Philip Auerswald
Assistant Professor
Director, Center for Science and
Technology Policy

Curriculum Vita

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Philip E. Auerswald
4400 University Drive, MS 3C6
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-993-3787
auerswald@gmu.edu

Education
1999 Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington
Thesis: “Organizational Learning, Intrafirm Externalities, and Industry Evolution”

1988 B.A., Yale University, cum laude
Major: Political Science (Comparative Politics)

Current Position
Jan 2003-present Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy
School of Public Policy, George Mason University

Selected Teaching Experience
2001-2002 Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

1993 Instructor, University of Washington, Department of Economics

Selected Employment and Affiliations

2003-present Research Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

2002 -2003 Assistant Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

1999-2002 Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Selected Publications

Authored Volumes
Taking Technical Risks: How Innovators, Executives and Investors Manage High-tech Risks, Lewis Branscomb and Philip Auerswald (2001). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (Chinese edition published by CITIC Publishing House, Beijing PRC.)
Selected by Booz Allen Hamiton’s Strategy & Business as a “Top 25 Business Book for 2000-2001.”

Edited Volumes
Financing Entrepreneurship, Philip Auerswald and Ant Bozkaya, eds. (2007, forthcoming). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. In David Audretsch ed. series, The International Library of Entrepreneurship.

Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability, Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Erwann Michel-Kerjan, and Todd La Porte (2006). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters
“The Simple Economics of Technology Entrepreneurship: Market Failure Reconsidered,” Philip Auerswald (2007, forthcoming), in David B. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo and Roy Thurik eds., The Handbook of Entrepreneurship Policy, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

“Emerging Technologies for Change: Mobilizing Entrepreneurial Networks in Developing Countries,” Philip Auerswald (2007), in David Gibson, Manuel Heitor, and Alejandro Ibarra eds., Connecting People, Ideas and Resources Across Communities. Ashland, OH: Purdue University Press.

“Edwin Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the ‘Golden Age’ of U.S. Corporate R&D,” PhilipAuerswald and Lewis Branscomb (2005), in Albert N. Link and F.M. Scherer eds., Essays in Honorof Edwin Mansfield: The Economics of R&D, Innovation, and Technological Change. New York:Springer-Verlag.

“Start-Ups and Spin-offs: The Role of the Entrepreneur in Technology-Based Innovation,” Philip Auerswald and Lewis Branscomb (2003), in David Hart ed., The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy: Governance, Start-Ups, and Growth in the Knowledge Economy. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles
“Entrepreneurship in the Theory of the Firm,” Philip Auerswald (2007, forthcoming). Small Business Economics.

“The Irrelevance of the Middle East,” Philip Auerswald (2007). The American Interest, 2:5 (May/June), pp.19-37.Selected by the Council on Foreign Relations <www.cfr.org> as a “Must Read” article for 2007.

“The Myth of Energy Insecurity,” Philip Auerswald (2006). Issues in Science and Technology, 22:4, pp. 65-70.

“Edwin Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the ‘Golden Age’ of U.S. Corporate R&D,” Philip Auerswald and Lewis Branscomb (2005). Journal of Technology Transfer, 30:1/2, pp. 139-157.

“The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure,” Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Todd LaPorte, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan (2005). Issues in Science and Technology, 22:1, pp. 77-83.

Journal Editorships
2006-present Founding co-editor, Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, published by MIT Press.

1991-2005 Co-Founder and Editor from 1995-2005, Foreign Policy Bulletin, currently published by Cambridge University Press.

Reports
“Placing Innovation: A Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Approach to Identifying Emergent Technological Activity,” Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Sean Gorman, Rajendra Kulkarni, and Laurie Schintler (2007). Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Advanced Technology Program/NIST GCR 06–902, May.

“Understanding Private-Sector Decision Making for Early-Stage Technology Development,” Philip E.Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb, Nicholas Demos, and Brian K. Min (2005). Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Advanced Technology Program/NIST GCR 02–841A, September.

“Between Invention and Innovation: Mapping the Funding for Early Stage Technology Development,” Lewis Branscomb and Philip E. Auerswald (2002). Report to the Advanced Technology Program/NIST #NIST GCR 02–841, November.

Working Papers
“The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure,” Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Todd LaPorte, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan (2005). Wharton Risk Management and Decision Process Center Working Paper # 05-11, October.

