Research Interests

• Knowledge and Technology Transfer
• Network and Cluster Analysis
• Policy Design

Publications and Working Papers

• Improvement and Soical Context, with Olaf Gaus and Matthias Raith (Magdeburg), in: University Journal, June/July 2011, 18-20.

• “Knowledge Networks and Their Impact on New and Small Firms in Local Economies”, with Allesandra Pronto, Simone Tani, Olaf Gaus und Matthias Raith, in: OECD Publishing, OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers, 2012/02.

• Lisbon 2010 - A redesign of German funding regions, in: FEMM, Faculty of Economics and Management Magdeburg, Working Paper Series 12008.

Lectures

Lisbon 2010 - A redesign of German funding regions

• 08.11.2012 16th Annual Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Conference, Potsdam
• 27.02.2013 Central-German Doctoral Program Economics, Dresden

Pro-Active Science Transfer - Study of knowledge as an input factor for regional grwoth

• 07.11.2012 16th Annual Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurrship Conference, with Anja Jennerjahn, Potsdam

Cluster and  Knowledge Networks - A policy instrument for more R&D in small firms?

• 04.11.2011 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Conference, Zürich

OECD-Study  "KOWLEDGE NETWORKS AND THEIR IMPACT ON NEW AN SMALL FIRMS IN LOCAL ECONOMIES"

• 08.10.2010 Investment Bank Saxony-Anhalt, with Olaf Gaus
• 30.09.2010 IHK Magdeburg, Industrial board, with Olaf Gaus

Working Experience

01/10 -             Doctorial Candidate, Magdeburg Entrepreneurship Development and Acceleration Lab 

05/09 - 12/09   Lecturer, Impuls-Network Saxony-Anhalt  

• workshop why not - idea generation
• workshop idea paper
• workshop business plan
• workshop marketing concept

07/07 - 04/09   Project Manager, Marketing Media Group Magdeburg 

• ticket systems
• sponsoring
• games

09/06 - 06/07    Trainee, CEO Media Group Magdeburg 

• project management

09/05 - 04/08    Project Manager, Brown-Forman Beverages 

• brand positioning
• events

Education

05/09 -              Doctrial Candidate, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg,
                         Faculty of Economics and Management

10/99 - 05/05   Studies of Business Administration,
                         Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

• Degree: Diplom Kaufmann
• Master thesis: "The franchise system as a funding concept"
• Main focus: Management/Organisation and Entrepreneurship