Past research projects
| Year | Topic | Commission |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-2020 | Co2mmunity. Co-producing and co-financing renewable community energy projects | INTERREG-BSR (Baltic Sea Region) |
| 2016-2017 | The Evolution of Creative Industry Clusters (ECIC) - A Comparison of Cases in Germany and China |
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) & Research Grants Council (RGC) |
| 2014-2015 | International film festivals as engines for revitalizing local economies? Case-studies of Berlin and Busan from a multi-scalar institutional perspective | Deutscher Akademischer Austausdienst (DAAD) & German-Korean Partnership Program (GEnKO) |
| 2011-2014 |
Cluster life cycles – the role of actors, networks and institutions in emerging, growing, declining and renewing clusters |
German Research Foundation (DFG) & European Science Foundation (ESF) |
| 2007-2010 | Constructing Regional Advantage: Towards State-of-the-Art Regional Innovation System Policies in Europe? | Research council of Norway & European Science Foundation |
| 2006-2009 | City-regions, knowledge bases and innovation support systems | Research council of Norway |
| 2006-2009 | From PC-Bang to a competitive computer and video game cluster in South Korea? | (pilot project) |
| 2006-2009 | Upgrading maritime clusters in an international comparative perspective | (pilot project) |
| 2005-2006 | Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development | OECD (programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education) Report |
| 2004-2005 | Regional Innovation Systems in an International Comparison | Korea Research Foundation |
| 2001-2004 | Political Lock-Ins in Old Industrial Areas. A Comparative Study on Shipbuilding and Textile Regions in Germany and South Korea | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council) and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation |
| 2002 | The Role of Embeddedness of FDI in Restructuring Korea's SMEs. - Towards an Analytical Framework | World Bank, Washington |
| 2000 | Territorial Review of South Korea | OECD Territorial Development Service, Paris |
| 1999-2000 | RITTS (Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategy) Utrecht | Province of Utrecht |
| 1999-2000 | RITTS (Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategy) Region Dresden | Stiftung Innovation und Arbeit Sachsen, Dresden |
| 1999-2000 | Clustermonitor | Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague |
| 1999 | Internationalisierung der staatlichen Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik | German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Bonn |
| 1998-1999 | The Role of Regions in the South Korean Innovation Support System | European Commission, Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development, Brussels (Science & Technology Fellowship Korea) |
| 1997-1998 | Defence Conversion and Regional Economic Development: the Problems with the International Transfer of Conversion Experiences | Ministry of Higher Education and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1996-1997 | Zukünfte in Stadtregionen (Futures in City-Regions) | Ministry of Higher Education and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1996-1997 | Conversion of the Defence Industry, Innovation and Regional Economic Development in North Rhine-Westphalia, Belgium and the Netherlands | Ministry of Higher Education and Research of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1996-1997 | The Development and Performance of Opto-Electronics in Germany | OECD, Territorial Development Service, Paris |
| 1995 | Die Förderung der Vernetzung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen mit wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen; eine Bestandsaufnahme (inter)nationaler Studien und Erfahrungen (the stimulation of networking between small and medium-sized enterprises and public research institutes; a survey of (inter)national studies and experiences) | Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Institut Arbeit und Technik, Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 1995 | Analysis of the Regional Science & Technology Policies in Europe; the German Case-Studies of Baden-Württemberg and Thuringia | EC, DG-XII (Science, Research and Development) |
| 1994 | Politische Kooperationsnetzwerke in europäischen Automobilregionen (local authorities co-operation networks in European car regions) | Wissenschaftszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Institut Arbeit und Technik, Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
| 1994 | Technology Transfer and the Role of Transfer Agencies; Lessons for the Euregion Maas-Rhine | ETRA, Euregional TRansfer Agency, a co-operation between the transfer agencies of the universities of Aachen, Maastricht and Liège in the Euregion Maas-Rhine |
| 1994 | MONITOR, Monitoring technology policy in Europe; with an application to the consequences of the rise of South-East Asian Countries | Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague |
| 1994 | De relatie tussen kennisaanbieders en het bedrijfsleven in en rond het Stedelijk Knooppunt Maastricht-Heerlen (The Relations between Knowledge Suppliers and the Economy in the Region Maastricht-Heerlen) | Cities Maastricht and Heerlen |
| 1993 | Research and Technology Management in Enterprises, Issues for Community Policies; Regional Report on Technology Management in the Euroregion | EC, SAST (Strategic Assessment of Science and Technology) No. 8 |
| 1993 | Scenario-onderzoek naar de industrieel-economische toekomst van Limburg (Scenario Research on the Manufacturing and Economic Future of South Limburg) | Province of Limburg, Maastricht |
| 1993 | Trade Union Involvement in the Community, Regional Policies in the Netherlands, Case-study: Objective 2-region South Limburg | FNV, Dutch Trade Unions on behalf of the European Trade Unions Council (ETUC) |
| 1992-1994 | Nieuwe Kansen voor Bedrijven in Grensregio's (New Chances for Enterprises in Border Regions) | Commission on Development of Enterprises/Social-Economic Council (COB/SER), The Hague |