Research Fellow
Research
Cornelia's research interests lie in the area of the economics of science and innovation, and most of her research focuses on the performance and career paths of academic researchers and industrial inventors.
Projects
Knowledge Exchange: Connecting with the Ivory Tower
Personal background
MA (Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena); PhD in Economics (City University, London)
Cornelia Lawson is a Prize Fellow at the University of Bath School of Management. Prior to joining Bath she was a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tokyo. Until March 2016 she was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Research exploring academics' interaction with the private, public and charitable sector. Her main research interests lie in the area of the economics of science and innovation, and most of her research focuses on the performance and career paths of academic researchers and industrial inventors.
Selected publications
Hottenrott, H. and Lawson, C. 2017. Fishing for complementaries: Competitive research funding and research productivity. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 51, 1-38.
Hottenrott, H. and Lawson, C. forthcoming. Flying the nest: How the home department shapes researchers' career paths. Studies in Higher Education.
Fernandez-Zubieta, A., Geuna, A. and Lawson, C. 2016. Productivity pay-offs from academic mobility: Should I stay or should I go? Industrial and Corporate Change, 25(1), 91-114.
Banal-Estanol, A., Jofre-Bonet, M. and Lawson, C. 2015. The double-edged sword of industry collaboration: Evidence from engineering academics in the UK. Research Policy, 44 (6), 1160-1175.
Geuna, A., Toselli, M., Kataishi, R., Guzman, E., Lawson, C., Fernandez-Zubieta, A. and Barros, B. 2015. SiSOB data extraction and codification: A tool to analyze scientific careers. Research Policy, 44 (9), 1645-1658.