Biography

Roman Stöllinger is assistant professor at Economics of Technology and Innovation (ETI) section of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Before that he was working as an economist at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) where he is still associated as a Senior Research Associate. He also works regularly as an expert for industrial development for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He holds a Master’s degree in International Economics and Business Studies from the University of Innsbruck and a PhD in Economics from the University of Vienna.

Expertise

His research gravitates around international trade, foreign direct investment and structural change with global value chains as the centre of interest. In the context of global value chains he is particularly interested in the hierarchical relationships between countries and the ways firms and countries diversify and move to new products and value chain functions. His research extends to organisational and technological capabilities necessary to structural upgrading in value chains. Further areas of research are labour market implications of technological change and industrial policies for the ecological transformations.