Biography

Martin Meyer is Professor in Business & Innovation and Head of Business & Management. Martin joined Sussex as doctoral student in 1995 and, after a stint abroad, again in 2003 as Gatsby Fellow for Technology Transfer. Prior to his current appointment, Martin held positions at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), the Finnish Institute for Enterprise Management, and Linköping University (Sweden). Martin also worked in the private sector, for RAND Europe and Technopolis Group. Currently, he is an associate at Quotec, the technology consultants.

Martin holds visiting appointments at the School of Management and Organizational Psychology at Birkbeck - University of London, the Centre for Research & Development Monitoring at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and the SC Research Institute at the University of Vaasa. 

Research

Martin's research focuses on knowledge exchange, academic patenting and emerging science-based technologies. More specifically, he is interested in innovation in nanotechnology and the quantitative (bibliometric) analysis of science and technology and their interrelationships. He has managed and led more than 20 research projects and participated in more than 30. Martin has served on advisory boards and committees of a number of public and private sector organisations. He has published more than 40 articles in international, peer-reviewed journals and edited special issues in journals, such as Research Policy, Scientometrics and Research Evaluation. Martin is also one of the editors of Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation.

At Sussex, Martin has worked on the Gatsby Technology Transfer Fellowship and a follow-up project on IP management in UK universities. The main objectives of this research programme are to improve the understanding of university-industry technology transfer processes, and to contribute directly to the technology transfer activities of participating universities. As one of the first social scientists exploring nanotechnology, Martin has advised or worked for a number of international organisations and national agencies, including the European Commission, the UK Engineering and Technology Board, the Finnish National Technology Agency, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Other projects include studies on

• the impacts of spin-out activities of researchers on their academic parent institutions,
• global innovation environments,
• the economic potential of and European competitiveness in nanotechnology,
• the challenges associated with emergent technologies.

Teaching

Martin has taught a number of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including:

• Science, Technology & Innovation Systems,
• Strategic Management of Technology & Innovation,
• Methodologies for Foresight & Management of New Technologies,
• Service and Relationship Marketing,
• Business-to-Business Marketing,
• New Concepts in Marketing,
• Managing Intellectual Property.

Martin has also supervised dissertations covering a range of topics, including the entrepreneurial university, university spin-outs, emerging and convergent technologies as well as selected themes in international marketing and financial performance analysis.

Role

Head of Department (Business and Management)

Deputy Head, School of Business, Management and Economics

Professor of Business and Innovation

• science and technology indicators,
• university-industry technology transfer, third mission, triple helix, academic entrepreneurship
• intellectual property management,
• science-based innovation, new technologies (especially nanotechnology), technological systems, sectoral systems of innovation,
• programme evaluation.

Wednesday afternoons  - 14.00-16.00

Please contact Amanda Kingston at a.j.kingston@sussex.ac.uk to confirm appointments. 

Meyer, Martin, Morlacchi, Piera and Weckowska, Dagmara (2013) Triple Helix indicators as an emergent area - a bibliometric perspective. Scientometrics. ISSN 0138-9130 (In Press)

Meyer, Martin, Grant, Kevin and Kuusiston, Jai (2012) The second coming of the triple helix: the rise of the corporate strand and the emergence of hybrid innovation environments. In: Universities, cities and regions: loci for knowledge and innovation creation. Routledge studies in global competition (62). Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415631082

Libaers, Dirk and Meyer, Martin (2011) Highly innovative small technology firms, industrial clusters and firm internationalization. Research Policy, 40 (10). pp. 1426-1437. ISSN 0048-7333

Meyer, Martin, Libaers, Dirk and Park, Jae-Hwan (2011) The emergence of novel science-related fields: regional or technological patterns? Exploration and exploitation in United Kingdom nanotechnology. Regional Studies, 45 (7). pp. 935-959. ISSN 0034-3404

Meyer, M, Debackere, K and Glänzel, W (2010) Can applied science be 'good science'? Exploring the relationship between patent citations and citation impact in nanoscience. Scientometrics, 85 (2). pp. 527-539. ISSN 0138-9130

Rafols, Ismael and Meyer, Martin (2010) Diversity and network coherence as indicators of interdisciplinarity: case studies in bionanoscience. Scientometrics, 82 (2). pp. 263-287. ISSN 0138-9130

Leydesdorff, Loet and Meyer, Martin (2010) The decline of university patenting and the end of the Bayh-Dole effect. Scientometrics, 83 (2). pp. 355-362. ISSN 0138-9130

