CHRISTOPHER FREEMAN

Emeritus Professor of Science Policy,
SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research,
University of Sussex, UK
and MERIT, Maastricht University, The Netherlands

 

Honorary Ph.D., University of Linkoping
Honorary Doctorate, University of Sussex
Fellow, London School of Economics
Honorary Doctorate, University of Middlesex
Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Birmingham University
Honorary Doctorate, University of Brighton

Bernal Prize, 1987
Schumpeter Prize, 1988
Prix International du Futuroscope, 1993
World Technology Network Award for Policy, 2001

 

Technical change in economic theory;
diffusion of generic technologies and their future implications;
structural change in the world economy;
and the "catch-up" efforts of East Asian and Latin American countries.

 

Economics of Hope, C Freeman, Pinter, London, 1992

Technology and the Wealth of Nations, (Eds) D Foray and C Freeman, Pinter, London, 1993

Work for All or Mass Unemployment, C Freeman and L Soete, Pinter, London, 1994

(Editor) The Long Wave in the World Economy, International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Aldershot, Elgar, 1996

The Economics of Industrial Innovation, (3rd Ed), C Freeman and L Soete, Pinter, London, 1997

As Time Goes By: From the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution. C. Freeman and F. Louça, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

'A hard landing for the 'New Economy'? IT and the US national system of innovation', Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 12: 115-39, 2001

"Long-Term Structural Changes: a re-appraisal", ch. 1 in P. Petit and L. Soete (Eds.), Technology and the Future of European Employment, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2001, pp 23-45.

"Continental, national and sub-national innovation systems - complementarity and economic growth", Research Policy, Vol 31/2, 2002, pp 191-211

 

1941-48 London School of Economics: B.Sc (Econ), 1st Class
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
War Service: 1st and 5th Battalions, Manchester Regiment.

1948-59 Teaching and international market research and forecasting.

1959-66 National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London.

1966-82 Director of Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex and RM Phillips Professor of Science Policy

1981-86 Leader of IBM sponsored research group on technology and employment.

1986-94 Visiting Professor at the Institute for Production, University of Aalborg, Denmark.

1986-96 Professorial Fellow at Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), University of Limburg, The Netherlands

1997-9 Visiting Professor, University of East London

1995-7 Member of High Level Expert Group on the Information Society - European Commission

1986-to date Emeritus Professor of Science Policy at the Science Policy Research Unit

S.C.Lees@sussex.ac.uk