descendantof an old and noble political Corfiot family, the
Theotokis
Theotokis ( el, Θεοτόκης, ''Theotókēs''), in Italian and older English literature Theotochi or Teotochi, is a Greek aristocratic family from Corfu.
History
The family are an old landowning family in Corfu, Greece, several members of w ...
, as well as the
Dousmani family (
Sofoklis Dousmanis,
Viktor Dousmanis).
Her research interests lie in the areas of
Industrial organization (especially
Technological innovation
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Innovation refers t ...
,
R&D cooperation and research joint ventures,
technology
and
environmental
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policies); applied
microeconomic
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theory and the economics of science and knowledge transfer.
Poyago-Theotokyhas published her research in leading international academic journals.
References
Academics of the University of Bristol
Alumni of the University of Bristol
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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