Max Planck Research Group Leaders are appointed by the President of the Max Planck Society and enjoy an independent status similar to that of directors. With his group, Benedict Probst will explore the economic determinants, incentives, and implications of green innovation. “I am very much looking forward to this new challenge,” says Probst. “I have been following the Institute’s excellent research for a long time and I am very happy to be able to establish my research group here.” He will be a member of the economics department “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research”, which is headed by Dietmar Harhoff.
Benedict was born in Munich, but has spent most of the last decade abroad. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from the University of Cambridge and was a senior researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich. In addition to his academic work, he worked for a green startup and consulted for the World Bank and the German Development Bank.
“The group will focus on examining the entire innovation process, from invention through commercialization to global diffusion,” says Probst. “It is very important to us to exchange ideas with policymakers and companies so that our findings also make their way into society.”
The Net Zero Lab is now hiring (2–3 Doctoral Candidates, 1–2 Postdocs): see Employment Opportunities.
To the personal website of Benedict Probst
Updated on 10 July 2024.