Module convenor of SPRU MSc level courses in Innovation and Economic Development; Introduction to Statistical and Research Methods (2009-2017); Statistical Methods for Science Technology and Innovation Studies (2009-2017); Innovation and Industrial Policy (launched in 2018-19); Economics of Innovation (UG, Department of Economics);

Average student evaluation score: 4.3/5.

PHD STUDENTS COMPLETED AND ON-GOING

Claudia Ruiz Garcia, Thesis title: “Development of Technological Capabilities in SMEs in the Mexican Auto-parts Industry” (awarded with revisions (2013);

Gabriele Pellegrino (Full time at the IEB, University of Barcelona, 50% share of supervision), Thesis title: “Essays on determinants and effects of barriers to innovation” (2017)

Filippo Bontadini, Thesis title "Trade and Economic Development in Global Value Chains:
Insights from Input-Output Analysis and Customs Transaction Level Data" (2014-2018)

Andrea Laplane, Thesis title: "The risk–reward nexus: A qualitative analysis of public–private partnerships for investments in
innovation in Brazil" (2015-2020)

Bernardo Caldarola, on Complexity and Technological Upgrading in the Informal Sector (2017-

Michela Bello, on "Positioning in global value chains and innovation : an empirical analysis of firm level data (2018-



PHD EXTERNAL EXAMINATION

2020 "Essays on ICTs, Expectations and Subjective Well-being" by HENRIK SCHWABE, TIK CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, Norway

2020 "Cycles, Economic Structures and External Constraints A Structuralist study on the causes of economic volatility in Latin America" By Danilo Spinola, UNU MERIT, The Netherlands

2019 " The Differentiated Impact of Immigration on the UK Labour Market. New Micro and Macro Evidence" By Melissa Tornari, Coventry University, UK

2019 "Green Innovation: an empirical analysis of technology, skills and policy" By François Perruchas, INGENIO, Valencia, Spain

2018 "STRATEGIES FOR INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: DETERMINANTS AND EFFECTS OF SPANISH AND EUROPEAN FIRMS" By Elisenda Jové Llopis, University of REUS, Spain.

2015 “Service Innovation in an Evolutionary Perspective”, By Matthijs Janssen, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2013 “An Individual Level Approach to Knowledge Exchange. Empirical Studies in Business and Public Research Organisation”, By Oscar Llopis-Corcoles, University of Valencia.

2011 “Open, Sesame: Open Innovation in the UK and its association with innovation type, company performance, IP protection and innovation barriers” by Alan Bentley Johnson, Birkbeck College, University of London

PHD INTERNAL EXAMINATION

2011 Industrial Dynamics and Technological Structure of the Paper and Pulp Industry, by Alfonso Cruz Novoa.

2009 Changing Innovation Systems in the developing country context: Technology transfer and the new technological capabilities in the material industry in Turkey, by Elif Esin Yoruk.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE THE UK

2020 and 2018: PhD course , TIK CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND CULTURE UNIVERSITY OF OSLO, Norway

2009 Course on Economics of Services and Innovation in Services at the Grenoble Graduate Business School, France.

2007-2008 Courses on the Economics of Services (30 hours), Economics and Management of Innovation (30 hours), Microeconomics (50 hours course and tutorials), Sectoral Analyses (12 hours), Economic Policy of Innovation in Europe (10 hours) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Lille 1;

2006-2007 Courses and tutorials on Macro-Economic Dynamics (48 hours), Microeconomics (36 hours), Public Economics (12 hours) and Economics and Management of Innovation (12 hours) at the Faculty of Economics and Social Science, University of Lille 1;