Leibniz Universität Hannover Faculty Faculty of Natural Sciences
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Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography Research Research projects

Basic research

  • Technology centres and business incubators as a tool of local economic development policies
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Year: 1987
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 1985 - 1987
  • Evaluation of technology centres and business incubators in Germany
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Dr. Heiko Berendt, Dr. Heike Seeger, Dr. Christine Tamásy
    Year: 1994
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Priority programme “technological change and regional development in Europe“, State Government of Lower Saxony
    Duration: 1993 - 1994
  • On the impact of national and regional technology policy on the genesis of high-tech regions in the U.S., France, Japan, the U.K. and Germany
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Year: 1994
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG-Gz.: Ste 628/1-1)
    Duration: 1992 - 1994
  • On the quantification of the innovation potential of the Hanover-Brunswick-Göttingen region with special regard to innovative networks
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Angela Backhaus, Olof Seidel
    Year: 1996
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Priority programme „technological change and regional development in Europe“
    Duration: 1995 - 1996
  • Large firms and their impact on small firms and innovative milieux – the example of Siemens/Munich
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Gero Stenke (University of Cologne)
    Year: 1999
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 1997 - 1999
  • Networks, collective learning and RTD in high-tech SME clusters - the example of Munich
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Dr. Christine Tamásy (University of Cologne)
    Year: 1999
    Funding: EEuropean Commission (TSER - Project)
    Duration: 1996 - 1999
  • Analysis of regional innovation potentials and innovative networks in Europe’s periphery – the example of Wales/UK
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Olaf Arndt (University of Cologne)
    Year: 1999
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Priority programme „technological change and regional development in Europe“
    Duration: 1997 - 1999
  • Start-ups from Universities in Cologne
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Prof. Dr. Uschi Backes-Gellner (University of Cologne)
    Team: Güldem Demirer, Claus Otten, Petra Moog (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2000
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) - Priority programme „Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Research“, German Equalisation Bank, City of Cologne, Cologne Savings Bank
    Duration: 1998 - 2000
  • Sustainable regional development in Northrhine-Westphalia
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Dr. Christine Tamásy, Timea Szerenyi (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2001
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) - SFB 419: Environmental problems of an industrial agglomeration: scientific solutions and socio-economic implications.
    Duration: 1999 - 2001
  • Migration after the eastern enlargement of the EU and effects for the labour markets in the target area – the examples of Poland and Germany
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Dirk Möller (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2002
    Funding: own resources
    Duration: 1999 - 2002
  • Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM I) – On the relevance of entrepreneurship for regional economic growth – the example of Germany
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Prof. Dr. Joachim Wagner (University of Lüneburg)
    Team: Heiko Bergmann, Dr. Christine Tamásy (University of Cologne), Andrea Japsen (University of Lüneburg)
    Year: 2002
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority programme „Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Research“.
    Duration: 2000 - 2002
  • EU Regional Policy in Sweden – Model for Germany?
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Marc Brüser (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2002
    Funding: Friedrich-Ebert Foundation
    Duration: 1999 - 2002
  • Technological change, innovation, and regional economic development in Shanghai and Beijing
    Led by: Prof. Dr, Ingo Liefner
    Team: Prof. Dr, Ingo Liefner, Stefan Hennemann
    Year: 2005
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2003 - 2005
  • Firm start-ups in regional industry clusters: The example of Laser-technology in Southeast Lower Saxony
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner
    Team: Nadine Pantazis
    Year: 2006
    Funding: Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony
    Duration: 2004 - 2006
  • A Qualitative and Empirical Analysis of Spin-off Firms in Beijing, Hangzhou and Wuhan: A Contribution towards Explaining Innovation Processes in China
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schätzl, Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Dr. habil. Ingo Liefner
    Team: Henning Kroll (Universität Hannover), Claudia Müller (Universität zu Köln)
    Year: 2006
    Funding: Volkswagen Foundation (Volkswagenstiftung)
    Duration: 2003 - 2006
  • The changing role of public research and teaching organisations for regional and national innovative capacities in Thailand
    Led by: Prof. Dr. J. Revilla Diez, Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner
    Team: Björn Mildahn, Daniel Schiller
    Year: 2006
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2003 - 2006
  • The Role of Remigrants for Innovations – an Empirical Analysis for Shanghai
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Claudia Müller (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2006
    Funding: Volkswagen Foundation (Volkswagenstiftung)
    Duration: 2003 - 2006
  • Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM II) – On the dynamics of entrepreneurial activities in Germany: extent and causes
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Prof. Dr. Joachim Wagner (University of Lüneburg)
    Team: Ingo Lückgen (University of Cologne), Dirk Oberschachtsiek (University of Lüneburg)
    Year: 2006
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) Priority programme „Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Research“.
