Nicholas Vonortas
Nicholas Vonortas
Associate Dean for Research Initiatives; Director, Institute for International Science and Technology Policy; Professor, Economics and International Affairs
Full-time Faculty
Department: Research Initiatives
Contact:
1957 E St. NW, Suite 403
Washington, D.C. 20052
As associate dean for research initiatives, Professor Vonortas oversees research centers and institutes homed at the Elliott School, and engages school- and GW-wide to promote and further faculty research. He is also the Director of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy at the Elliott School.
Professor Vonortas currently holds a ‘São Paulo Excellence Chair’ in Technology and Innovation Policy at the University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Since 2010, he has been editor of the peer-reviewed journal Science and Public Policy.
Professor Vonortas’ teaching and research interests are in industrial organization, in the economics of technological change, and in technology and innovation policy and strategy. He has authored and co-edited twelve (12) books. His latest is titled Intangible Assets, Productivity and Economic Growth: Micro, Meso and Macro Perspectives (2024). In addition, he has authored or co-authored ninety-one (91) papers in academic journals, fifty-two (52) book chapters, co-edited ten (10) special issues in academic journals, published twelve (12) papers in conference proceedings, and co-authored fifty-nine (59) reports. As of August 12, 2024 on Google Scholar he has 12,495 citations, h-index 49, and i10-index 119.
Professor Vonortas has held visiting appointments at several universities including the Tsinghua University (China), Korea University (Republic of Korea), University of Lund (Sweden), Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil), University of Campinas (Brazil), National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation), the University of Maastricht (Netherlands), Luigi Bocconi University (Italy), Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece), and National Technical University of Athens (Greece). He has served as a consultant to many government agencies in the United States, the European Union and several member countries, Brazil, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and Japan as well as to several international organizations such as the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the United Nations.
He holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Economics from New York University (USA), a MA in Economic Development from Leicester University (UK), and a BA in Economics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece).
Economics of technological change; industrial organization; and science and technology policy
Ph.D., New York University
ECON 6255/IAFF 6158 Economics of Technological Change
IAFF 6141 International Science and Technology Policy Cornerstone
IAFF 6143 Science and Technology Policy Analysis Seminar
Park, Sang-Min and Vonortas, Nicholas S. “Translational Research: From Basic Research to Regional Biomedical Entrepreneurship”, Small Business Economics, published online 8/30/2022. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00676-9)
Francis, Mariane Santos and Vonortas, Nicholas S. “Gatekeepers in Regional Innovation Networks: Evidence from an Emerging Economy”, The Journal of Technology Transfer, published online 2/4/2022. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-022-09922-4)
Fischer, Bruno Brandão, Meissner, Dirk, Vonortas, Nicholas S., and Guerrero, Maribel. “Spatial Features of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems”, Journal of Business Research, 2022, 147: 27-36. (With
Fischer, Bruno Brandão, Meissner, Dirk, Vonortas, Nicholas S., and Zhou, Yuan. “A Multilayered Perspective on Entrepreneurial Universities: Looking into the Dynamics of Join University-Industry Labs”, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022, 178(3): 121573.
Moraes Silva, Diego, Vonortas, Nicholas S., and Furtado, André T. “Innovation Barriers, Indicators and Policies: Coevolving Concepts in Innovation Studies”, Annals of Science and Technology Policy, 2022, 6(2): 100-227.
Lee, Jeong-Dong, Lee, Keun, Meissner, Dirk, Radosevic, Slavo and Vonortas, Nicholas S. (eds) The Challenges of Technology and Economic Catch-Up in Emerging Economies, Oxford University Press, 2021.
Alves Cherubini, André, Fischer, Bruno Brandão, and Vonortas, Nicholas S. “Ecosystems of Entrepreneurship: Configurations and Critical Dimensions”, The Annals of Regional Science, 2021, 67(1): 73-106.
Lee, Jeong-Dong, Lee, Keun, Meissner, Dirk, Radosevic, Slavo, and Vonortas, Nicholas S. “Local Capacity, Innovative Entrepreneurial Places and Global Connections: An Overview”, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2021, 46: 563-573.
Lai, Yanzhao and Vonortas, Nicholas S. “Returnee Academic Entrepreneurship in China”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, 2021, 22(1): 8-23.
Scott, Troy and Vonortas, Nicholas S. “Microgravity Protein Crystallization for Drug Development: A Bold Example of Public Sector Entrepreneurship”, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2021, 46(5): 1442-1461.