Project Manager

Trainee and technical assistant at the Lower Saxony Forest Tree Breeding Station in Staufenberg-Escherode; studied Geography and Modern Languages at the University of Gießen and l'Université de Besançon, 1996 diploma in Geography. Consultant for Desktop Mapping at GRIT – Graphical Information Technology Consulting. Since 1997 at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI Karlsruhe, Competence Center Policy and Regions. 2007 doctoral thesis in geography, Université de Strasbourg (former University Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg).

• Regional science
• Regional innovation strategies
• Methodology in innovation research
• Knowledge economics
• Innovation system France
  

Award for research on "knowledge angels"

Baier, E./Kroll, H./Zenker, A. (2013): Templates of smart specialisation: Experiences of place-based regional development strategies in Germany and Austria (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R5/2013). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Muller, E./Héraud, J.-A./Zenker, A. (2013): Innovation, territories and creativity: some reflections about usual and less usual instruments for innovation-driven regional policies. In: Burger-Helmchen, T. (Ed.): The Economics of Creativity. Ideas, firms and markets. London, New York: Routledge, 78-88.

Baier, E./Kroll, H./Zenker, A. (2013): Regional Autonomy with regard to Innovation Policy: A Differentiated Illustration of the European Status Quo (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R3/2013). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Baier, E. (2012): Knowledge angels or how creative people foster innovation in the service industry: emerging concepts and international observations. In: Fraunhofer ISI (Ed.): Innovation system revisited - Experiences from 40 years of Fraunhofer ISI research. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 153-170.

Schricke, E./Zenker, A./Stahlecker, T. (2012): Knowledge-intensive (business) services in Europe. Brussels: European Commission.

Koschatzky, K./Zenker, A./Baier, E. (2012): Regional Embeddedness of Multinational Enterprises in European Regions. In: Assimakopoulos, D./Carayannis, E./Dossani, R. (Eds.) Knowledge Perspectives of New Product Development - A Comparative Approach. New York, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London: Springer, 99-122.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Ramos, J.-C. (2012): Knowledge Angels, Creative Behaviors, and Emerging Innovation Modes: Observations from Alsace, Baden-Württemberg, and Catalonia. In: Di Maria, E./Grandinetti, R./Di Bernardo, B. (Eds.): Exploring Knowledge-Intensive Business Services. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 35-55.

Héraud, J.-A./Zenker, A. (2012): L'enseignement supérieur en Allemagne: tradition fédérale et éevolutions récentes. In: Mespoulet, M. (Eds.): Université et Territoires. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 139-152.

Zenker, A./Tippmann, V. (2011): Recherche appliquée en RFA. Société Fraunhofer: la R&D au service de l'Industrie. In: Regards sur l'économie allemande - Bulletin économique du CIRAC Nr. 103, 19-28.

Muller, E./Héraud, J.-A./Menz, N./Benaim, M./Zenker, A. (2011): La mesure de l'impact des clusters – quelques éléments de réflexion et de bibliographie (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R1/2011): Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Zenker, A. (2011): La politique d’innovation, facteur clé de l'économie allemande. In: Lasserre, R./Stark, H./Wolff, J. (Eds.): Sortie de crise à l'allemande – Dynamisme économique et fragilités structurelles d'un modèle. Paris, Brüssel: L'Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), 19-42.

Tippmann, V./Zenker, A./Muller, E. (2010): La coopération Fraunhofer-Carnot, fer de lance de futures politiques européenes de recherche appliquée? In: Lesourne, J./Randet D. (Eds.): La Recherche et l'Innovation en France. Paris: Odile Jacob.

Muller, E./Zenker, A. (2010): Les anges de la connaissance: moteurs de l'innovatoin du tertiaire supérieur en Alsace et au Bade-Wurtemberg? In: Muller, E./Héraud, J.-A./Gosselin, F. (Eds.): Regards croisés sur la culture d'innovation et la créativité en Alsace. Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 129-142.

Gosselin, F./Baier, E./Muller, E./Zenker, A./Cohendet, P. (2010): Métropoles créatives: acteurs et facteurs à Montréal, Barcelone et Mannheim. In: Muller, E./Héraud, J.-A./Gosselin, F. (Eds.): Regards croisés sur la culture d'innovation et la créativité en Alsace. Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 219-232.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Héraud, J.-A. (2010): Inside KIBS' Black Box: Exploring the Existence and Function of Knowledge Angels. In: Doloreux, D./Freel, M./ Shearmur, R. (Eds.): Knowledge-Intensive Business Services. Geography and Innovation. Farnham: Ashgate, 211-231.