    Duration: 2003 bis 2006
  • Internationalization of R&D to China – Analysis of German multinational enterprises in the field of Automobile, Chemicals and Electronics
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Juliane Bielinski
    Year: 2007
    Funding: own resources
    Duration: 2007 - 2010
  • Sectoral-regional Cluster and the „New Economic Geography“ – An Empirical Test of main hypotheses for Germany
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Timo Litzenberger (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2007
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2004 - 2007
  • Localised Value Systems in Regional Clusters of Production in Optical Technologies in Germany
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schätzl, Dr. Matthias Kiese
    Team: Esther Schricke
    Year: 2007
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2005 - 2007
  • Informal Dynamics of Agile Firm Organisation in the Greater Pearl River Delta (SPP 1233 phase 1)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. habil. Ingo Liefner, Dr. Daniel Schiller (University of Hannover), Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas (University of Cologne), Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Soltwedel, Dr. Dean Spinager (University of Kiel)
    Team: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. habil. Ingo Liefner, Dr. Daniel Schiller, Susanne Meyer
    Year: 2008
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG); priority programme 1233 "Megacities - Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change" (2006-2012)
    Duration: 2006 - 2008
  • Regional Cluster Policies in Germany: An Interregional Comparison in Institutional and Political-economic Perspective
    Led by: Dr. Matthias Kiese
    Team: Dr. Matthias Kiese (Postdoctoral Dissertation Project)
    Year: 2008
    Funding: own resources
    Duration: 2006 - 2008
  • Promoting Effective Modes of University-Industry Linkages and their Evolution for Economic Catch-up in Asia
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Keun Lee, Seoul National University, Korea
    Team: Dr. Daniel Schiller, Dr. Patarapong Intarakumnerd, Thailand and 11 other country teams
    Year: 2009
    Funding: International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
    Duration: 2007 - 2009
  • Regional cluster policy in Germany and the United States of America: An economic geographical comparison from an institutional and politic-economical point of view
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Dr. Matthias Kiese
    Team: Dennis Stockinger
    Year: 2009
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2007 - 2009
  • Shocks and regional economic development in Thailand and Vietnam
    Led by: Dr. habil. Ingo Liefner, Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
    Team: Carsten Lohmann, Ingo Lübben, Hoang Linh Dang, Kai Mausch, Jürgen Brünjes
    Year: 2009
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2006 - 2009
  • Constructing Regional Advantage: Towards State-of-the-Art Regional Innovation System Policies in Europe?
