


| 1968-1975 | Studies of Mathematics, Economics and Political Science in Heidelberg, Bonn and Frankfurt |
| 1978 | Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude) at Frankfurt University |
| 1982 | Period of research at Yale University, USA |
| 1986-1990 | Head of the Industry and Technology Department at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin |
| 1989 | Habilitation (professorial qualification) at Stuttgart University |
| 1990-2005 | Head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe, and Chairman of the Scientific-Technical Board of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (with effect from 1999) |
| Since 1995 | Professor of Economics with focus on Innovation Economics at Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France |
| Since 02/2005 | State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research |








Research for Sustainable Development
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