Chen, Yunwei, Yang, Zhiping, Shu, Fang, Hu, Zhengyin, Meyer, Martin and Bhattacharya, Sujit (2009) A patent based evaluation of technological innovation capability in eight economic regions in PR China. World Patent Information, 31 (2). pp. 104-110. ISSN 0172-2190

Mathieu, Azèle, Meyer, Martin and de la Potterie, Bruno van Pottelsberghe (2008) Turning science into business: a case study of a major European research university. Science and Public Policy, 35 (9). pp. 669-679. ISSN 0302-3427

Martinelli, Arianna, Meyer, Martin and von Tunzelmann, Nick (2008) Becoming an entrepreneurial university? A case study of knowledge exchange relationships and faculty attitudes in a medium-sized, research-oriented university. Journal of Technology Transfer, 33 (3). pp. 259-283. ISSN 0892-9912

Glänzel, Wolfgang, Debackere, Koenraad and Meyer, Martin (2008) 'Triad' or 'tetrad'? On global changes in a dynamic world. Scientometrics, 74 (1). pp. 71-88. ISSN 0138-9130

Rafols, Ismael and Meyer, Martin (2007) How cross-disciplinary is bionanotechnology? Explorations in the specialty of molecular motors. Scientometrics, 70 (3). pp. 633-650. ISSN 0138-9130

Kuusi, Osmo and Meyer, Martin (2007) Anticipating technological breakthroughs: Using bibliographic coupling to explore the nanotubes paradigm. Scientometrics, 70 (3). pp. 759-777.

Meyer, Martin (2007) What do we know about innovation in nanotechnology? Some propositions about an emerging field between hype and path-dependency. Scientometrics, 70 (3). pp. 779-810. ISSN 01389130

Leydesdorff, Loet and Meyer, Martin (2007) The scientometrics of a Triple Helix of university-industry-government relations (Introduction to the topical issue). Scientometrics, 70 (2). pp. 207-222. ISSN 0138-9130

Meyer, Martin (2006) Are patenting scientists the better scholars? An exploratory comparison of inventor-authors with their non-inventing peers in nano-science and technology. Research Policy, 35 (10). pp. 1646-1662. ISSN 00487333

Leydesdorff, Loet and Meyer, Martin (2006) Triple Helix indicators of knowledge-based innovation systems. Research Policy, 35 (10). pp. 1441-1449. ISSN 0048-7333

Meyer, Martin (2006) Academic inventiveness and entrepreneurship: on the importance of start-up companies in commercializing academic patents. Journal of Technology Transfer, 31 (4). pp. 501-510. ISSN 08929912

Meyer, Martin (2005) Independent inventors and public support measures: insights from 33 case studies in Finland. World Patent Information, 27 (2). pp. 113-123. ISSN 01722190

Meyer, Martin, Pereira, Tiago Santos, Persson, Olle and Granstrand, Ove (2004) The scientometric world of Keith Pavitt: a tribute to his contributions to research policy and patent analysis. Research Policy, 33 (9). pp. 1405-1417. ISSN 0048-7333

Meyer, Martin and Bhattacharya, Sujit (2004) Commonalities and differences between scholarly and technical collaboration. Scientometrics, 61 (3). pp. 443-456. ISSN 0138-9130

Meyer, Martin, Utecht, Jan Timm and Goloubeva, Tatiana (2003) Free patent information as a resource for policy analysis. World Patent Information, 25 (3). pp. 223-231. ISSN 0172-2190

Meyer, Martin (2003) Academic patents as an indicator of useful research? A new approach to measure academic inventiveness. Research Evaluation, 12 (1). pp. 17-27. ISSN 09582029

Meyer, Martin (2003) Academic entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial academics? research-based ventures and public support mechanisms. R&D Management, 33 (2). pp. 107-115. ISSN 0033-6807

Hullmann, Angela and Meyer, Martin (2003) Publications and patents in nanotechnology: an overview of previous studies and the state of the art. Scientometrics, 58 (3). pp. 507-527. ISSN 0138-9130

Kuusi, Osmo and Meyer, Martin (2002) Technological generalizations and leitbilder-the anticipation of technological opportunities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 69 (6). pp. 625-639. ISSN 00401625

Meyer, Martin (2000) Does science push technology? Patents citing scientific literature. Research Policy, 29 (3). pp. 409-434. ISSN 00487333

Meyer, M and Persson, O (1998) Nanotechnology-interdisciplinarity, patterns of collaboration and differences in application. Scientometrics, 42 (2). pp. 195-205. ISSN 0138-9130