    Led by: Prof. B. Asheim (Lund University, Sweden), Prof. R. Boschma (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Franz Tödtling (University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria), Markku Sotarauta (University of Tampere, Finland)
    Team: Prof. R. Boschma, Dr. Tom Broekel (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
    Year: 2010
    Funding: European Science Foundation Collaborative Research
    Duration: 2008 - 2010
  • Regional Biotechnology – Establishing a Methodology and Performance Indicators for Assessing Bioclusters and Bioregions Relevant to the Knowledge-based Bio-economy (KBBE) Area
    Led by: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Luxembourg)
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Year: 2011
    Funding: European Commission, DG Research
    Duration: 2009 - 2011
  • Intangible Assets and Regional Economic Growth in Europe (IAREG)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. Daniel Schiller and 10 partners at other European universities
    Team: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. Daniel Schiller, Jan-Philipp Kramer
    Year: 2011
    Funding: European Union (EU) within the 7th research framework programme
    Duration: 2008 - 2011
  • Tsunami Risks, Vulnerability and Resilience in the Phang-Nga Province, Thailand
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez (University of Hannover), Prof. Dr. Horst Sterr (University of Kiel), Prof. Dr. Ralf Ludwig (LMU Munich)
    Team: Philipp Willroth (University of Hannover), Hannes Römer (University of Kiel), Dr. Gunilla Kaiser (University of Kiel)
    Year: 2011
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2008 - 2011
  • Firm Learning in Spatial Perspective
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Claudius Schiller
    Year: 2011
    Funding: Own resources
    Duration: 2009 - 2011
  • Regional agility and upgrading in Hong Kong and the PRD (SPP 1233 phase 2)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. Daniel Schiller (University of Hannover), Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner, Dr. Stefan Hennemann (University of Giessen), Prof. Dr. Frauke Kraas (University of Cologne), Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Soltwedel (University of Kiel)
    Team: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. Daniel Schiller, Susanne Meyer, Wenying Fu
    Year: 2012
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG); priority programme 1233 "Megacities - Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change" (2006-2012)
    Duration: 2009 - 2012
  • Regional Policy and Evaluation of Economic Infrastructure: Empirical Evidence from Lower Saxony
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Alexander Skubowius
    Year: 2012
    Funding: The support program "Pro*Niedersachsen", Ministry of Science and Culture Lower Saxony
    Duration: 2009 – 2012
  • University spin-offs in Lower Saxony and their regional economic impact: empirical evidence from Hanover and Göttingen
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Nora Hesse, Dipl.-Geogr. Arne Vorderwülbecke, Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Year: 2013
    Funding: the support program "Pro*Niedersachsen", Ministry of Science and Culture Niedersachsen
    Duration: 2010 - 2013
  • Advanced Monitoring and Coordination of EU R&D Policies at Regional Level (AMCER)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Jörg Jerusel
    Team: Jérôme Stuck
    Year: 2013
    Funding: EU
    Duration: 2011 - 2013
  • Sharing KnowlEdge Assets: InteRregionally Cohesive NeigHborhoods (SEARCH)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. Daniel Schiller and 13 partners at other European universities together with one partner at the university in Morocco and Israel and one partner in Turkey
    Team: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. Daniel Schiller, Daria Zvirgzde
    Year: 2014
    Funding: European Union (EU) within the 7th research framework programme
    Duration: 2011 - 2014
  • Economic restructuring and responses to crisis: actors, institutions, and developments in rural Vietnam/Thailand
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner (University of Giessen), Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schätzl
    Team: Jürgen Brünjes, Vera Junge, Franziska Sohns, Dominik Schmid (University of Giessen)
    Year: 2014
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2010 - 2014
  • Natural Resource Management, Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Afar, Ethiopia
    Led by: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt
    Team: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt, MA Olivia Pearson
    Year: 2014
    Funding: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
    Duration: 2013 – 2014
  • Ethnic gentrification? – The role of high-achieving migrants in the upgrading of old housing areas
    Led by: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Bilge Tutkunkardes, PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt
    Year: 2014
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
    Duration: 2011 - 2014
  • Regional agility in the wake of crisis: Towards a new growth model in the Greater Pearl River Delta? (SPP 1233, 3. Phase)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. J. Revilla Diez, Dr. D. Schiller (Univerity of Hannover), Prof. Dr. I. Liefner, Dr. S. Hennemann (Univerity of Giessen), Prof. Dr. F. Kraas (University of Cologne), Dr. D. Dohse, Prof. Dr. R. Soltwedel (University of Kiel)
    Team: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Dr. Daniel Schiller, Dr. Wenying Fu
    Year: 2014
    Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG); priority programme 1233 "Megacities - Megachallenge: Informal Dynamics of Global Change" (2006-2012)
    Duration: 2010 - 2014
  • ZukunftNAH - Opportunities for a needs based local supply in rural areas of Lower Saxony
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Prof. Dr. Barbara Zibell
    Team: Franziska Sohns, Ingrid Heineking, Petra Preuß
    Year: 2014
    Funding: EU
    Duration: 2012 - 4/2014
  • Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments of Ethiopia
    Led by: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt
    Team: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt, MA Olivia Pearson
    Year: 2015
    Funding: Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
    Duration: 2014 – 2015
  • Development potentials and risks of transformed exchange processes in the border area of Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang
    Led by: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt
    Team: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt, Dr. Henryk Alff (Freie Universität Berlin)
    Year: 2015
    Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
    Duration: 2011 - 2015
  • An critical approach on transdisciplinary knowledge generation and knowledge transfer in spatial planning – an approach in reference to the climate change discourse
    Led by: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Timm Sebastian Wiegand
    Year: 2015
    Funding: Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL), Headquarters(ARL), Geschäftsstelle
    Duration: 2012 - 2015
  • Creative Lower Saxony: regional distribution, spatial mobility, start-up potentials and economic relevance of creative people
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Christoph Alfken, Dipl.-Geogr. Daniel Voßen
    Year: 2015
    Funding: The Lower Saxon Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 2011 – 2015
  • The embedding of Lower Saxon organizations and regions in funded R & D collaboration networks
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Juniorprof. Dr. Tom Brökel
    Team: Christoph Rösler, Wladimir Müller, Jörg Jerusel (EU-Hochschulbüro)
    Year: 2015
    Funding: The Lower Saxon Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 2013 - 2015
  • Weltweite Verschiebung der Innovationsdynamik? Chinas Position in globalen Innovationsnetzwerken
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner, Prof. Yifei Sun
    Team: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner u.a.
    Year: 2016
    Funding: Stiftung Deutsch-Amerikanische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen im Stifterverband (T 260/25622/2014)
    Duration: 2014 - 2016
  • Wind energy technology in Lower Saxony - A comparative approach to explain path creation and path dependence in a renewable energy.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Jasper Wellbrock
    Year: 2016
    Funding: The Lower Saxon Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 2013 - 2016
  • Sino-German Cooperation Group: Study on the Internationalization of science, technology and innovation: Strategy, Policy and Practice
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rongping Mu (Fraunhofer ISI), Prof. Dr. Reinhardt Meckl (University Bayreuth)
    Team: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner u.a.
    Year: 2018
    Funding: DFG und NSFC (GZ 975)
    Duration: 2014 - 2018
  • Gateway Cities and their Hinterland: Global Cities from the Global South as Nodes in Global Commodity Chains
    Led by: Dr. Sören Scholvin; Prof Dr. Javier Revilla Diez (University of Cologne)
    Team: Dr. Sören Scholvin, Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez, Moritz Breul
    Year: 2018
    Funding: DFG
    Duration: 2015 - 2018
  • Chinese Multinational Enterprises in Germany: Institutional Distance, Local Networks and Knowledge Exchange
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner, Prof. Dr. Daniel Schiller (University Greifswald)
    Team: Timon Haasis (University Gießen), Miriam Richter-Tokar (University Greifswald)
    Year: 2018
    Funding: DFG (Gz. Li981/13-1)
    Duration: 2015 - 2018
  • Local self-government of irrigation systems in the Talas Region (Kyrgyzstan)
    Led by: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Berit Böckel
    Year: 2018
    Funding: Self-financed, financial support by the Graduiertenakademie
    Duration: 2013 - 2018
  • Environmental change and resource use in South India. Discourses and gender perspectives in rural Kerala
    Led by: PD Dr. Matthias Schmidt (Universität Augsburg)
    Team: Korinna Klasing, M.A.
    Year: 2018
    Funding: Graduiertenakademie of LUH
    Duration: 2014 - 2018
  • The spatial effects of digitalisation and its regional and spatial planning policy implications
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Lukas Häfner
    Year: 2019
    Funding: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (MWK) aus Mitteln des Niedersächsischen Vorab der VolkswagenStiftung
    Duration: 2019 - 2025
  • Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship – an explorative Analysis of the “Region Hannover“
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Johannes von Bloh
    Year: 2019
    Funding: The Lower Saxon Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 2016 - 2019
  • DiasporaLink - Evaluation and facilitation of transnational diaspora entrepreneurship (TDE) as a driver of development and wealth creation in countries of origin and residence
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Johannes von Bloh
    Year: 2019
    Funding: European Commission (Horizon 2020) as part of RISE (Research and Innovation Staff Exchange) in the Marie Sklodovska-Curie Actions.