“Agricultural Technology 110, Quzhou, China,” Yang Xuedong and Philip Auerswald (2003). Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Innovations in Technology and Governance (ITG) Project Case Study.

Documentary Compilations, Edited
Iraq 1990-2005: A Diplomatic History Through Documents (2008, forthcoming), Philip Auerswald ed., Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Clinton’s Foreign Policy: A Documentary Record, Philip Auerswald, Christian Duttweiler, and John Garofano eds. (2003). New York: Kluwer Law International.

The Kosovo Conflict: a Diplomatic History Through Documents, Philip Auerswald and David Auerswald eds., with a foreword by Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. (2000). Cambridge, MA: Kluwer Law International.

Op-ed and Commentary
“A Declaration of Independence from Oil Fears,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2007.

“Why the Middle East Matters Less and Less,” St. Petersburg Times, June 24, 2007.

“Let’s Call an End to Oil Alarmism,” International Herald Tribune, January 23, 2007.

“Calling an End to Oil Alarmism,” Boston Globe, January 23, 2007.

Grants and Contracts
Co-Principal Investigator, “Private efficiency, public vulnerability: Developing sustainable strategies for protecting critical infrastructure,” grant from the Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, School of Law, George Mason University (core funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute for Standards and Technology). 1/01/2004–06/31/2006: $159K.

Principal Investigator, “Understanding Regional Innovative Capacity,” U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute for Standards and Technology contract # SB1341-03-W-1235. 9/28/2004–3/28/2006: $99K.

Consulting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Department of Economic Development)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (Economic Assessment Office, Advanced Technology Program)

National Academy of Sciences (Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy)

Oxford-Analytica

University of Massachusetts (Donahue Institute)

Invited Talks (Selected)
2007 Jul
Schwab Social Entrepreneurship Colloquium, Said School of Business, Oxford University,
Oxford, U.K.

2006 Nov
Haniel-Research Seminar on "Marketing and Innovation Management," Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies and Innovation Management, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

2006 Oct
Strategic Research Institute Conference on “Infrastructure Investing: A Growing Asset Class,” New York, NY.

2006 Sep
National Science Foundation, Colloquium on “Critical Infrastructures and Disaster-Resilient Communities,” Arlington, VA.

2006 Sep
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, seminar series, Washington, DC.

2006 Sep
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY.

2006 Sep
Critical Infrastructure Roundtable of the National Academies, Symposium on “Critical Infrastructures and Disaster-Resilient Communities,” Washington, DC.

2006 Jun
Swiss Re's Centre for Global Dialogue, workshop on “Risky Business? Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy,” Rüschlikon, Switzerland.

2006 May
The Wharton School, workshop on “Interdependent Security (IDS): Theory and Practice,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

2006 Apr
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, seminar series on “Innovation Policy,” Washington, DC.

2006 Apr
Department of Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, seminar series, New Brunswick, NJ.

2005 Dec
Ecole des Mines, workshop on “Public Policies for Research-Based Spin-offs,” Paris, France.

2005 Oct
Macroeconomics Seminar Series, Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

2005 Jul
School of Public Policy, graduate seminar, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Workshop and Conference Presentations (Selected)
2007 Feb
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2006 Jan
International Symposium of the Regional Science Association International, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore,
India.

2005 Nov
Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM) 2005 annual meeting, Washington, DC.

2005 Sep
Technology Transfer Society 2005 Annual Conference, “Advancing Innovation and Entrepreneurship,” Kansas City, MI.

Professional Service (Selected)
2004
Reviewer for National Science Foundation program on Human and Social Dynamics.

2002-present
Member of Research Team, National Research Council’s Board on Science, Technology, and Economics Policy (STEP) review of the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

Reviewer for Complexity, Ecological Economics, Environment and Planning B, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Technology Transfer, Management Science, MIT Press (books), Oxford University Press (books), Research Policy, Security Studies, and Small Business Economics.

Fellowships (Selected)
1999-2002 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Courses Taught
Analytic Methods for Research on Science, Technology, and Innovation (doctoral seminar)

Innovation Policy in the 21st Century: Technology, Governance, and Globalization

Managerial Economics and Policy Analysis

Markets and Market Failure

Policy Analysis for Practitioners

Languages
French fluent
Spanish intermediate written and spoken
Chinese (Putonghua) beginner spoken