Contact

E-Mail: m.fromhold-eisebith@geo.rwth-aachen.de
Fon: +49 241 80 93640
Homepage: http://www.econgeo.rwth-aachen.de/index.php?id=fromhold-eisebith

Research topics

• Economic Geography: Spatial patterns and processes of human economic activities
• Innovation oriented regional development: Interdependencies of technology innovation and regional dynamics
• Social dynamics of innovation networks: How social aspects and networking shape innovation led developments
• Globalization and regional development: How economic globalization interfers with regional development
• Environmental Economic Geography: Assessing interdependencies of environmental innovations or measures and spatial development

Resources and technologies

• Geographical statistical analyses: Researching and interpreting statistical data on various territorial units
• Empirical social research: Survey and expert interview techniques
• Social network analysis: Quantitative and qualitative approaches towards assessing actor networks

Publications

• Dewald, U. and Fromhold-Eisebith, M. (2015): Trajectories of sustainability transitions in scale-transcending innovation systems: The case of photovoltaics. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (advanced access: doi:10.1016/j.eist.2014.12.004)
• Fromhold-Eisebith, M. and Werker, C. (2013): Universities’ functions in knowledge transfer: a geographical perspective. In: The Annals of Regional Science, 51(3), 621-643
• Fromhold-Eisebith, M. (2007): Bridging Scales in Innovation Policies: How to Link Regional, National and International Innovation Systems. In: European Planning Studies, 15(2), 217-233
• Fromhold-Eisebith, M. and Eisebith, G. (2005): How to institutionalize innovative clusters? Comparing explicit top-down and implicit bottom-up approaches. In: Research Policy, 34 (8), 1250-1268
• Fromhold-Eisebith, M. (2001): Technologieregionen in Asiens Newly Industrialized Countries. Strukturen und Beziehungssysteme am Beispiel von Bangalore, Indien, und Bandung, Indonesien. Reihe 'Wirtschaftsgeographie', Bd. 18. LIT-Verlag: Münster u. Hamburg
• full publication list: http://www.econgeo.rwth-aachen.de/index.php?id=fromhold-eisebith