    Duration: 2015 - 2019
  • Regional technological paths and relatedness of knowledge in Germany
    Led by: Juniorprofessor Dr. Tom Brökel
    Team: Dr. Lars Mewes
    Year: 2019
    Funding: The Lower Saxon Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 2016 - 2019
  • Competitiveness through R&D internationalization : patent- and interview data based studies on a latecomer in the telecommunications industry.
    Team: Dr. Kerstin J. Schaefer
    Year: 2020
    Funding: German Academic Exchange Service, Leibniz University Graduate Academy
    Duration: 2015 - 2020
  • Transferring current research findings concerning the economic development of China to the Geography classroom
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner, Dr. Janis Fögele (JLU Gießen), Prof. Dr. Rainer Mehren (JLU Gießen)
    Team: Sebastian Losacker
    Year: 2020
    Funding: DFG
    Duration: 2019 - 2020
  • Regional Innovation Profiles in China: Innovation Conditions and Types of Innovation
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner, Dr. Henning Kroll (ISI, Karlsruhe)
    Team: Anna-Barbara Heindl
    Year: 2020
    Funding: DFG Gz. 981/15-1
    Duration: 2017 - 2020
  • Technology Spaces - Evolution, Potential, and Policy Implications
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Tom Broekel
    Team: Louis Knuepling
    Year: 2020
    Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
    Duration: 2018 – 2020
  • InDUI – Setting indicators to measure innovations for the Doing-Using-Interacting-Mode of SME
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Tatjana Bennat
    Year: 2021
    Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
    Duration: 2017 - 2021
  • ReDiCOV - Regional economic disparities in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak: the role of digitalization and working-from-home
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Louis Knüpling, Vanessa Blobel
    Year: 2021
    Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Duration: 2021 - 2026
  • Consumption of sustainable food in the context of crises: Climate Change and the Covid 19 Pandemic in Lower Saxony
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte and Prof. Dr. Leonie Tuitjer
    Team: Hauke Kruse
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
    Duration: 2022 - 2025
  • Standardization of Automated Driving Technologies - An Opportunity for Market Entry of Emerging Regions?
    Led by: Dr. Kerstin J. Schäfer
    Team: Lennart Schott
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Leibniz Young Investigator Grants
    Duration: 2020 - 2022
  • DISCO: Disconnected research and development: The (temporary) spatial patterns of innovation
    Led by: Dr. Kerstin J. Schaefer
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship at London School of Economics and Political Science financed by the Horizon 2020 Program of the European Commission
    Duration: 2021 - 2022
  • DUI.REG - Measurement of the Doing-Using-Interacting mode of SMEs in structurally weak regions
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg (LuH), Prof. Dr. Kilian Bizer (University of Göttingen), Prof. Dr. Uwe Cantner (University of Jena), Dr. Jörg Thomä (Institute for Small Business Economics at the University of Göttingen [ifh Göttingen])
    Team: Anne-Sophie Kagel (LUH), Christoph Friedrich (LUH), Leonie Reher (University of Göttingen), Tobias Hädrich (University of Jena), Martina Buratti (University of Jena)
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in line of the funding action “WIR! - Change through innovation in the region"
    Duration: 2022 - 2025
  • The significance of change agency for innovation and transformation in relationally peripheral regions
    Led by: PD Dr. Henning Kroll
    Year: 2022
    Funding: DFG, Förderkennziffer KR 4895/5-1, Projektnummer 490864816
    Duration: 2022 - 2025
  • Business Plan-Competitions: Effects on Award Winners and Entrepreneurial Eco-Systems in Lower Saxony.
