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Philip Auerswald

Philip Auerswald

Associate Professor

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3351 Fairfax Dr., MS 3B1
Arlington, Virginia 22201


Philip Auerswald is an associate professor at the School of Public Policy. His work is about entrepreneurship and innovation in a global context. He is most recently the author of The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Economy (Oxford University Press, 2012). Since 2010 Professor Auerswald has served as an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative on topics related to job creation, education, and market-based strategy. During 2011-2012 he was a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation. He is the co-founder and co-editor of Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, a quarterly journal from MIT Press about entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges, and an associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.

Prior to joining the faculty at George Mason University, Professor Auerswald was a lecturer and assistant director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. His previous co-authored books include Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and Taking Technical Risk: How Innovators, Executives, and Investors Manage High-Tech Risks (MIT Press: 2001). He was also the editor of Iraq: 1990-2006: A Diplomatic History Through Documents (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and other collections related to United States foreign policy.

Professor Auerswald holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington and a B.A. (political science) from Yale University.



Areas of Research
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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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 Positions
2011 (Jun)-present
Senior Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

2009 (Aug)-present
Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

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

Selected Teaching Experience
Jan 2003-Jul 2009
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

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

1993
Instructor, University of Washington, Department of Economics

Selected Employment and Affiliations
2003-2009
Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy, School of Public Policy, George Mason University

2002-2003
Assistant Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Program and Acting Director, Energy Technology Innovation Project (2003 only), 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

Publications

Journal Articles
"Entry and Schumpeterian Profits: How Technological Complexity Affects Industry Evolution," Philip Auerswald (2010). Journal of Evolutionary Economics, forthcoming.

"Defining Prosperity," Philip Auerswald and Zoltan Acs (2009). The American Interest, May/June, pp. 4-13.

"Creating Social Value," Philip Auerswald. Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring (2009), pp. 51-55.

"Research and Innovation in a Networked World." Philip Auerswald and Lewis Branscomb (2008). Technology in Society 30, pp 339-347.

"Placing Innovation: An Approach to Identifying Emergent Technological Activity." Philip Auerswald and Rajendra Kulkarni (2008). Economic of Innovation and New Technology 17:7, pp. 733-750.

"Entrepreneurship in the Theory of the Firm," Philip Auerswald (2008). Small Business Economics, 30:2, (February), pp. 111-126.

"Schumpeter's Century" Philip Auerswald (2007). The American Interest, 2:8 (November/December), pp. 124-134.

"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.

"Introduction to the Inaugural Issue," Philip Auerswald and Iqbal Quadir (2006). Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, 1:1, pp. 3-7.

"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.

"Valleys of Death and Darwinian Seas: Financing the Invention to Innovation Transition in the United States," Philip Auerswald and Lewis Branscomb (2003). Journal of Technology Transfer, 28, pp. 227-239.

"The Production Recipes Approach to Modeling Technological Innovation: An Application to Learning-bydoing," Philip Auerswald, Stuart Kauffman, José Lobo, and Karl Shell (2000). Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 24:3, pp. 389-450.

Authored Volumes
The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Economy (April 2, 2012). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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. (2008). 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
"Coping with Turbulence: The Resilience Imperative," Philip Auerswald and Debra van Opstal (2009), Innovations: Special Edition for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009. Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press, pp. 203-218.

"The Simple Economics of Technology Entrepreneurship: Market Failure Reconsidered," Philip Auerswald (2007), 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.

"Where Private Efficiency Meets Public Vulnerability: The Critical Infrastructure Challenge," Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Erwann Michel-Kerjan, and Todd La Porte (2006), in 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.

"Complexity and Interdependence: The Unmanaged Challenge," Philip Auerswald (2006), in 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.

"Leadership: Who Will Act? Integrating Public and Private Interests to Make a Safer World," Philip Auerswald, Lewis Branscomb, Erwann Michel-Kerjan, and Todd La Porte (2006), in 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.

"Edwin Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the ‘Golden Age' of U.S. Corporate R&D," Philip Auerswald and Lewis Branscomb (2005), in Albert N. Link and F.M. Scherer eds., Essays in Honor of
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.

"Transitional Dynamics in a Model of Economic Geography," Philip Auerswald and Jan Tai Tsung Kim (1995), in L. Nadel and D. Stein eds., 1993 Lectures in Complex Systems. Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Lecture Volume VI, Addison-Wesley.

