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Personal Data
Dr. Matthias Geißler
* 15. August 1981 in Zeitz
Rabet 12
04315 Leipzig
[email protected]
+49 1706624526
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Work Experience
Apr. 2015 - today
Leading the Junior Research Group on Knowledge- and
Technology Transfer, Technical University of Dresden
Research projects: “Migration of University Graduates”,
“Institutionalized Technology Transfer”
Participation in Technology Transfer of TU Dresden
Aug. 2012 - Mar. 2015
Research Fellow, Economic Policy Research Group,
University of Kassel
Research projects: “The Development of the German Laser
Industry”, “Face-to-face learning in science”, “Regional
Returns to the Education of University Graduates”
Feb. 2012 - Jun. 2012
Project Assistant, Supply-Chain-Management Asia-Pacific,
ZF (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai (P. R. C.)
Mar. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Research Associate, Economic Policy Research, University
of Kassel (Germany)
Doctoral thesis, research project: ”The Development of the
German Laser Industry“, project management, teaching
Oct. 2007 - Feb. 2010
Research Associate, Evolutionary Economics Group, Max
Planck Institute of Economics Jena (Germany)
Doctoral thesis, research projects: ”The Development of the
German Laser Industry“ and ”Entrepreneurship in Low-Tech
Industries”, project management
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Postgraduate Education
Sep. 2013 - today
Llukas (Teaching competencies, University of Kassel)
Jan. 2011 - Jun. 2012
Scholarship Heinz-Nixdorf Foundation, program for the
advancement of Asia-Pacific experience of young highpotentials
Oct. 2011
Certified Project Manager (IHK)
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Course of Studies
Oct. 2007 - Nov. 2013
Post-Graduate studies, DFG Research Training Group 1411
”The Economics of Innovative Change”, FSU Jena
PhD in economics (Dr. rer. pol.) with “magna cum laude”
Dec. 2011 - Jan 2012
Chinese language course, Shandong University of Finance
and Economics, Jinan (P. R. C.)
Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2007
Student in Business Administration/Intercultural
Management, FSU Jena
Subjects: International Management, Intercultural Business
Communication, Statistics, Innovation Studies
Academic degree: “Diplom-Kaufmann”, Grade: 1.7
Feb. 2007 - June 2007
ERASMUS-Fellow, Lazarski School of Commerce and
Law Warsaw (Poland)
Mar. 2006
DAAD-Fellow, visiting student at the ONO Academic
College, Tel Aviv (Israel)
Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2005
Reitaku University, Minami-Kashiwa (Japan)
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School Education and Military Service
Sept. 2000 - Aug. 2001
Artillery Battalion 515, Kellinghusen
Sept. 1992 - Juli 2000
Geschwister Scholl Gymnasium Zeitz
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Languages and Software Skills
Languages
English
Japanese
Chinese
others:
fluent
extended basics
basic
French, Polish
Software
STATA
R, MySQL
MS Office
extended basics
basic
proficient
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Special Interests / Hobbies
Playing Saxophone, Diving, Photography
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Publications
In peer-reviewed journals:
Buenstorf, G., Geissler, M. (2014): “Like Doktorvater, like Son? Tracing Role-Model
Learning in the Evolution of German Laser Research.” Journal of Economics and
Statistics, 234:158-184.
Buenstorf, G., Geissler, M. (2012): “Not invented here: Technology licensing, knowledge transfer
and innovation based on public research.” Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 22: 481-511.
Buenstorf, G., Geissler, M.: “The origins of entrants and the geography of the German laser
industry.” Papers in Regional Science, 90 (2011): 251-270.
Books:
Geissler, M.: “Firm Dynamics and Organizational Capabilities in the Evolution of the German
Laser Industry.” Doctoral Dissertation (2013), Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
Work-in-progress:
Buenstorf, G., M. Geissler und S. Krabel (2015), “Mobility of German university graduates:
Is (regional) beauty in the eye of the beholder?” Review of Regional Research (R&R).
Rehs, A. und M. Geissler (2015), “Hitching or Nitching? Scientific re-orientation in the field
of Economics after the German reunification” (mimeo)
Buenstorf, G., M. Geissler und S. Krabel (2014), “Gender and Immigration: Double Negative
Effects in the Labor Market Outcomes of University Graduates in Germany?” (mimeo).
Buenstorf, G., Guenther, C., Geissler, M. (2014): “Diversification into laser technology by
German machine tool producers, 1975-2008: Losing my religion?” (mimeo).
Geissler, M.: “Submarket Dynamics and Vertical Integration in the Evolution of the German
laser industry” (mimeo).
Geissler, M. und Schwabe, U.: “Skill-Mismatch and Labor Market Outcomes of German
Higher Education Graduates” (mimeo).
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Selected Presentations, Projects, Networking
Conferences:
EMAEE - 9th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics (2015) in Maastricht,
the Netherlands
Presentation: Hitching or Nitching? Scientific re-orientation after the German reunification
10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Higher Education Research (2015) in Kassel
Presentation: Re-orientation in the field of Economics after the German reunification
15th Conference of the International Schumpeter Society (2014) in Jena, Germany
Presentation: Diversification into laser technology by German machine tool producers
EMAEE - 8th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics (2013) in Sophia
Antipolis, France
Presentation: Dynamics of Vertical Integration and Horizontal Scope among German
Laser Source Producers
13th Conference of the International Schumpeter Society (2010) in Aalborg, Denmark
Presentation: Like Doktorvater, like Son? Tracing the Importance of Face-to-Face
Learning in Open Science (together with Guido Buenstorf)
DRUID Society Summer Conference (2009): “Innovation Strategy and Knowledge” in
Copenhagen, Denmark
Presentation: The Origins of Entrants and the Geography of the German Laser Industry
EMAEE - 6th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics (2009): “Evolution,
Behaviour and Organizations” in Jena, Germany
Presentation: Like Doktorvater, like Son? Tracing the Importance of Face-to-Face
Learning in Open Science (together with Guido Buenstorf)
Annual Meeting Verein für Socialpolitik (2008): “Experimental Economics: New Ways, New
Insights?” in Graz, Austria
Presentation: Knowledge Transfer and Technology: Licensing from a German Public
Research Organization
Workshops:
6th RCYSS - RATIO Colloquium for Young Social Scientists (2013): “Technological
Discontinuities and Industrial Transformation” in Stockholm, Sweden
ENIC - 1st IWH ENIC Workshop (2013): “The Evolution of Networks, Industries and
Clusters” in Halle (Saale), Germany
ESSID - European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics (2008): “The Economics of
Knowledge Appropriability and Exchange” in Monte Sant’Angelo, Italy
10. ZEW Summer Workshop (2008): “The Economics and Econometrics of Innovation” in
Mannheim, Germany
Max Planck PhD Winterschool (2008) on Evolutionary Economics in Jena, Germany
Network and Project Involvement:
DFG Research Training Group 1411 "The Economics of Innovative Change"
http://gk.wiwi.uni-jena.de/wiki/index.php
AEGIS - Advancing Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Economic
Growth and Social Well-being in Europe,
Project co-funded by the European Commission under Theme 8 of the 7th Framework
Program for Research and Technological Development
http://www.aegis-fp7.eu
IIDEOS - Innovation, Industrial Dynamics, Entrepreneurship, Organization and Space,
joint PhD training program
http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb19/personal/professoren/brenner/iideos-phdprogram/index_html
MAGKS - Marburg, Aachen, Gießen, Göttingen, Kassel, Siegen,
inter-university graduate program
http://www.uni-siegen.de/magks/
Dresden, 2015-04-28