معرفی
Josef Taalbi is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor at the Department of Economic History, Lund University. His work focuses on endogenous innovation, technological change, and structural dynamics over the long 20th century (1890–2010), combining micro-macro analysis and innovation biographies.
- Research Themes: Swedish innovation output databases, technological systems, development blocks, and sustainability transitions.
- Teaching: Undergraduate and master-level courses in economic history, innovation, environmental history, and quantitative methods.
Research Trends: His recent publications explore gender ideologies in technology, adjacent possible discovery, patent dynamics, and SME innovation performance, reflecting interdisciplinary intersections between economic history, complexity theory, and sustainable transitions.
Collaborations include roles in projects funded by the Swedish Government Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova), such as Combinatorial evolution in technology history (2025–2027) and SWINNO 3.0 (2020–2026).
Infrastructure: Manages the Database of Swedish Innovations, which analyzes historical technological trends and their societal impacts.