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
"Entrepreneurship, Opportunity, and Growth," Philip Auerswald, presented at the OECD Kansas City Workshop on High-Growth SMEs, Innovation, and Intellectual Assets (Strategic Issues and Policies), May 8, 2008, Kansas City, Missouri.

"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.

"Valleys of Death and Darwinian Seas: Financing the Invention to Innovation Transition in the United States," Philip Auerswald and Lewis Branscomb (2002), in Vicki Norberg-Bohm, ed., "The Role of
Government in Energy Technology Innovation: Insights for Government Policy in the Energy Sector," Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Working Paper
October.

"The Production Recipes Approach to Modeling Technological Innovation: An Application to Learning by Doing," Philip Auerswald, Stuart Kauffman, José Lobo, and Karl Shell (1998). Cornell Center for
Analytic Economics Working Paper 98-10.

"The Production Recipes Approach to Modeling Technological Innovation: An Application to Learning by Doing," Philip Auerswald, Stuart Kauffman, José Lobo, and Karl Shell (1998). Santa Fe Institute
Working Paper 98-11-100.

Documentary Compilations, Edited
Iraq 1990-2006: A Diplomatic History Through Documents (2009), 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 Fallen Giant Finding its Feet," Straights Times (Singapore), August 14, 2008."China's Sudden Fall and Slow Recovery,"

International Herald Tribune, August 12, 2008.

"China's Quick Fall, Slow Return to Glory," Boston Globe, August 11, 2008.

"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.

"A Model to Eradicate False Gulf Between Doing Good and Doing Well," (w/ Iqbal Quadir), The Financial Times (U.K.), January 26, 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.

Journal Editorships
2006-present
Co-founder and co-editor, Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, published by MIT Press Special editions produced for the 2008 and 2009 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland), the World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2008 (Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt), the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009 (Barcelona, Spain), the Skoll World Forum 2009 (Oxford, UK), and Tech4Society 2010 (Hyderabad, India)

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

Grants and Contracts
Principal Investigator, "Entrepreneurship and Social Prosperity: Increasing Public Awareness, Advancing Theory and Informing Practice," Kauffman Foundation. 8/29/2008-1/29/2010. $96,643.

Project Lead, "Innovations Journal Core Grant," Lemelson Foundation. 1/1/2007-12/31/2010. $180K.

Principal Investigator (GMU subcontract), "The Phoenix Project Social Media," Corporation for National and Community Service, 9/30/08-9/29/11. $89,100.

Co-Principal Investigator, "Control Systems and Critical Infrastructure Security Curriculum Project." Idaho National Laboratories/ Department of Homeland Security, BAE/INL contract # 000054827. 7/11/2006–1/31/2008: $32,500K.

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
Clinton Global Initiative (Topic Leader for 2010 Annual Meeting, "Strengthening Market-Based Solutions"'; adviser, 2011 and 2012)

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ("Case Studies in Development Progress") Oxford-Analytica

National Academy of Sciences, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (member of research team for Congressionally-mandated review of the Small Business Innovation Research Program; led effort to compile Department of Energy agency report)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Economic Development, and University of Massachusetts, Donahue Institute (contributed research and working papers in support of statewide economic policy planning, resulting in publication of "Toward a New Prosperity: Building Regional Competitiveness Across the Commonwealth")

National Institute of Standards and Technology (Advanced Technology Program)

University of Massachusetts (Donahue Institute)

Professional Service
2009
Invited to offer external input to Presidential Study Directives no. 1 (Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism) and no. 7 (Global Development Policy)

2004
Reviewer for National Science Foundation program on Human and Social Dynamics

2002-2006
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

2002 Constituent Reviewer, National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Summative Program Review, Rockville, MD

2002
Reviewer for National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economics Policy (STEP) report on "Government-Industry Partnerships for the Development of New Technologies: Summary Report"

2001
Reviewer for National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economics Policy (STEP) report on "Government-Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Information Technologies: New Needs and Opportunities"

2001
Participant in Senate Committee on Small Business Forum on "Encouraging and Expanding Entrepreneurship: Examining the Federal Role," Washington, DC

Referee for The Annals of Regional Science, Cambridge University Press (books), 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.

Awards and Fellowships
2008-2009
Faculty lead for George Mason University team selected to participate as one of four Ashoka Changemaker Campuses during pilot year, 2008-2009

2007
Selected as one of three recipient of the 2007 (inaugural) Emerging Researcher, Scholar and Creator Award, granted by the GMU Provost to recognize achievement by "up and coming" faculty at the University.

