Dr. Jessica Birkholz
Scientific employee
Contact:
Max-von-Laue-Stra?e 1
28359 Bremen
Building WIWI 2, Room F 2030
Phone: +49 (0)421 218-66634
jessica.birkholz(at)uni-bremen.de
Person
Dr. Jessica Birkholz is currently working as a research assistant (postdoc) in the research group "Innovation and Structural Economics" (Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther) at the University of Bremen. Her research interests lie in the area of the emergence and diffusion of innovations. In addition, she is active in the hyBit project.
Previously, Ms. Birkholz completed her studies in business administration at the University of Bremen (B.Sc. 2015 and M.Sc. 2018). In the context of her dissertation, which was completed in September 2022, she dealt with the connection between entrepreneurship and knowledge creation and diffusion in regional innovation systems.
Academic education and degrees
Since 09/2022 | Scientific Employee University of Bremen |
01/2022 - 08/2022 | Guest Researcher University of Bremen |
03/2018 - 12/2021 | Scientific Employee (PhD Candidate) University of Bremen |
10/2021 - 11/2021 | Research Stay University of Zaragoza - Department of Economic Analysis Funded by: BremenIDEA (Central Research Development Fund at the University of Bremen) |
08/2021 - 09/2021 | Research Stay Maastricht University - Department of Organisation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship Funded by: YUFE Mobility Award (YUFE) |
10/2015 – 02/2018 | Master in Business Studies University of Bremen
Titel of thesis: ”Determination of Adoptor Clusters of Innovations According to, for Purchasing Behaviour Relevant, Behavioural Biases and the Analysis of the Impact of Brand Value Dimensions on the Adoption Using the Example of Smartphones. An Empirical Analysis.“ Degree: Master of Science |
10/2012 – 08/2015 | Bachelor in Business Studies University of Bremen Major:Behavioral Economics Titel of thesis: “Interpersonal Relationships and Their Impact on Consumption Decision Using the Example of Status Symbols: a Graph Theory and Game Theory Approach Involving Aspects of Social Psychology” Degree: Bachelor of Science |
Projects
Since 09/2022 | hyBit - Hydrogen for Bremen`s industrial transformation
Project lead: Dr. Torben Stührmann (University of Bremen) Duration: 42 months Project start: 01.09.2022 Funded by: BMBF |
03/2018 - 12/2019 | VISIBLE 2.0 – Virtual simulation lab for the analysis of investments in learning and education
Project lead: Dr. Matthias Müller Duration: 24 months Project start: 01.01.2018 Funded by: Dieter Schwarz Foundation Project consortium: University of Bremen, University of Hohenheim |
27/09/2018 - 28/09/2018 | Workshop organization of INNcentive |
19/09/2019 - 20/09/2019 | Workshop organization of INNcentive |
Teaching
SoSe 2021 | Teaching Assistance "Trasition, Structural Change and Innovation - Seminar for Bachelor Students in Economics" (Bachelor) |
SoSe 2020 | Teaching Assistance "Trasition, Structural Change and Innovation - Seminar for Bachelor Students in Economics" (Bachelor) |
WiSe 2018/2019 | Teaching assistance"Entstehung von Innovationen und Technologien" (Master) Teaching assistance "Project module - Innovation Economics" (Master) |
SoSe 2018 | Teaching assistance "Innovation economics – Empirics" (Master) |
WiSe 2016/2017 | Tutorial Introduction to Economics (Bachelor) Tutorial Company Taxation (Bachelor) |
WiSe 2014/2015 | Tutorial Macroeconomics (Bachelor) Tutorial Company Taxation (Bachelor) |
Workshops, Conferences and Summer Schools
2024 |
| International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT) - Giessen, Germany |
| Sunbelt Conference - Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| Geography of Innovation Conference (GeoInno) - Manchester, United Kingdom |
2023 |
| European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Conference (EAEPE) - Leeds, United Kingdom |
| DRUID Conference - Lisbon, Portugal |
| 5th Workshop PhD and Research network ”Economics of Innovation, AI and Data Science applications” - Maastricht, Netherlands |
| AI Network Meeting - Online Event |
2022 |
| Presentation at the Chamber of Commerce - Bremen, Germany |
2021 |
| Brown Bag Seminars Business and Economics - Zaragoza, Spain |
| Scientific Seminar ”Dimensions of Knowledge and Technology Transfer” - Thiessow, Germany |
| OSE External Seminar - Maastricht, Netherlands |
18th ISS Conference - Online Event |
Workshop: "Advancing Indicators of Regional Structural Change" - Online Event |
2020 |
European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Conference (EAEPE) Konferenz - Online Event |
| Doktorandenkolloqium - Jena, Germany |
Cognitive Economics Virtual Conference - Online Event |
2019 |
Workshop ?Research Area [X] ?Networks‘“ - Stuttgart, Germany |
Scientific Seminar "New Dimensions in the Economics of Innovation" - Thiessow, Germany |
European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Conference (EAEPE) Konferenz - Warsaw, Poland |
Uddevalla Symposium 2019 - L'Aquila, Italy |
European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics 2019 (EMAEE) - Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom |
2018 |
Scientific Seminar "New innovation indicators" - Thiessow, Germany |
12 th Summer Academy on "Innovation and Uncertainty" - Jena, Germany |
Publications
Peer Reviewed Papers
| Birkholz, J. (2024): ”Regional Embeddedness is the Key : Quantity and Quality of Regional Business Opportunity Perception”, in : Small Business Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00936-w |
| Birkholz, J. (2023) : ”Do not judge a business idea by its cover : The relation between topics in business ideas and incorporation probability”, in : Journal of Technology Transfer 48, 1327–1358. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-022-09966-6 |
Books
| Birkholz, J. (2022): Entrepreneurship and regional knowledge dyamics - empirical evidence from Germany. Dissertation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1962 |
| Birkholz, J.; Günther, J.; Shkolnykova, M. (2021): Using Topic Modeling in Innovation Studies: The Case of a Small Innovation System under Conditions of Pandemic Related Change, in: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, No. 2101. (link: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/4654) |
Policy Paper
| Birkholz, J.; Günther, J. and Shykolnykova, M.(2020) :”Der Einfluss von COVID-19 auf das Innovationsgeschehen in Bremen – eine systematische Auswertung aktueller Nachrichtentexte”, in : HWWI Policy Paper, 128 |
Working Paper
| Birkholz, J. (2022) :”Transforming Regional Knowledge Bases : A Network and Machine Learning Approach to Link Entrepreneurial Experimentation and Regional Absorptive Capacity” (link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1513) |
| Birkholz, J.; Kühn, J.; Shkolnykova, M. (2022): Exploration or Exploitation: Innovation Behavior of SMEs and Large Firms during the COVID-19 Crisis, in: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, No. 2203. (link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1489) |
| Birkholz, J.; Kühn, J. (2021): Entrepreneurship Perception during the first COVID-19 Shock: Mental Representations of Entrepreneurship and Preferences of Business Models during the Pandemic, in: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, No. 2105. (link: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/5027) |