Researcher Profile

Field: Innovation Dynamics and Modelling

Main Research: Economics of Innovation, Complex Networks, Regional Science, Sustainability Transitions, Energy Economics; Agent-based Modelling, Spatial Analysis and Spatial Statistics, Policy Analysis

Experience:

• 1996-now: Scientist
  AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH / Austria
• 2008-now: Scientific Mentor
  Innovation Economics Vienna Master & PhD Program, Vienna / Austria
• 1985-1988: Junior Executive
  ARGE Sonnenenergie Kirchbach in Steiermark / Austria
• 1982-1985: Stringer, newsroom journalist
  Kleine Zeitung, Graz / Austria

• An Agent-Based View of the Biotech Innovation System
  Author(s): Korber, M., Paier, M., Fischer, M.M.
  Journal: Region Direct, 2 (2) (2009) ; 33-55
• Determinants of collaboration in European R&D networks: Empirical evidence from a discrete choice model
  Author(s): Paier, M., Scherngell, T.
  Journal: Industry & Innovation, 18 (1) (2011) ; 89-104
• Book Review: Handbook on the Economic Complexity of Technological Change, by Antonelli, C. (ed.) Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, 2011
  Author(s): Paier, M.
  Journal: Journal for Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 15 (1) 6 (2012)
• R&D networks and regional knowledge production: an agent-based simulation of the Austrian competence centres programme
  Author(s): Korber, M., M. Paier
  Journal: Economy of Region , 2 (2014) ; 264-275
• Barriers to cross-region research and development collaborations in Europe: evidence from the fifth European Framework Programme
  Author(s): Fichet de Clairfontaine, A., Fischer, M.M., Lata, R., Paier, M.
  Journal: The Annals of Regional Science, 54(2) (2015) ; 577-590

• Analyzing and Modeling European R&D Collaborations: Challenges and Opportunities from a Large Social Network;
  Analysis of Complex Networks: From Biology to Linguistics
  Author(s): Barber, M.J., Paier, M., Scherngell, T.
  Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Weinheim; 2009; 401-423; 978-3-527-32345-6
  Series: Dehmer, M., Emmert-Streib, F.
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  Analysis of Networks in European Framework Programmes (1984-2006)
  Author(s): Heller-Schuh, B., Barber, M., Henriques, L., Paier, M., Pontikakis, D., Scherngell, T., Schoen, A., Veltri, G., Weber, M.
  Publisher: European Commission; Seville; 2011; 978-92-79-19714-7
  Series: ; JRC Scientific and Technical Reports
• Ranking lists and European Framework Programmes: Does university status matter for performance in Framework Programmes?;
  Public Vices, Private Virtues? Assessing the Effects of Marketization in Higher Education
  Author(s): Nokkala, T., Heller-Schuh, B., Paier, M.
  Publisher: Sense Publishers; Rotterdam Boston Taipei; 2011; 111-140; 978-94-6091-465-2
  Series: Teixeira, P.N. and Dill, D.D.; Issues in Higher Education
• Joint knowledge production in European R&D networks: Results from a discrete choice modeling perspective;
  The geography of networks and R&D collaborations
  Author(s): Reinold, F., Paier, M., Fischer, M.M.
  Publisher: Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York; 2014; 201-220; 978-3-319-02698-5
  Series: Scherngell, T.; Advances in Spatial Sciences
• Effects of competence centres on regional knowledge production – an agent-based simulation of the Vienna life sciences innovation system;
  The geography of networks and R&D collaborations
  Author(s): Korber, M., Paier, M.
  Publisher: Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York; 2014; 353-374; 978-3-319-02698-5
  Series: Scherngell, T.; Advances in Spatial Sciences
• Simulating the effects of public funding on research in Life Sciences: Direct research funds vs. tax incentives;
  Simulating the Knowledge Dynamics of Innovation Networks
  Author(s): Korber, M., Paier, M.
  Publisher: Springer; Berlin Heidelberg New York; 2014; 99-130; 978-3-662-43507-6
  Series: Gilbert, N., Ahrweiler, P., Pyka, A.; Springer Complexity
• Innovation Networks for Regional Development: Concepts, Case studies, and Agent-Based Models;
  Innovation Networks for Regional Development: Concepts, Case studies, and Agent-Based Models
  Author(s): Vermeulen, B., Paier, M.
  Publisher: Springer International Publishing Switzerland; 2017
  Series: Vermeulen, B., Paier, M.; Economic Complexity and Evolution
• Knowledge Creation and Research Policy in Science-Based Industries: An Empirical Agent-Based Model;
  Innovation Networks for Regional Development
  Author(s): Paier, M., Dünser, M. Scherngell, T., Martin, S.
  Publisher: Springer International Publishing Switzerland; 2017
  Series: Vermeulen, B., Paier, M.; Economic Complexity and Evolution

• Multi-level governance in Smart Grid deployment: Transforming the electricity system in Austria
  Author(s): Paier, M., Knoflacher, M., Kubeczko, K., Weber, M., Rohracher, H., Schreuer, A., Ornetzeder, M., Wächter, P.
  Conference 2nd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions, Lund, Sweden
• Joint knowledge generation in European R&D networks: Results from a latent regression - index function model
  Author(s): Reinold F., Paier, M., Fischer, M.M.
  Conference 52th European Congress of the Regional Science Association International, Bratislava, Slovakia
• The transition to distributed electricity generation: An agent-based model of interdependent household investment decisions
  Author(s): Seidl, R., Paier, M., Schartinger, D., Kaufmann, A., Kubeczko, K.
  Conference European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna, Austria
  Proceedings Wilby, J., Blachfellner, S., Hofkirchner, W. ; Civilisation at the Crossroads - Response and Responsibility of the Systems Sciences
• On Socio-technical Concerns for Smart Grid Security and Resilience
  Author(s): Kubeczko, K., Langer, L., Paier, M., Smith, P., Reichl, J., Schmidthaler M.
  Conference EINS-JRA7 Workshop , Nice, France
• Scientific collaboration in the EU Framework Programme: An intensity-heterogeneity approach
  Author(s): Paier, M., Fichet de Clairfontaine, A., Lata, R., Fischer, M.M.
  Conference 15th International Conference of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS), Jena, Germany
• Knowledge bases evolving under policy scenarios: An empirical agent-based simulation of Austrian biotechnology
  Author(s): Paier, M., Dünser, M., Scherngell, T., Martin, S.
  Conference IWcee15 – International Workshop on Computational Economics and Econometrics, Rome, Italy
• Active social acceptance, technology diffusion and policy strategies: An agent-based model of investment in distributed electricity production
  Author(s): Seidl, R., Paier, M., Schartinger, D., Kubeczko, K.
  Conference 6th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) Conference, Brighton, UK
• Effects of Research Policy in Biotechnology: An Empirical Agent-Based Model of Knowledge Generation
  Author(s): Paier, M., Dünser, M., Scherngell, T., Martin, S.
  Conference Social Simulation 2015: The Eleventh Conference of the European Social Simulation Association Conference (ESSA), Groningen, The Netherlands

• Umweltszenarien (2014)
  FH Campus Wien

• Project homepage NEMO: Network Models, Governance and R&D collaboration networks
• Project homepage INSPIRED - Innovation Networks for Regional Development: An Agent-based Simulation Approach
• Project homepage SPARKS – Smart Grid Protection Against Cyber Attacks
• Organized conference EXYSTENCE Thematic Institute of Complexity and Innovation, TechGate Vienna, Austria
• Publications AIT publications database
• CV as pdf