Kroll, H./Stahlecker, T./Zenker, A. (2010): The European Area (ERA): Trends and Future Challenges. In: Frietsch, R./Schüller, M. (Eds.): Competing for Global Innovation Leadership: Innovation Systems and Policies in the USA, Europe and Asia. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 57-72.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Héraud, Jean-Alain (2010): France: Innovation System and Innovation Policy. In: Frietsch, R./Schüller, M. (Eds.): Competing for Global Innovation Leadership: Innovation Systems and Policies in the USA, Europe and Asia. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 93-118.

Héraud, J.-A./Zenker, A. (2009): Le Crédit Impôt Recherche en débat: un éclairage franco-allemand. In: Bulletin de l'Observatoire des politiques économiques en Europe, No. 21, Hiver 2009. Université de Strasbourg: Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion et Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes, 16-19.

Kroll, H./Zenker, A./Schubert, T. (2009): An Analysis of the Development of R&D Expenditure at the Regional Level in the Light of the 3% Target. Bruxelles: European Commission, DGRTD.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Héraud, J.-A. (2009): Entering the KIBS' black box: There must be an angel! (or is there something like a knowledge angel?) (=Working Papers Firms and Region Nr. R7/2009). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Héraud, J.-A. (2009): France: Innovation System and Innovation Policy (= Discussion Paper Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis Nr. 18). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Gosselin, F./Baier, E./Muller, E./Zenker, A./Cohendet, P. (2009): Métropoles créatives: acteurs et facteurs à Montréal, Barcelone et Mannheim. In: Muller, E. (Ed.): Regards croisés sur la culture, l'innovation et la créativité en Alsace. BETA, Fraunhofer ISI and Strasbourg Conseil final report to the Région Alsace, 131-138. (http://www.evoreg.eu).

Zenker, A./ Doloreux, D. (2008): KIBS, perceptions and innovation patterns, International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 10(2/3/4), 337-342.

Muller, E./Doloreux, D./Jappe, A./Héraud, J.-A./Zenker, A. (2008): A regional typology of innovation capacities in New Member States, Journal of European Integration, 30(5), 653-669.

Doloreux, D./Zenker, A./Muller, E. (2008): La perception de l'environnement régional d'innovation par les entreprises de services à forte intensité de connaissance: une comparaison internationale. Revue d'Economie Régionale et Urbaine 2008, no. 5.

Muller, E./Doloreux, D./Héraud, J.-A./Jappe, A./Zenker, A. (2008): Regional Innovation Capacities in New Member States: a Typology, Journal of European Integration, 30(5), 653-669.

Doloreux, D./Zenker, A./Muller, E. (2008): Services à forte intensité de connaissances, contexte régional et comportements d’innovation: une comparaison internationale (=Working Papers Firms and Region No. R1/2008). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Zenker, A. (2007): Innovation, perception and regions: Are perceptions of the environment related to firms' innovation behaviours?: the cases of Alsace and Baden. Dissertation online.

Muller, E./Zenker, A. (2007): Analysis of the Regional Dimensions of Investment in Research. Case Study Regional Report Midi-Pyrénées (France). ERAWATCH, RIP-WATCH, Report prepared on behalf of IPTS, European Commission. (http://cordis.europa.eu/erawatch/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.downloadFile&fileID=402)

Muller, E./Jappe, A./Héraud, J.-A./Zenker, A. (2006): Regional Typology of Innovation Capacities in New Member States & Candidate Countries (=Working Papers Firms and Region No. R1/2006). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Héraud, J.-A. (2003): Introducing Regions and Innovation-related Needs in the Multi-layer Logic of the ERA: a Typology Proposal. In: Edler, J./Kuhlmann, S./Behrens, M. (Eds): Changing Governance of Research and Technology Policy – The European Research Area. Cheltenham Glos: Edward Elgar, 230-254.

Zenker, A./Muller, E. (2003): Mapping und Clustering als Werkzeuge zur Bildung von Regionaltypologien. In: Koschatzky, K. (Ed.): Innovative Impulse für die Region – Aktuelle Tendenzen und Entwicklungsstrategien. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, 67-94.

Koschatzky, K./Muller, E./Zenker, A. (2003): Katalysatoren und Hemmnisse der regionalen Innovationsdynamik. In: Koschatzky, K. (Ed.): Innovative Impulse für die Region – Aktuelle Tendenzen und Entwicklungsstrategien. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, 133-152.

Muller, E./Zenker, A./Döry, T. (2002): Regional Innovation Capacities and Economic Transition: The Example of West Transdanubia. In: Walter, G.H./Pfirrmann, O. (Eds): Industrial Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: The Role of Small Firms and Entrepreneurship. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 251-271.