Colin Weßendorf
Research Assistant (Ph.D candidate)
Contact:
Max-von-Lauen-Str. 1
28359 Bremen
Building WIWI2, Room F 2140
Phone: +49 (0)421 218-665-31
wessendorf(at)uni-bremen.de
Personal details
Colin Wessendorf is engaged in the field of economic geography. His current research encompasses questions related to the regional economic impact of so-called Key Enabling Technologies (KETs).
He joined the University of Bremen as a member of research staff in March 2018 and is a PhD candidate since April 2019. Initially, Colin Wessendorf was part of the Unitersity’s Centre of Regional and Innovation Economics (CRIE). After the CRIE was dissolved in 2021, he joined Prof. Dr. Cordes’ working group “Evolutionary Economics” at the Institute of Economic Research and Policy (IERP). Since March 2023 he conducts research as a guest researcher.
Before joining the University of Bremen, Colin Wessendorf studied Geography (B.Sc., M.A.) and Peace, Conflict and Development Studies (minor subject) in Marburg, Frankfurt/Main, Lund and Växjö.
Professional career
| Since March 2023 | Guest researcher, University of Bremen |
| 2018/03 – 2023/02 | Member of the research staff, University of Bremen |
| 2017/04 – 2017/07 | Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) (student assistant) |
2016/02 – 2016/07 & 2015/04 – 2015/08 | PM & Partner Marketing Consulting GmbH, Frankfurt (Junior Consultant) |
| 2013/02 – 2013/04 | Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the European Union, Brussels (internship) |
Education | |
| Since April 2019 | PhD candidate, University of Bremen |
| 2016/08 – 2017/01 | Linnaeus Univiersity Växjö, Peace and Development Work (semester abroad) |
| 2015/10 – 2017/09 | Goethe University Frankfurt, Geographies of Globalization: Markets and Metropoles, Focus: Economic Geography (Master of Arts) |
| 2013/08 – 2014/01 | Lund University, Geography (semester abroad) |
2011/10 – 2015/03
| University of Marburg, Geography, Focus: Human geography (Bachelor of Science) |
Publications
| Wessendorf, C., Kopka, A., Fornahl, D. (2024): Key enabling technologies (KETs) in the technological space: embeddedness and regional knowledge creation. European Planning Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2024.2420857 |
| Wessendorf, C., Grashof, N. (2023): Key Enabling Technologies (KETs): Firms’ Key to Radical Innovation? BREMEN PAPERS ON ECONOMICS & INNOVATION, #23-03. DOI: doi.org/10.26092/elib/2662 |
| Knuepling, L., Wessendorf, C., Basilico, S. (2022): Revisiting innovation typology: A systemic approach. JENA ECONOMIC RESEARCH PAPERS, #2022-002. |
| Wessendorf, C., Kopka, A., Fornahl, D. (2021): The impact of the six European Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) on regional knowledge creation. Assessing the importance of KETs’ structural relevance in knowledge spaces. PAPERS IN EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (PEEG) #21.27. |
| Grashof, N., Kopka, A., Wessendorf, C., Fornahl, D. (2020): Industry 4.0 and clusters: complementarities or substitutes in firm's knowledge creation?. Competitiveness Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/CR-12-2019-0162. |
| Fornahl, D., Kopka, A., Wessendorf, C. (2019): Das "Internet der Dinge" im technologischen Raum Niedersachsens – Technologische Einbindung und regionale Verteilung. In: Neues Archiv für Niedersachsen 02/2019 - Digitalisierung in Niedersachsen. Wachholtz Verlag, Kiel/Hamburg. |
Presentations
Seminar of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy (IERP) at the University of Bremen (24th January 2024, Bremen) |
Seminar of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy (IERP) at the University of Bremen (14th June 2023, Bremen) |
12th Northern German colloquium on economic geography (20th-21st February 2022, online) |
37th annual meeting of the German working group on Industrial Geography |
6th Geography of Innovation Conference (GEOINNO) (04th – 06th July 2022, Mailand), Session Innovation Policy for Regions and Countries |
6th Global Conference on Economic Geography (GCEG) |
| 11th Northern German colloquium on economic geography (17th-18th February 2022, online) |
Seminar of the Institute for Economic Research and Policy (IERP) at the University of Bremen |
Regions in Recovery, Global E-Festival |
Workshop „Advancing Indicators of Regional Structural Change” |
10th Northern German colloquium on economic geography |
5th Geography of Innovation Conference |
DRUIDphd20 Academy Conference |
34th annual meeting of the German working group on Industrial Geography |
Guest presentation in seminar on network analysis |
9th Northern German colloquium on economic geography |