New working paper from Philipp Jonas Kreutzer’s forthcoming PhD thesis. We find that collaboration networks are conducive for bioeconomy innovation. If policy makers want to stimulate bioeconomy innovation, they should focus on lowering general barriers to collaboration. arxiv.org/pdf/2602.05112
Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time
A 400,000-year-old site excavated in England reveals signs of deliberate fires made using the mineral iron pyrite to produce sparks
go.nature.com/4rVSTdi
(3) where firms are in the product space (what products they have produced) has information about what types of products they will produce next
Investigating 100 years of Swedish innovation I find that (1) firms build upon previous knowledge (2) this effect is not large enough to create "winner take all" distribution, but large enough to create advantages for large firms,
New paper: doi.org/10.1093/icc/... Why do a few firms come to dominate technological progress? Can you predict what types of innovations organizations will make? Why do firms specialize in certain technologies? I try to explain these things in a new theoretical framework. #innovation
Most work out there argues that it doesn't pay off for center-right parties to move closer to the far-right.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
This means that innovation policy and analyses that focus only on patents and IPR risk ignoring a lot of what is actually happening. Patents will remain the main tool, but if we truly want to understand innovation trends, we have a long way to go to develop and use other measures of innovation(2/2)
New paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Patents contain a fantastic wealth of information and has become the go-to measure of innovation. But how well do they capture innovation? In a new study on Sweden I found that they at best capture about 15% of all information on innovation. (1/2)
A study in Nature Human Behaviour finds that four-day work weeks without a reduction in income boost workers’ job satisfaction and physical and mental health, driven by enhanced work performance, lower levels of fatigue and fewer sleep problems. go.nature.com/3Um75MP #econsky 🧪
I also discovered that you can have quite a lot of fun with the quiz at Pantheon pantheon.world/game/trivia
Had the great pleasure of introducing @cesifoti.bsky.social for his terrific keynote on Big Data and Machine Learning as a means of exploring economic history. If anyone missed it, it's up on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvF1... #wehc2025 #machinelearning #bigdata #collectivememory
The 20th World Economic History Congress in Lund has started - with a keynote of Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk on Work, Race, Gender and Class, #wehc2025 #economichistory #lund #intersectionality
Astronomers using a space telescope have found signs of biological activity on K2-18b, a distant water-covered planet that is 8.6 times bigger than Earth. www.ft.com/content/0142...
Got to speak a bit on my research on the history of electric cars in RNZ's Saturday Morning. In short: (1) yes, we could've gotten electric cars 100 years ago, (2) No one knows the long-run consequences of technology, (3) tech development and how it's used is a question of democratic concern.
UNU-MERIT is hiring a Postdoc in AI Innovation Trajectories.
Work within a multidisciplinary team to map and analyse AI innovation pathways using NLP—focusing on their societal impact, especially in sectors like agriculture.
🗓️ Apply by 13 April 2025
🔗 go.unu.edu/m93fc
#electriccars #gender #historyoftechnology #STS #economichistory
In a new paper I investigate whether feminization of early 20th century EVs held back their development. Summarized here: theconversation.com/electric-car...
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ei...