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Lennard Stolz
    Year: 2022
    Funding: Förderprogramm Pro*Niedersachsen des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kultur
    Duration: 2019 - 2022
  • Intelligent labor market? Effects of the AI transformation on professions, industries and regions
    Led by: Dr. Kerstin J. Schaefer
    Team: Matthias Kapa, Lennart Schott, Dr. Anne Otto, Dr. Gábor Kismihók
    Year: 2023
    Funding: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
    Duration: 2023 - 2025
  • Transcultural Learning and Competence Approach (TraKuLa)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner (IWKG); Prof. Dr. Steffi Robak (IFBE); Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beer (IRZ); Prof. Dr.-Ing. Monika Sester (IKG); Prof. Jiang Bo (Tongji University Shanghai)
    Team: K. Florian Schneider (IWKG); Maria Stroh, Marina Rieckhoff, M. A. (IFBE)
    Year: 2023
    Funding: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (MWK)
    Duration: 2020 - 2023
  • Implementation conditions for frugality in innovation processes
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner
    Team: Julian Barnikol
    Year: 2023
    Funding: Lower Saxonian Ministry for Science and Culture
    Duration: 2020 - 2023
  • Hidden Champions as a central element for the stabilization of rural areas in times of digitalization
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner (LUH), Prof. Dr. Stefan Hennemann (JLU Gießen)
    Team: Carsten Rietmann (LUH), Leon Worbs (LUH), Lisa Zirbes (JLU Gießen)
    Year: 2023
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) / Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
    Duration: 2020 - 2023
  • Success factors of reciprocal knowledge transfer in Chinese-German cooperation projects: Joint competence development in the research and innovation phase
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner, Prof. Dr. Steffi Robak, Prof. Dr. Michael Beer, Prof. Dr. Monika Sester (all LUH)
    Team: K. Florian Schneider
    Year: 2023
    Funding: Lower Saxonian Ministry of Science and Culture
    Duration: 2020 - 2023
  • Pathways to Sustainability Based on Advanced Frugal Innovation: Innovation Generation and Innovation Scaling under Resource Constraints (AFRIN)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner (PI, LUH); Prof. Dr. Balkrishna C. Rao (Co-PI, IITM); Prof. Dr. Sara Grobbelaar (Co-PI, SU)
    Team: Leon Worbs; Steffen Bauerochse (LUH); Fisiwe Hlophe (SU); Carlton Matingo (SU)
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Duration: 2024 - 2027
  • Global socio-technical regimes in aviation: opportunities and obstacles for green hydrogen technologies (ReLuH2)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner; Dr. Sebastian Losacker (JLU Gießen); Dr. Kerstin J. Schaefer
    Team: Lennart Gruen
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Flexible Funds, Leibniz University Hannover
    Duration: 2023 - 2024
  • Digital Access to Mobility: Societal Transformation in a Digital Society – Raising Awareness for the Participation in a Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility Transition
    Led by: Dr. Kerstin J. Schäfer und Prof. Christiane Meyer
    Team: Dmitry Boyko, Anne-Sophie Kagel (Economic Geography), Tomke van Hove, Jonas Koch (Didactics)
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Niedersächsisches Vorab der VW-Stiftung und dem Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
    Duration: 2021 - 2024
  • Entrepreneurship in rural areas: scope, determinants and regional economic effects (EntreLR)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Lennard Stolz; Niels Wendt
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
    Duration: 2021 - 2024
  • China-specific features of the emergence of innovations in artificial intelligence and environmental protection: Education system, interaction between science and economy, large-scale projects
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner (LUH), Prof. Dr. Steffi Robak (LUH), Prof. Dr. Daniel Schiller (University of Greifswald)
    Team: Chris Brück (LUH), Xing Liu-Schuppener (LUH), Yang Liu (University of Greifswald)
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
    Duration: 2021 – 2024

Applied research

  • Evaluating Technology Business Incubators – The European and German Perspective
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Year: 2000
    Funding: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna
    Duration: 2000
  • Regional-economic impact of the planned international research institution “European Spallation Source” (ESS)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg, Dr. Jens Kramer, Rik Schauenberg (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2001
    Funding: Research Centre Jülich GmbH
