Professor Marianne Saam

Digital Economics

T: +49 40 42834-291
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg

Function

  • Professor for Economics, Digital Economics in particular
  • Head of „Open Economics“

Key activities

  • Innovation
  • Produktivity growth
  • Structural change
  • Digital economy
  • Digital processes of creating knowledge

Professional background

  • Since 09/2021
    Professor for Economics, Digital Economics at the University Hamburg and Head of „Knowledge Transfer Economics“ (renamed in "Open Economics" in June 2023) at the ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
  • 2017–2021
    Professor for Economics and Politics of Innovation at the Ruhr University Bochum
  • 2014–2017
    Private Lecturer at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
  • 2008–2017
    Senior Researcher at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim
  • 2005–2008
    Research Assistant at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim
  • 2003–2004
    Visiting Scholar at the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (USA)
  • 2001–2005
    Research Assistant at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main

Education and qualifications

  • 2000
    Double-diploma in Economics at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main and the Université Paris-Dauphine
  • 2006
    Doctorate at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main
  • 2014
    Habilitation at the Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main

Memberships and other professional activities

  • Member of the Working Group "Promotion of Women in Economics" (The Verein fuer Socialpolitik)
  • Advisory Board Member of the review „Wirtschaftsdienst“
  • Editorial Board Member of „Telecommunications Policy"

Publications

Articles (peer reviewed)

Saam, Marianne
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Productivity and Employment – How Can We Assess It and What Can We Observe?
In: Intereconomics - Warsaw: Sciendo, ISSN 1613-964X, Vol. 59 (2024), No. 1, pp. 22-27, doi:10.2478/ie-2024-0006 Link to fulltext (PDF)
Liu, Chuan / Saam, Marianne
ICT and Productivity Growth Within Value Chains
In: Review of Income and Wealth - Hoboken: Wiley, ISSN 1475-4991, Vol. 68 (2021), No. 3, pp. 711-737, doi:10.1111/roiw.12533 Link to fulltext (PDF)

Working papers, Reports and other Contributions

Saam, Marianne
Überlegungen zu Open Science in der Volkswirtschaftslehre
In: Wirtschaftsdienst: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik - Kiel, Hamburg: ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Vol. 101 (2021), No. 10, pp. 746-747, ISSN 1613-978X, doi:10.1007/s10273-021-3011-5 Link to fulltext (PDF)