Guido Bünstorf Reappointed to EFI

Prof. Oliver Falck and Prof. Dr. Nadine Kammerlander have been newly appointed. Prof. Dr. Friederike Welter is stepping down from the EFI as scheduled. EFI Chair Prof. Dr. Irene Bertschek of the ZEW in Mannheim and the University of Giessen comments: “With the new appointments of Oliver Falck and Nadine Kammerlander, as well as the reappointment of Guido Bünstorf, the EFI is well-equipped in terms of personnel to work on the 2027 Annual Report. I would like to thank Friederike Welter for her expertise, the constructive discussions, and the trusting collaboration over the past four years.”

Guido Bünstorf heads the Department of Economic Policy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Kassel and serves as spokesperson for the board of the International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER). He conducts research and teaches at the intersections of innovation, university research, and science research, as well as entrepreneurship and regional economics. His research focuses on the development dynamics of innovative markets and industries, as well as the importance of knowledge transfer between universities and companies. “In times of technological and economic upheaval, the German research and innovation system must be further developed and its performance enhanced. Through my work at the EFI, I would like to continue contributing to this,” says Guido Bünstorf.

Oliver Falck is the director of the ifo Center for Innovation Economics and Digital Transformation and a professor of innovation, labor economics, and applied microeconomics in the Department of Economics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Nadine Kammerlander heads the Institute for Family Businesses and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as well as the Chair of Family Businesses at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. 

The Expert Commission on Research and Innovation, based in Berlin, has been providing scientific policy advice to the federal government since 2008 and publishes an annual report on research, innovation, and Germany’s technologicalperformance. The EFI’s primary task is to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of theGerman innovation system in international andhistorical comparisons and toassess the prospects for Germany as a center for research and innovation. Based on this analysis, the EFI develops proposalsfor national research and innovation policy.

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