Curriculum Vitae: overview |
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Personal Details |
| Johannes Stephan (Doctor of Philosophy) |
Date of birth: | 6 January 1966 |
Nationality: | German |
Marital status: | Married, two children |
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Main Areas of Research and Teaching |
| Overarching research programme: Technology and Development |
| Industrial Organisation: International Business; Competition Law and Policy; Intellectual Property Rights |
| Development Economics: Systemic Transition; Catch-up Development; Institutional Economics |
| Open-economy Macroeconomics: Money and Exchange Rates; Foreign Trade; Financial Crises |
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Education & Qualifications |
09/1997 | PhD in Economics
Thesis: “Systemic Transformation and the Conditions of Economic Development in Hungary with
Particular Reference to the Experience of the East German Case” |
09/1995 - 09/1997 |  Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, UK, supported by a research scholarship
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07/1994 - 08/1995 | Free University Berlin, Germany: PhD student with Professor Dr Hajo Riese, Director of the Institute of Theory of Economy Policy |
06/1994 | ‘Diplom der Volkswirtschaftslehre’ (MSc equivalent)
Thesis: “The Financial System in the Transition Period from a Centrally Planned Economy to a Decentralised Monetary Economy - Hungary’s Attempt to Reform the Banking Sector” |
11/1987 - 06/1994 | Free University Berlin, Germany: Economic Theory and the Theory of Economic Policy |
08/1990 - 12/1990 | Guest student at Middlesex Polytechnic London, UK: Economics of European Integration |
10/1986 - 09/1987 | Technical University Munich, Germany: Mechanical Engineering |
1986 | ‘Abitur’ (A-levels equivalent) |
1977 - 1986 | Grammar Schools in Gilching, Germany and Helsinki, Finland |
1972 - 1977 | Primary Schools in Tokyo, Japan and Herrsching, Germany |
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Professional Experience |
04/2009 - | Lecturer and researcher at the Technical University Freiberg, Sachsen (Bergakademie)
Lectures and seminars include “Außenwirtschaftstheorie und -politik”, and “International Business and Multi-National Companies” and “Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights” in the Master course "International Business in Developing and Emerging Markets (IBDEM)". |
03/2006 - 02/2008 | Co-ordinator and scientific leader of an EU 6th Framework Programme STREP project on “Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging European Union” (U-KNOW)
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05/2005 - 03/2009 | Head of Department ‘Industrial Organisation and Regulation’ at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
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10/2005 - 03/2009 | Visiting lecturer at the Technical University Freiberg, Sachsen (Bergakademie)
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10/2004 - 12/2005 | Workpackage leader in an EU 6th Framework Programme STREP project on “Competition Policy Foundations for Trade Reform, Regulatory Reform, and Sustainable Development” (COMPOL)
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09/2001 - 09/2004 | Co-ordinator and scientific leader of an EU 5th Framework Programme RTD research project on the “Determinants of the productivity gap between EU and CEECs” (ProdGap)
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11/1997 - 04/2005 | Research Fellow in the Department for Central and Eastern Europe at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) |
03/1997 - 06/1997 | Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Business, Law and European Studies, The University of Wolverhampton |
04/1995 - 07/1995 | Internship at Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, Berlin |
03/1992 - 01/1995 | Research Assistant at the Institute of Economic Policy and Economic History, Free University Berlin. Volkswagen Foundation funded research project: “Conditions for Economic Development in Central East Europe” |
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Other Activities |
Membership in professional associations |
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Languages |
- German, English, some French
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Referee and editorships, consultancies |
- Referee for: acta oeconomica, The European Journal of Comparative Economics, Comparative Economic Studies, East-West Journal of Economics and Business, Research Policy, European International Business Academy (EIBA), Carl Beck Papers (UPitt)
- Member of Board of Editors for East-West Journal of Economics and Business
- Associate editor for the Working Paper Series of EACES
- UNCTAD in 2005 on “Adopting Competition Laws”
- OECD in 2008 on “How Does FDI Cooperate with Domestic Innovation Systems – Evidence from East Germany”
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Convener/Organiser of conferences |
- Final project conference “Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging European Union”: 17 February 2009 in Brussles, Belgium
- Workshop “Regulation and Competition: Who Should Benefit from Competition Policy?”: 21 – 22 April 2008 in Halle/Saale, Germany
- Fourth project conference “Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging European Union”: 30 January - 1 February 2008 in Oslo, Norway
- Third project conference “Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging European Union”: 26 - 28 September 2007 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Workshop “Regulatorische Risiken - das Ergebnis staatlicher Anmaßung oder ökonomisch notwendiger Intervention?”: 8 - 9 March 2007 in Halle/Saale, Germany
- Second project conference “Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging European Union”: 8 - 10 November 2006 in Brighton, UK
- First project conference “The U-Know Project - Kick-off meeting”: 7 - 8 March 2006 in Halle/Saale, Germany
- Workshop “National Innovation Systems and FDI in Central Eastern Europe: The Role of Technology Transfer, the Impact on Regional Development and Economic Convergence”: 30. Juni - 2 Juli 2005 in Halle/Saale, Germany
- Workshop “Technology transfer via Foreign Direct Investment in CEECs - what have we learned from qualitative case studies and the more quantitative large-scale field work with questionnaires”: 21 August 2004 in Berlin, Germany
- Third project conference “EU Integration and the Prospects for Catch-Up Development in CEECs - The Determinants of the Productivity Gap”: 29 - 30 May 2004 in Budapest, Hungary
- Second project conference “EU Integration and the Prospects for Catch-Up Development in CEECs - The Determinants of the Productivity Gap”: 20 - 21 June 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic
- First project conference “EU Integration and the Prospects for Catch-Up Development in CEECs - The Determinants of the Productivity Gap”: 27 - 28 September 2002 in Warsaw, Poland
- Workshop “Firm-specific determinants of the productivity gap: a matched pair-approach involving selected manufacturing firms in West Germany, East Germany and CEE economies”: 16 September 2001 in Halle, Germany
- Workshop “Mapping the technology structure of branch plants and technology integration of CEECs”: 9 September 2001 in Halle, Germany
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Johannes.Stephan(at)vwl.tu-freiberg.de
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