1999-2002
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

1997, summer
Thorne Fund (Cornell University) grant to support dissertation research

1993, summer 1994, February and July-August:
Research Visitor, Santa Fe Institute (SFI)

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

Social Entrepreneurship

Doctoral Advisees
David Diamond (Chair, Doctoral Committee; Ph.D. completed in Spring 2008)

Sung Jae Kim (Member, Doctoral Committee; Ph.D. completed in Spring 2006)

Mahmud Farooque (Member, Doctoral Committee; Ph.D. completed in Spring 2004)

Forrest Hare (Member, Doctoral Committee)

Jerald Coughter (Chair, Doctoral Committee; supervised research and reading)

Forrest Hare (Member, Field Committee, 2008)

Kadri Kallas(Member, Field Committee, 2007)

Paul Trampe (Member, Field Committee, 2007)

Gretchen Ehle (Member, Field Committee 2006; supervised research and reading)

Liza Parfomak (Member, Field Committee 2005)

Lorraine Cichowski (supervised research and reading)

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

Books
Auerswald, P. E. The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Economy. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, April 2, 2012.

Auerswald, P. E., ed. Iraq, 1990-2006 3-Volume Set: A Diplomatic History Through Documents. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Auerswald, P. E., Bozkaya, A. eds. Financing Entrepreneurship.  In David Audretsch ed. series, The International Library of Entrepreneurship. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2008.

Auerswald, P. E., L. Branscomb, E. Michel-Kerjan and T. La Porte, Ed. Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Book Sections
Auerswald, P. E., and van Opstal, D. "Coping with Turbulence: The Resilience Imperative." Innovations: Special Edition for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009, 203-218. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009 .

Auerswald, P. E. "The Simple Economics of Technology Entrepreneurship: Market Failure Reconsidered." In David B. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo and Roy Thurik eds., The Handbook of Entrepreneurship Policy, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2007.

Auerswald, P. E. "Emerging Technologies for Change: Mobilizing Entrepreneurial Networks in Developing Countries." In Connecting People, Ideas and Resources Across Communities, edited by M. Heitor D. Gibson, and A. Ibarra. Ashland, OH: Purdue University Press, 2007.

La Porte, T. M., P. Auerswald, L. Branscomb, and E. Michel-Kerjan. "Leadership: Who Will Act? Integrating public and Private Interests to Make a Safer World." In Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability. L. B. P. Auerswald, T. La Porte and E. Michel-Kerjan. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

LaPorte, T. M., P. Auerswald, L. Branscomb and E. Michel-Kerjan. "Where Private Efficiency meets Public Vulnerability: The Critical Infrastructure Challenge." In Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerablilty. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Auerswald, P.E., L. Branscomb, E. Michel-Kerjan and T.M. La Porte. "Complexity and Interdependence: The Unmanaged Challenge,"Philip Auerswald (2006), in Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Auerswald, P.E., L. Branscomb. "Edwin Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the 'Golden Age' of U.S. Corporate R&D." 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, 2005.

Editorships
2006-present
Founding co-editor, Innovations, MIT Press.

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

Journal Articles and Reviews
Auerswald, P. E. "Entry and Schumpeterian Profits: How Technological Complexity Affects Industry Evolution." Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 20, no. 7 (2010).

Auerswald, P. E., and Z. Acs. "Defining Prosperity." The American Interest, (May/June 2009): 4-13.

Auerswald, P. E. "Creating Social Value." Stanford Social Innovation Review, (Spring 2009): 51-55.

Auerswald, P. E., Branscomb, L. "Research and Innovation in a Networked World." Technology in Society 30, nos. 3-4 (2008): 339-347.

Auerswald, P. E., Kulkarni, R. "Placing Innovation: An Approach to Identifying Emergent Technological Activity." Economic of Innovation and New Technology 17, no. 7 (2008): 733-750.

Auerswald, P. E. "Entrepreneurship in the Theory of the Firm." Small Business Economics 30, no. 2 (2008): 111-126.

Auerswald, P. E. "Schumpeter's Century." The American Interest 2, no. 8 (2007): 124-34.

Auerswald, P. E. "The Irrelevance of the Middle East." The American Interest 2, no. 5 (2007): 19-37.
Selected by the Council on Foreign Relations (www.cfr.org) as a "Must Read" article for 2007.

