Research topics

For each research project a lump sum payment of 1.500 € is designated, plus an additional payment for travel costs (especially for one long-distance economy class flight ticket). The specific terms will be negotiated with the individual beneficiary.

The research topic should be related to the fields that Dr. Jörg Meyer-Stamer worked on. Apart from the overarching questions mentioned above, further topics can be found on the Jörg-Meyer-Stamer website www.meyer-stamer.de as well as on Website www.mesopartner.com.

More specifically  the following  topics attract  specific attention:

• Systemic competitiveness
• Governance and policies on economic development
• Structural change and structural policies
• Cluster development and promotion
• SME development and value chain promotion
• Initiation of change processes in local and regional economies
• Innovation and innovation system promotion
• Sustainable economic development and innovation
• Governance questions in regard to economic development
• Change facilitation and system thinking in economic development
• Bridging science and practice in territorial development
• Technological development and requirements

Candidates should take this list of topics as suggestion and may interpret them widely. They are encouraged to raise additional topics relevant for today’s research. In any case, the scholars will help to identify an appropriate research theme.