Dr Bettina Becker

Biography	Dr Bettina Becker is as an Associate Professor in Strategy and Innovation at Durham University Business School. An economist with a research focus on innovation, she received her undergraduate degree (Dipl.-Volkswirtin) from the University of Bonn in Germany, including one year at Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge; her MSc degree from the London School of Economics; and her PhD from Birkbeck College at the University of London. Previous employment positions include Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) in London. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Bettina’s main research interests include innovation policy, environmental innovation, open innovation, innovation strategy, and economics of innovation. She enjoys and has extensive experience in micro-econometric analysis and in summarising and disseminating the results of technical analysis to academic, policy, and industry audiences. Output of Bettina’s work on innovation policy has been cited in several publications by policy-making and policy-advising institutions, such as the Social Market Foundation in the UK, The Hamilton Project in the US, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, the World Bank, the OECD, and the European Commission. Bettina has served as a member of the International Panel of Experts for the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation of the Flemish government, Belgium, for the evaluation of the Policy Research Centre Economy and Entrepreneurship. She has also been a member of a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) expert workshop to inform government policy on how to maximise the impact of R&D investment, and she has acted as an academic advisor to The Behavioural Insights Team. Bettina’s research has been published in leading international journals, including Research Policy, Technovation, Regional Studies, Small Business Economics, and International Journal of Business Policy. Find more details about Bettina’s publications on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=NGaU8-AAAAAJ&hl=en Bettina teaches modules on Innovation Management and on Business Economics. She enjoys using innovative methods to develop students' independent learning and analytical skills. Through her teaching, Bettina seeks to equip her students with applied specialist knowledge relevant to real life, which they will need to succeed in today’s rapidly changing economic and business environments. In all her modules, Bettina places an emphasis on imparting the appreciation of responsible and inclusive innovation and on sustainability. In her free time, Bettina enjoys hiking, playing music, and volunteering for charity.
Research Interests	Innovation policy Environmental innovation Open innovation Innovation strategy Economics of innovation

Biography

Dr Bettina Becker is as an Associate Professor in Strategy and Innovation at Durham University Business School. An economist with a research focus on innovation, she received her undergraduate degree (Dipl.-Volkswirtin) from the University of Bonn in Germany, including one year at Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge; her MSc degree from the London School of Economics; and her PhD from Birkbeck College at the University of London. Previous employment positions include Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) in London. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Bettina’s main research interests include innovation policy, environmental innovation, open innovation, innovation strategy, and economics of innovation. She enjoys and has extensive experience in micro-econometric analysis and in summarising and disseminating the results of technical analysis to academic, policy, and industry audiences.

Output of Bettina’s work on innovation policy has been cited in several publications by policy-making and policy-advising institutions, such as the Social Market Foundation in the UK, The Hamilton Project in the US, the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, the World Bank, the OECD, and the European Commission.
Bettina has served as a member of the International Panel of Experts for the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation of the Flemish government, Belgium, for the evaluation of the Policy Research Centre Economy and Entrepreneurship. She has also been a member of a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) expert workshop to inform government policy on how to maximise the impact of R&D investment, and she has acted as an academic advisor to The Behavioural Insights Team.

Bettina’s research has been published in leading international journals, including Research Policy, Technovation, Regional Studies, Small Business Economics, and International Journal of Business Policy. Find more details about Bettina’s publications on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=NGaU8-AAAAAJ&hl=en

Bettina teaches modules on Innovation Management and on Business Economics. She enjoys using innovative methods to develop students' independent learning and analytical skills. Through her teaching, Bettina seeks to equip her students with applied specialist knowledge relevant to real life, which they will need to succeed in today’s rapidly changing economic and business environments. In all her modules, Bettina places an emphasis on imparting the appreciation of responsible and inclusive innovation and on sustainability.

In her free time, Bettina enjoys hiking, playing music, and volunteering for charity.

Research Interests

Innovation policy
Environmental innovation
Open innovation
Innovation strategy
Economics of innovation