Uwe Cantner (born August 2, 1960) is a German economist.

Current positions

Since 2000 Uwe Cantner has been full professor of Economics at the

University of Jena The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (german: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The un ...

, and heads the chair of Economics and Microeconomics. Economics of innovation, evolutionary economics, industrial economics, and productivity and efficiency measurement are his major fields of research. Since 2011 he is also Professor of Economics (part-time) at the

University of Southern Denmark The University of Southern Denmark ( da, Syddansk Universitet, lit=South Danish University, abbr. SDU) is a university in Denmark that has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand. The university offers a number of joint programmes in ...

. On 15 October 2014 he became vice-president for young researchers and diversity management at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Since 2015 he is member of the Expert Commission on Research and Innovation of the German Government. He chairs this commission since May 2019.

Education

Uwe Cantner earned a Master of Arts in Economics from

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

in 1984 and a

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from the

University of Augsburg The University of Augsburg (german: Universität Augsburg) is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties. The University of Augsburg is a relatively you ...

in 1985. He received his PhD in 1990 from the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

with the thesis "Product and Process Innovation in International Trade". In 1996 he habilitated at the

on the topic "Heterogeneity and Spillovers - Basic Elements of a Theory of Technological Change".

Further positions

Uwe Cantner is the director of The Jena Graduate School Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change, and the spokesman of the (formerly DFG) Graduate College “The Economics of Innovative Change, offered jointly by

Friedrich Schiller University Jena The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (german: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The un ...

and Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena in

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. He was the president of

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from 2012 to 2014. Since 2002 he has been editor of ''

Journal of Evolutionary Economics The International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) is an economics association aimed at furthering research in the spirit of Joseph Schumpeter. Wolfgang F. Stolper and Horst Hanusch initiated the foundation of the society in 1986. The primary ...

''.

References

External links

Homepage at Max Planck Institute of Economics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cantner, Uwe 1960 births Living people German economists University of Augsburg alumni Wayne State University alumni Academic staff of the University of Jena