    Duration: 2001
  • Scientific Evaluation of the programme „Junge Innovatoren“ (young innovators)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Dr. Christine Tamásy, Claudia Müller (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2004
    Funding: Ministry of Science, Research and Art Federal State of Baden-Württemberg
    Duration: 1998 - 2004
  • The Potential for Additional Vocational Training Positions in Rendsburg, Northern Germany
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
    Team: Oliver Brandt
    Year: 2006
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), European Social Fund
    Duration: 2006
  • Scientific Evaluation of the “Programm zur finanziellen Absicherung von Unternehmensgründungen aus Hochschulen” (PFAU) of the Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology Federals State of Northrhine-Westphalia (Evaluation 2006)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Florian Wohlfart (University of Cologne)
    Year: 2006
    Funding: Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology Federals State of Northrhine-Westphalia
    Duration: 2005 - 2006
  • Real-time evaluation of start-up and acquisition initiatives “Plug & Work” and “Zukunftsfabrik Produktionstechnik“ for the hannoverimpuls GmbH
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schätzl
    Team: Dr. Matthias Kiese
    Year: 2007
    Funding: hannoverimpuls GmbH
    Duration: 2005 - 2007
  • How do freshmen of the University of Hannover assess their locational choice?
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Juliane Bielinski, Dr. Angela Imhoff-Daniel, Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Year: 2007
    Funding: President of the University of Hannover
    Duration: 2007 - 2008
  • About Entrepreneurial Activities in German Regions
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Christian Hundt
    Year: 2007
    Funding: Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM), Cologne
    Duration: 2007
  • Scientific Evaluation of the programme „Junge Innovatoren“ (young innovators)
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg
    Team: Christian Hundt, Dennis Stockinger
    Year: 2007
    Funding: Ministry of Science, Research and Art Federal State of Baden-Württemberg
    Duration: 2007 - 2010
  • Potential of air passenger at the airport Hanover-Langenhagen
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
    Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Jérôme Stuck
    Year: 2014
    Funding: Airport Hanover - Langenhagen GmbH, Hanover
    Duration: 2006 - 2014
  • Assessment report on a strengths and weaknesses analysis for developing a regional strategy for southern Lower Saxony
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner
    Team: Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner, Sebastian Losacker
    Year: 2019
    Funding: Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Bundes- und Europaangelegenheiten und Regionale Entwicklung
    Duration: Spring 2019
  • Transport disrupted – substituting public transport by bike or car under Covid 19
    Led by: Dr. Kerstin J. Schäfer und Dr. Leonie Tuitjer
    Team: Dr. Kerstin J. Schäfer und Dr. Leonie Tuitjer
    Year: 2023
    Funding: Niedersächisches Vorab der VW-Stiftung und dem Niedersächsischen Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
    Duration: 2020 - 2023
  • Sustainability preferences of retail investors in investment advice
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Nolte and Dr. Hanne Roggemann (iff)
    Team: Hauke Kruse
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
    Duration: 2022 - 2024
  • Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) - Section Hanover - Stage 1
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Peter Dirksmeier
    Team: Dr. Angelina Göb; Dr. J. Crückeberg; Dr. Jessica Baier
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Duration: 2020 – 2024
  • Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) – Section Hannover - Stage 2
    Led by: Prof. Dr. Peter Dirksmeier
    Team: Dr. Angelina Göb; Dr. Jessica Baier; Lukas Häfner
    Year: 2024
    Funding: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Duration: 2024 – 2027; 2027 – 2029
  • Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) - Country report Germany
    Led by: Dr. Florian Täube (RKW), Prof. Dr. Christian Hundt
    Team: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sternberg (IWKG), Dr. Florian Täube, Dr. Matthias Wallisch, Armin Baharian, Dr. Natalia Gorynia-Pfeffer (RKW), Dr. Christian Bergholz (Thünen-Institut)
    Year: 2024
    Funding: (für 2024-2026) Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (über RKW Kompetenzzentrum, Eschborn)
    Duration: 1999 ff

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