Manuel Hoffmann

Manuel Hoffmann is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science within the Digital, Data, and Design Institute. He maintains dual affiliation with Stanford University's Center for Population Health Sciences and recently served as a visiting researcher at CESifo in October 2023.

His educational credentials include:

• PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University
• Integrated M.Sc. degrees in Economics, Business, and Statistics from University of Trier

Hoffmann's research bridges open innovation, labor economics, and health economics through rigorous empirical methods. His landmark study on television consumption—using West Germany's terrestrial broadcast expansion as a natural experiment—revealed no adverse health effects and positive life satisfaction impacts, challenging conventional wisdom. Current work investigates labor market cartels and organizational innovation dynamics via field experiments.

He leads the Laboratory for Innovation Science, which focuses on digital transformation, data-driven decision systems, and innovation ecosystems. His methodological toolkit combines experimental economics with structural modeling to address real-world welfare challenges across business and public policy domains.