Auerswald, P. E. "The Myth of Energy Insecurity." Issues in Science and Technology 22(4) (2006): 65-70.

Auerswald, P. E., and I. Quadir. "Introduction to the Inaugural Issue." Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, 1:1 (2006): 3-7.

Auerswald, P. E., and L. Branscomb. "Edwin Mansfield, Technological Complexity, and the 'Golden Age' of U.S. Corporate R&D." Journal of Technology Transfer 30, no 1/2 (2005): 139-57.

Auerswald, P. E., and L. Branscomb, T. La Porte, and E. Michel-Kerjan. "The Challenge of Protecting Critical Infrastructure." Issues in Science and Technology 22, no. 1 (2005): 77-83.

Op-ed and Commentary
"Defining Prosperity"
The American Interest, May/June 2009.

"Creating Social Value," The Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009.

"A fallen giant finding its feet," Straights Times (Singapore), August 14, 2008.

"China's Quick Fall, Slow Return to Glory," International Herald Tribune, August 12, 2008.

"China's Quick Fall, Slow Return to Glory," Boston Globe, August 11, 2008.

"The Irrelevance of the Middle East," The American Interest, May/June, 2007.

"Old oil fears don't match 2007 reality," San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2007.

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

"A Model to Eradicate False Gulf Between Doing Good and Doing Well," (w/ Iqbal Quadir), The Financial Times (U.K.), January 26, 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.

Reports
Auerswald, P. E., L. Branscomb, S. Gorman, R. Kulkarni, and L. Schintler (2007). Placing Innovation: A Geographical Information Systems (G.I.S.) Approach to Identifying Emergent Technological Activity. Washington, DC, U.S. Deparatment of Commerce, Advanced Technology Program/NIST GCR 06-902.

Auerswald, P. E., Branscomb, L. M., Demos, N., and Min, B. K. (2005). "Understanding Private-Sector Decision Making for Early-Stage Technology Development." Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Advanced Technology Program/NIST GCR 02–841A, September.

Presentations and Proceedings
Auerswald, P. E. "Creating a Place for the Future." Presented at the Ignite Smithsonian, Washington, DC, April 11, 2011.

Auerswald, P. E. "Creating A Place for The Future: The Potential for Fosterting Entrepreneurship in Pakistan." Presented at the World Bank, March 21, 2011.

Auerswald, P. E. "Creating a Place for the Future: Toward a New Development Approach for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan." Presented at the Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, March 18, 2011.

Auerswald, P. E. "Ending Oil Alarmism." Presented at King's College, London, UK, March 10, 2011.

Auerswald, P. E. Topic Leader for Strengthening Market Based Solutions at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting, New York, NY, September 21-23, 2010.

Auerswald, P. E. Keynote Speaker, MIT Enterprise Forum winter gala, Washington, D.C., February 18, 2010.

Auerswald, P. E. "Leading Multi-Sector Networks." Presented to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Joint Leadership Development Program, SAIC, Fairfax, VA, 2008.

Auerswald, P.E. "Entrepreneurship, Opportunity, and Growth." Presented at the OECD Kansas City Workshop on High-Growth SMEs, Innovation, and Intellectual Assets: Strategic Issues and Policies, Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2008.

Auerswald, P.E. "Infrastructures of Opportunity: Bringing Reconstruction and Vital Infrastructure into the 21st Century." Presented as part of the ICAF Reconstruction and Vital Infrastructure Industry Study: Critical Infrastructure Panel, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., 2008.

Working Papers
"Rail Transportation of Toxic Inhalation Hazards: Policy Responses to the Safety and SEcurity Externality," Philip Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb, Mark Fagan, Ryan N. Ellis, and Raphael Barcham. Discussion Paper 2010-01, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.

"Entrepreneurship, Opportunity, and Growth," Philip Auerswald, presented at The OECD Kansas City Workshop on High-Growth SMEs, Innovation, and Intellectual Assets (Strategic Issues and Policies), May 8, 2008, Kansas City, Missouri.

"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.

Documentary Compilations, Edited
Iraq 1990-2006: A Diplomatic History Through Documents (2009, forthcoming), Philip Auerswald ed., Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Honors
1999-2002: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

1997, summer: Thorne Fund (Cornell University) grant to support dissertation research

1993, summer and 1994, February and July-August: Research Visitor, Santa Fe Institute (SFI)



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