Dirk Meissner

Dirk Meissner received the first Ph.D. degree in business administration, technology and innovation management, and the second Ph.D. degree in innovation management from Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, in 1996 and 2001, respectively. He is currently a Distinguished Professor, the Head of the Laboratory for Economics of Innovation, HSE ISSEK, Moscow, Russia, and the Academic Director of the Master's Programme Governance of STI. He has 20 years of experience in research and teaching technology and innovation management and policy. He has strong background in policy making and industrial management for STI with special focus on foresight and roadmapping, funding of research, and priority setting. Prior to joining HSE, he was responsible for technology and innovation policy at the presidential office of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. He was a Management Consultant for technology and innovation management with Arthur D. Little. Prof. Meissner is a Member of OECD Working Party on Technology and Innovation Policy. He is an Associate Editor for Technological Forecasting and Social Change, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, and Journal of the Knowledge Economy, and a Member of Editorial Review Board at Small Business Economics and Journal of Knowledge Management. He guest-edited Special Issues in Industry and Innovation Journal, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Technological Analysis and Strategic Management among others.