Petra Ahrweiler new Director of European Academy Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH
Petra Ahrweiler now leads the research institution for technology assessment in Rhineland-Palatinate
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, 3 April 2013. – Since 27 March Petra Ahrweiler has been the new Director of the Europäische Akademie Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH. The Academy’s Partners’ Assembly – the Federal German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the German Aerospace Center – appointed the Professor for Technology and Innovation Assessment last Wednesday. Ahrweiler also holds a professorship for Sociology at Mainz University.
Her main research interests are innovation networks, simulating complex social systems, agent-based modelling, social network analysis and policy research.
Previously, Ahrweiler was Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at the Michael Smurfit School of Business of University College Dublin and Director of UCD’s Innovation Research Unit IRU. Furthermore, she belonged to the external faculty of the Engineering Systems Division at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Ahrweiler studied law, sociology, journalism and political science at the University of Hamburg finishing with her PhD in the area of science and technology studies at the Free University Berlin, where she was supported by the German National Merit Foundation. Since her habilitation thesis at the University of Bielefeld on social simulation of innovation processes she worked as a Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and as a Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Hamburg, where she built up a new research programme on innovation research.
The researcher has long experience as principal investigator and co-ordinator of international projects on innovation networks, for example the EU-projects on “Simulating Self-Organizing Innovation Networks (SEIN)” or “Network Models, Governance, and R&D Collaboration Networks” (NEMO). Ahrweiler holds various research awards and is member of a number of advisory boards in both governmental and academic organisations.
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About the Europaeische Akademie Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler:
The Europäische Akademie deals with the scientific study of the consequences of scientific and technological advances for individuals, society and the natural environment. The main focus is on the examination of foreseeable mid- and long-term processes that are especially influenced by the natural and engineering sciences and the medical disciplines. As an independent scientific institution, the Europäische Akademie pursues a dialogue with the world of politics and society at large. The Europaeische Akademie Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler gGmbH was founded in 1996 by the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate (Land Rheinland-Pfalz) and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. – DLR). Further information: www.ea-aw.org
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