Birgitte Andersen: Personal
• Full name: Hanne Birgitte Andersen |
Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research is now lauched: Link to visit the centre International 2008 summer conferences I coorganized. Download the papers:
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She is Reader in the Economics and Management of Innovation in the School of Management and Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck College forming part of University of London , UK , where she is also Director of E-business programmes (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/ebusiness/). She is Visiting Professor at the British Institute of Technology and Ecommerce (BITE). She is PhD in Economics; M.A./ Candidatus Oeconomiae (Cand.Oecon.) in Technical Change and Industrial Development, M.Sc. in Economic Development and International Trade, and B.A. in Economics. Andersen's research profile is within evolutionary economics and industrial dynamics with respect to innovation and institutions, services dynamics and productivity, and the economics and management of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). She has published several books and journal articles within those fields. She has directed, owned and/or worked on research programmes funded by the European Union (EU), The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) of the UK , The Economic and Social Research Council (SSF) of Denmark , The British Academy, The Danish Research Academy, and The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) of the UK . She has advised and/or collaborated with economists and policy makers of national governments inside and outside Europe, international agencies including the EU and the United Nations (ILO and UNCTAD), as well as leading interest organizations.
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Present position at Birkbeck - University of London • Reader in the Economics and Management of Innovation, Birkbeck College , University of London . Since 2005. Other current appointments • Visiting Professor, British Institute of Technology and Ecommerce (BITE). Since 2005. • Research coordinator and member of Governing Board: U-KNOW - Understanding the relationship between knowledge and competitiveness in the enlarging European Union - EU Specific Targeted Research Project (STRP). I am coordinating Work Package 3.2 on "An IPR Regime in Support of a Knowledge Based Economy". 01/03/2006 - 28/02/2009 • Network coordinator and member of Governing Board: DIME - Dynamics of Markets and Institutions in Europe . EU funded Network of Excellence (NoE). I am coordinating Work Package 4.2 on 'The Influence of Rules, Norms and Standards on Knowledge Exchange' which has a special focus on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). 01/05/2005-31/04/2010 • Visiting Fellow at: Centre for Globalisation Research, Queen Mary University of London • Associate Editor (since 2007) on the Innovation section regarding a new magazine called "e-Britain SCIENCE & INNOVATION". Distributed by the British Institute of Technology and Ecommerce (BITE). In the 2007 issue of the magazine it was announced that it (from sometime in 2008) also will be sold by be retailer WHSmith Previous appointments • Trustee member: The Foundation for European Economic Development (FEED) trust. This is an independent registered UK charity providing economic assistance to advance education throughout Europe in the field of political economy, with particular regard to evolutionary and institutional approaches to economic theory and policy (2003-2006). • Senior Lecturer, Department of Management, Birkbeck College , University of London . October 2000-2005 • 'Visiting Fellow' at Institute of Economics at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . (October 2004 to January 2004) • 'ESRC Research Fellow' at the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC). The University of Manchester and UMIST, March 1997 - October 2000. • Teaching Assistant: "Economics (macro and micro) for Managers" (January 1994 - October 1995) for B.Sc. Land Management and B.Sc. Construction Management, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading . • PhD student, Department of Economics, University of Reading , October 1993 - February1997. Other current and previous appointments related to external examination and validation • Acted as the External independent academic regarding the validation of a "CERT HE e-Commerce for Small Business Development", University of Glamorgan Business School and Faculty of Advanced Technology, Wales. May 2007 - September 2007. • External examiner regarding PhD thesis viva: Educational institution: Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST), The University of Manchester. 2006 (Check my research page for further details regarding this examination) • External examiner regarding PhD thesis viva: Educational institution: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). 2005 (Check my research page for further details regarding this examination) • External examiner (i.e. representative on the external examination board) for ''MBA and MSc Technology, Exploitation and Management", and "MSc Project Management". Department of Materials, Queen Mary University of London. 2004-2007. • External examiner (i.e. representative on the external examination board) for BSc Business Management, Centre for Business Management, Queen Mary, University of London. 2003-2006. |
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| Administrative duties at Birkbeck - University of London • Representative on the Research Committee, School of Management and Organizational Psychology, Since 2007. Programme Director for E-business Programmes (MSc and Post Graduate Diploma in E-business), which runs across School of Management and Organizational Psychology, School of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, School of Computer Science and Information Systems. Since January 2001. • Examination officer: Chair of internal and external exam board (E-business). Since January 2001. • Tutor for MSc full time students (E-business Programme). Since January 2001. • Dissertation and project coordinator (E-business Programme). Since January 2001. • Web-page coordinator (E-business Programme). Since January 2001. • Representative on the Academic Board ( Birkbeck College ). Since October 2000. Previous professional administrative tasks • Research coordinator for GIPP research group (Governance, Innovation and Public Policy), Department of Management, Birkbeck College - University of London. January 2001-2003 and again October 2007 onwards. Co-director of Research, Department of Management, Birkbeck College - University of London . January 2001-2003. • Working Paper Series Editor in the School of Management and Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck College - University of London , October 2001-January 2003. • First suppliant of researchers' representative on the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC)'s Executive Committee (April 1999 - October 2000) • Founder, List-owner and Manager of on-line electronic Innovation-Competition mailing-list/newsgroup (see: http://les.man.ac.uk/cric/mailing.htm) (January 1999 - October 2000) • Creator of web-pages for the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), including web-master and maintainer August 1997 - September 1998. Tutor for management students (January 1994 - October 1995) for B.Sc. Land Management and B.Sc. Construction Management, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading . |
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Degrees held • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Reading ( UK ), February1997. Ph.D. thesis: "Technological Change and the Evolution of Corporate Innovation." • M.A. / Candidatus Oeconomiae (Cand.Oecon.) in Technical Change and Industrial Development , IKE research team (IKE: Danish acronym for international competitiveness and industrial dynamics - now part of DRUID), University of Aalborg (DK), June 1993. Dissertation: "Economic Growth and Technology - Different Approaches". • M.Sc. in Economic Development and International Trade, University of Reading ( UK ), July 1992. Dissertation: "Integration and Growth in Western Europe ". • B.A. in Economics, University of Aalborg (DK), June 1990. Dissertation: "ADAM (Annual Danish Aggregate Model) - a Macro Econometric Model". Other qualifications and development schemes I have followed • Training Session for Appraisers of Professorial Staff: Organised by Staff Development Unit at Birkbeck - University of London . May 2003. • Training Session for Programme Directors. Organised by Staff Development Unit at Birkbeck - University of London . March 2003. • Training in Diversity: Equal opportunity course. Organised by the Training & Development Unit, University of Manchester . Manchester ( England ), March 1999. • Time Management Skills Workshop. Organised by Training & Development Unit, University of Manchester . Manchester ( England ), June 1998. • Presentation Skill Workshop: 'Media and Presentation Training for the Academic Community', Organised by The Richmond Partnership. Soho, London ( England ), May 1997. • The European Graduate School for Training in Economic and Social Historical Research Seminar, Cite Universitaire, Paris , France - Technological Change and Economic Growth, September 1996. (One week summer school) • The European Historical Economics Society (EHES) Summer School, Montecatini-Terme, Tuscany, Italy - Technology and Long-Run Growth in Europe, 1500-1990, June 1996. (One week summer school) • Fine Art study (Portland State University (USA), fall 1986 - part time). • Fine Art study (University of Arizona (USA), spring 1987 - part time). Languages Danish (mother tongue); English (fluent); German/Swedish/Norwegian (working knowledge); French and Latin (minimum).
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