Research Training Group "The Economics of Innovative Change"

The PhD group hosts doctoral candidates from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The PhD students are expected to complete their PhD projects within 3 years. The first year is devoted to improving the theoretical knowledge and competences, while the second and the third year concentrate on the dissertation-related research. The programme offers a 2-week summer school each year. The programme serves as a platform for collaboration, as a facilitator of joint scientific activities, and as a forum for knowledge exchange. It also provides senior expertise for junior research training in all necessary areas of competence: thematic, methodological, and transferable skills such as networking, scientifi c management, time management, and career planning.

Allowing for a broad concept of "innovation" we address a wide range of topics: industrial dynamics; entrepreneurship; innovation decisions and behaviour; competition, cooperation and strategic interaction in innovation; innovation in the development of consumption and consumer behaviour; human capital, skills and employment; innovation and regional development; innovation and economic dynamics of developing countries; energy, environment and innovation; innovation policy, and innovation management. The analytical approaches we pursue range from theoretical and empirical modeling, game theory, simulation analysis to experimental economics.

Scientific key words
Innovation, Change, Experimental Economics

Participating Faculties
Business and Economics

Preferred language
english

Current number of doctoral candidates
12

How can I become a doctoral candidate? What is the method of selection?
The selection procedure for vacant positions takes place after the tendering. Doctoral candidates with external funding can continuously apply.

Are there fixed dates to apply?
No.

Are there possibilities to be funded in this programme?
No.

Interesting for graduates of the following subjects:
Economics, Business administration

Degree
Dr. rer. pol.

Contact
Spokesperson:
Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Department of Economics
Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 3
D-07743 Jena
uwe.cantner@wiwi.uni-jena.de

Coordination
Tina Wolf
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Department of Economics
Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 3, room 5.30
D-07743 Jena
E-Mail: tina.wolf@uni-jena.de
Internet: http://gk.wiwi.uni-jena.de/wiki/index.phpExternal link