Dirk Czarnitzki

Prof. Dr. Dirk Czarnitzki is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics at KU Leuven, Belgium. He also holds roles as a senior researcher at the Steunpunt O&O Statistieken at KUL and a research associate at ZEW, Germany.

• Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Duisburg-Essen (2004)
• Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (2004)

His research focuses on the Economics of Innovation and Applied Microeconometrics, with specific emphasis on:

• Evaluation of public innovation policies
• Corporate governance and innovation dynamics
• Valuation of intellectual assets
• Knowledge and technology transfer mechanisms

His academic work bridges empirical analysis with industrial economics, examining how firms and policies drive technological progress.