Faculty Profile

Nicholas Vonortas

Nicholas Vonortas is Professor of Economics and International Affairs. Vonortas joined the Department of Economics and the Center for International Science and Technology Policy (Elliott School of International Affairs) in 1990. Since 2000, he has served as the Director of both the Center and of the graduate program in International Science and Technology Policy. Professor Vonortas received his Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Economics from New York University (USA), his MA in Economic Development from Leicester University (UK), and his BA in Economics from the University of Athens (Greece).

Professor Vonortas’ teaching and research interests are in industrial organization, in the economics of technological change, and in science, technology and innovation policy. He specializes on strategic partnerships, innovation networks, technology transfer, technology and competition policy, and the appraisal of the economic returns of R&D programs.

Professor Vonortas is a founding member and serves on the steering committee of the Washington Research Evaluation Network (WREN). He holds faculty associate appointments at CESPRI (Centre of Research in Innovation and Globalization), Luigi Bocconi University, Milano, Italy; at LIEE (Laboratory for Industrial and Energy Economics), National Technical University of Athens, Greece; and at MSL (Management Science Laboratory); Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. In addition, he has been a visiting fellow at MERIT  (Maastricht Economic research Institute on Innovation and Technology), Maastricht University, Netherlands.

He has served as a consultant to many government agencies in the United States, the European Union and various member states, the Republic of Korea, and Japan, and to several international organizations on issues related to strategic partnerships, R&D program evaluation, science and technology indicators, innovation systems, and technology, competition and intellectual property policy.

 Professor
PhD, New York University

Interests: Industrial organization; economics of technological change; science, technology and innovation policy.

Contact Information:
Office: 1957 E Street, 403N
202-994-6458
vonortas@gwu.edu