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Name: Norbert Helmut Janz
Place of birth: Ratzeburg (Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg)
Date of birth: April 28th 1964
Current employment:
since 2003 FH Aachen: Professor of economics
since 2005 Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) of the United Nations University at Maastricht University: Visiting Researcher
Past employment:
2008-2012 FH Aachen: Dean and Faculty Council Chairman of the Faculty of Business Studies
2007 Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Cape Town (South Africa), Centre for Science and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII), Visiting Researcher
1996-2004 Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Department of Industrial Economics and International Management: 2003-2004 Freelancer; 2001-2003 Senior Researcher; 1997-2003 Project manager of the ZEW innovation surveys; 1996-2001 Research Assistant
2002-2003 Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences: Visiting Lecturer Public Policy
2001-2002 University of Mannheim: Visiting Lecturer Financial Econometrics
1999 Otto von Guericke University Magedburg: Visiting Researcher
1989-2003 Christian Albrecht University at Kiel, Institute for Statistics and Econometrics: 1997-2003 Visiting Lecturer Microeconometrics; 1992-1996 Research and Teaching Assistant; 1989-1992 Student Assistant
1983-1987 Drägerwerk AG, Lübeck: 1986-1987 Assistant Auditor; 1983-1986 Vocational Trainee
Education:
1997 Dr. sc. pol. (German Ph.D. equivalent) (Christian Albrecht University at Kiel)
1992 Diplom-Volkswirt (former German Master equivalent (Christian Albrecht University at Kiel)
1988 Vordiplom (former German pre-degree (University of Hanover)
1986 Vocational training diploma (Lübeck chamber of commerce)
1983 Abitur (German A level equivalent) (Lauenburgische Gelehrtenschule, Ratzeburg)
Academic teachers:
Gerd Hansen, Horst Herberg, Helmut Lütkepohl, Stefan Mittnik, Christian Seidl
Auszeichnungen/Stipendien:
1997 State award of Kiel University for the German equivalent to the Ph.D thesis on the empirical analysis of business fixed investments of German stock companies
1992 Ph.D. project supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
1992 Erich Schneider Award for the German equivalent to the Master thesis on the empirical analysis of the effects of income taxes on labour supply
1988-1992 Scholar of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
1987 Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Commerce Award for the vocational training diploma
Expert and Referee:
Austrian National Bank
European Journal of Development Research, European Journal for Industrial Organization, Empirical Economics, Research Policy, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statisitik,
Honorary functions:
since 2007 Mensch und Mehr AG, Gießen: Advisora board (Chairman)
since 1995 Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn: Selection committee
2004-2008 Freie evangelische Gemeinde (FEG), Aachen: Liturgy
1997-2004 Freie evangelische Gemeinde (FEG), Mannheim: Liturgy, church development
1989-1997 Gemeinschaft in der Landeskirche, Kiel: Social evangelistic services for disadvanteged, Cell group work
Interests:
Christian belief; rock music; movies; travelling, wines: South Africa, Palatinate