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 (, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The university was established in 1558 and is cou ...

, 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 (, SDU) has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand. It offers a number of joint programmes in co-operation with the University of Flensburg and the University of Kiel. Contacts with regional indu ...

. 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 university, public research university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 375 programs. It is Michigan's third-l ...

in 1984 and a

Diplom A ''Diplom'' (, from ) is an academic degree in the German-speaking countries Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and a similarly named degree in some other European countries including Albania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia ...

from the

University of Augsburg The University of 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 young campus university with a ...

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, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

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 (, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The university was established in 1558 and is cou ...

and Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. He was the president of

International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society The International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS) is an economics association aimed at furthering research in the spirit of Joseph Schumpeter. Wolfgang Stolper, Wolfgang F. Stolper and Horst Hanusch initiated the foundation of the society in 19 ...

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 Joseph Alois Schumpeter (; February 8, 1883 – January 8, 1950) was an Austrian political econ ...

''.

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