Dr. Benjamin Klement

Areas of Expertise

• Indicators for innovations in the creative economy
• Network analysis and statistics
• Knowledge bases and knowledge dynamics
• Evolutionary economic geography

Professional Development

Since July 2023 Dr. Benjamin Klement is head of the Innovative Regions Unit. He joined the Fraunhofer IMW Innovation Policy and Transfer Design Unit as a research fellow in February 2018. He completed his PhD at Philipps-Universität Marburg in the field of economic geography. In his dissertation on »Cumulative and Combinatorial Knowledge Dynamics: Their Role For Continuity and Change In Regional Path Development«, he analyzed to what extent and precisely how the specialization and combination of regional knowledge bases promote the adaptation of regional economies to technical and social changes. 

2021

• Lacasa, I.; Campbell, Y.; Klement, B. (2021). Exploring the differences between Asian and European RTOs: the case of Microelectronics. 33rd Annual European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) Conference. Online, 2.-4.9.2021.

2020

• Klement, B. (2020). Versteckte Innovationen finden mit digitalen sozialen Daten - Die Analyse von Resonanzindikatoren in der Kreativwirtschaft. IAT Kolloquium. Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft und Technologiemanagement, Gelsenkirchen. 17.9.2020.
• Klement, B. (2020). Innovation in Creative Industries: Does (Related) Variety Matter for the Creativity of Urban Music Scenes? Wissenschaftskolloquium des Fraunhofer IMW. 18.2.2020.
• Molina Vogelsang, M.; Klement, B. (2020). Assessing Complementarities in International R&D Networks: Does Relatedness Matter for the Design of International Innovation Policies? – An explorative Study. 5th Geography of Innovation Conference, UiS Business School. University of Stavanger. 31.1.2020.
• Klement, B. (2020). Resonance Indicators - Analyzing Hidden Innovation with Digital Social Data. 5th Geography of Innovation Conference, UiS Business School. University of Stavanger. 30.1.2020.

2019

• Klement, B. (2020). International Cooperation in Research and Innovation: Does Relatedness Matter for the Design of International Innovation Policies?. 2^ndAnnual Conference on the Geography of Innovation & Complexity, Utrecht, NL. 2. 4.9.2020.

2018

• Klement, B. (2018). Cumulative and Combinatorial Knowledge Dynamics. Their Role For Continuity and Change in Regional Path Development. Philipps University Marburg, 16.05.2018.

2017

• Klement, B. (2017). Symbolisches Wissen messen. Das Beispiel Musik. Guest lecture. Philipps University Marburg, 19.12.2017.