We are pleased to announce that Professor Dan Brezntiz joins the Munk School this fall as a Full Professor and Munk Chair (Cross-Appointed to the Department of Political Science). We are also pleased to announce that Professor Shiri Breznitz will be joining us as an Assistant Professor.
Dan Breznitz Bio: Professor Breznitz is known worldwide as an expert on rapid-innovation-based industries and their globalization, as well as for his pioneering research on the distributional impact of innovation policies. He has been an advisor on science, technology, and innovation policies to multinational corporations, governments, and international organizations such as the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, TEKES, IFC, Fundación Chile, the United Nations, and the US-Israel Science and Technology Foundation. In 2008 Breznitz was selected as a Sloan Industry Studies Fellow. Before joining Academia he founded and served as a CEO of a small software company.
Professor Breznitz’s first book, Innovation and the State: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland, won the 2008 Don K. Price for best book on science and technology. His second book (co-authored with Michael Murphree) The Run of the Red Queen: Government, Innovation, Globalization, and Economic Growth in China, was chosen as the 2012 Susan Strange Best Book in International Studies by the BSIA, and was featured in The Economist and the New York Times. Dan Breznitz’s new book, Third Globalization: Can Wealthy Nations Stay Rich? (co-edited with John Zysman), looks at the challenges and opportunities faced by Western economies in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the rapid changes in the global production system.
Shiri Brenitz Bio: As an economic geographer, Shiri Breznitz specializes in innovation, technology, and regional economic development. Her research is at the critical intersection of theory and policy to fit the new realities of globalization.
Professor Breznitz’s work has informed policymaking at the local, national, and international levels. She has advised on the role of universities in the larger story of innovation, on the economic impact of biotechnology, and on the role of clusters in driving innovation.
Professor Breznitz’s latest book analyzes universities’ relationships with government and industry, focusing on the biotechnology industry as a case study. She is also, together with Professor Henry Etzkowitz, editing the book “University Technology Transfer: The Globalization of Academic Innovation.” Additional work by Professor Breznitz has been published in Regional Studies, Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and The Journal of Technology Transfer.
