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Gerald Silverberg

Guest Senior Research Scholar

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems Research Group

Advancing Systems Analysis Program

Biography

Gerald Silverberg studied physics and mathematics at Cornell and Harvard Universities in the USA. He worked as a science journalist in New York before moving to Europe and studying economics and economic history, as well as mathematical systems theory. He was a Research Associate at the University of Stuttgart from 1983 to 1987 with primary responsibility for a research project on technical change and the theory of self-organisation, sponsored by the German Research Council (DFG). In 1987 he was employed by the International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS); since January 1988 he has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

Dr. Silverberg first worked at IIASA in 1995/96. He returned to the Institute in July 2006 and is currently working with the DYN Program.

Last update: 14 JUL 2009

Publications

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Silverberg, G. & Verspagen, B. (2007). Self-organization of R&D search in complex technology spaces. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 2 (2) 211-229. 10.1007/s11403-006-0008-5.

Silverberg, G. & Verspagen, B. (2007). Self-organization of R&D search in complex technology spaces. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 2 (2) 195-210. 10.1007/s11403-007-0023-1.

Schweitzer, F. & Silverberg, G. (2006). Konkurrenz, selektion und innovation in oeconomischen systemen. In: Irreversible Prozesse und Selbstorganisation. Eds. Poeschel, , Malchow, H., & Schimansky-Geier, L., Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin. ISBN 978-3-8325-1350-4

Silverberg, G. (2006). Long waves in global warfare and maritime hegemony? A complex systems perspective. In: Kondratieff Waves, Warface and World Security. Eds. Devezas, T., Amsterdam: IOS Press. ISBN 1-58603-588-6

Silverberg, G. & Verspagen, B. (1995). Evolutionary Theorizing on Economic Growth. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-95-078