Claudia Doblinger is Assistant Professor for Innovation and Technology Management at the TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability and an affiliate member at the TUM School of Management. Before joining TUM in October 2018, Claudia was a project manager for digitization at the Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH. She holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Regensburg, where she earned her Ph.D. in Innovation and Technology Management. After her doctoral studies, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School. She has further been a guest researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Cambridge. Claudia’s research focuses on the interface of public policies, firm-level technological innovation, and sustainability with a particular focus on the (bio-)energy sector. Her main focus is on understanding how political incentives affect the innovation and entrepreneurial activities of firms, especially in the context of clean energy and transportation technologies. Her research has been published in international academic journals such as Nature Energy, Research Policy, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management.
“Co-location of manufacturing and innovation” – In cooperation with the University of Maryland and the University of Cambridge, we explore the drivers and impacts of technological innovation along the wind energy global value chain (funded by NSF/ESRC)
“Collaborating with your rival?” – Jointly with the University of Oslo and the University of Regensburg, we study how collaboration between start-ups and established firms in the clean transportation industry affects innovation