Hollanders, Hugo
Senior Researcher
UNU-MERIT
United Nations University
Netherlands
Biography
Hugo Hollanders is a Senior Researcher at MERIT and is the joint coordinator of the research group ‘Innovation Systems Indicators and Policy’. Before joining MERIT in 1992, he worked as a researcher at Statistics Netherlands (National Accounts division). His research interests include growth theory, the measurement of Science, Technology & Innovation, composite indicators, and economics of regional innovation. Current and past research focuses on innovation and S&T statistics. He is a member of the Advisory Steering Committee for the South-African Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII). He has been a member of 2007 EC Expert Group on Innovation in Services, of NESTA’s expert group for the ‘UK innovation index’ and of the 2010 EC ‘High-Level Panel on the Measurement of Innovation’. He has done consultancy work for the EC, OECD, UNESCO, UNIDO and national governments (a.o. Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland).
Research Interest
His research interests include growth theory, the measurement of Science, Technology & Innovation, composite indicators, and economics of regional innovation. Current and past research focuses on innovation and S&T statistics.
Publications
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Walendowski, Jacek, Kroll, Henning, Stahlecker, Thomas, Baier, Elisabeth, Wintjes, René and Hollanders, Hugo (2010). Innovation patterns and innovation policy in European regions – trends, challenges and perspectives. UNU-MERIT.
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Kroll, Henning, Baier, Elisabeth, Heijs, Joost, Hollanders, Hugo, Schricke, Esther, Stahlecker, Thomas and Wintjes, René (2011). Development of a methodology for the profiling of regional economies. n/a.
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Buligescu, Bianca, Hollanders, Hugo and Saebi, Tina (2012). Social attitudes to innovation and entrepreneurship.
