Professor Stan Metcalfe
Current Appointment
· Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy and Cobden Lecturer, School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester;
· Executive Director, the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition; and
· Director, Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology at the University of Manchester.
Current Research
Current research activity is principally focussed around three themes and their inter-relationship, namely: the development of evolutionary economics at micro and macroeconomic levels; the capabilities view of the firm and its relationship to the accumulation of scientific, technological and managerial knowledge; and, the development of science and technology policy and managerial strategy. In addition I maintain an active interest in the development of classical approaches to economic theory, in relation to economic and technological history and in relation to the development of the world economy.
Professional Activities
Member of the Advisory Board of Applied Research and Development (ACARD) within the UK Cabinet Office 1983-1987.
Member of the Advisory Council on Science and Technology (ACOST) in the UK Cabinet Office 1987-1992.
Member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission 1991-1997.
President of Sectio F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.