Manuel Molina Vogelsang

Areas of Expertise

• Support for the further strategic development of the institute: day-to-day management, business development and strategic planning
• Establishment and expansion of institutional collaborations and networks, in particular networking with other Fraunhofer institutes and partners in Latin America
• Regional expert for Spain and Latin America

Professional Development

Manuel Molina Vogelsang has been deputy head of the "Innovative Regions" unit at Fraunhofer IMW (from January 1, 2025, part of Fraunhofer ISI) since January 2024. Mr. Molina Vogelsang joined Fraunhofer IMW in 2014 as special assistant to the institute director and has worked as a research fellow in the "Innovation Policy and Transfer Design" unit since 2016.  Since July 2023, he has been a research fellow in the "Innovative Regions" unit. Mr. Molina Vogelsang studied Regional Studies Latin America with a focus on Economics at the University of Cologne. Previously, he worked at the Lateinamerika Verein e. V. in Hamburg as Regional Manager for Mercosur and Colombia and in the Department for International Business Development at the Fraunhofer headquarters. His areas of expertise include the analysis of national and regional innovation systems as well as international innovation processes. Since 2015, he has been a lecturer for the Chair of Innovation Management and Innovation Economics at the University of Leipzig.

Current projects

• Markets for International Technology Transfer
• Q.E.D. – Quantum Ecosystem Germany
• Focus study "Quantum technologies and quantum ecosystems"

2022

• Molina Vogelsang, M. (2022). Die Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft: Abschlussbericht aus der Begleitung ausgewählter deutsch-israelischer 2+2-Projekte. 4. Fachgespräch Perspektiven der deutsch-israelischen Forschungs- und Innovationszusammenarbeit, Bonn. 11.5.2022.

2021

• Molina Vogelsang, M. (2021). Israeli-German Cooperation in Applied Nanotechnologies: Key Learnings from the Scientific Monitoring. Final-Meeting German-Israeli Cooperation in the Field of Applied Nanotechnology, Online. 4.11.2021 

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.

2019

• Molina Vogelsang, M. (2019). Knowledge and Technology Transfer in International R&D Cooperation: Challenges and Potentials of the »2+2 Model«. Mid-Term Meeting German-Israeli Cooperation in the Field of Applied Nanotechnology, Bonn. 25.-26.2.2019.
• Molina Vogelsang, M. (2019). International Cooperation in Research and Innovation: Does Relatedness Matter for the Design of International Innovation Policies?. 2nd Annual Conference on the Geography of Innovation & Complexity, Utrecht, NL. 2.-4.9.2019.
• Molina Vogelsang, M. (2019). Successful innovation approaches in the German innovation system. Innovation For Growth, Athen, Griechenland. 18.11.2019. 
• Molina Vogelsang, M. (2019). Die Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft in Israel: Erkenntnisse aus der Begleitung ausgewählter deutsch-israelischer 2+2-Projekte. 3. Fachgespräch Perspektiven der deutsch-israelischen Forschungs- und Innovationszusammenarbeit, Bonn. 15.6.2019.

2018

• Molina Vogelsang, M. (2018). Internationale Kooperation in Forschung und Innovation: Motive, Erfahrungen und Ansätze aus israelischer Sicht. 2. Fachgespräch Perspektiven der deutsch-israelischen Forschungs- und Innovationszusammenarbeit, Bonn. 25.4.2018.