Paula E. Stephan, Professor
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Phone: 404-413-0160
E-mail: pstephan@gsu.edu
Homepage: http://www.gsu.edu/~ecopes/
Vita (pdf)
Specialties:
Economics of Science
Immigrant Scientists
Innovation and Geography
Role of University Scientists
Stephan's research interests focus on the careers of scientists and engineers, and the process by which knowledge moves across institutional boundaries in the economy. Her other interests include the role that university scientists play in creating biotechnology firms and the contribution that immigrant scientists make to U.S. science. Her research has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the Exxon Education Foundation, the National Science Foundation, NATO and the U.S. Department of Labor. Stephan has served on several National Research Council committees, including the Committee on Dimensions, Causes and Implications of Recent Trends in the Careers of Life Scientists, and the Committee on Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the U.S. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation and a member of the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, NIH. She co-directs (with Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby) the Atlanta Consortium for Entrepreneurial Research, supported by the Kauffman Foundation and the Georgia Research Alliance.
Dr. Stephan is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Stephan has published numerous articles in journals such as The American Economic Review, Science, The Journal of Economic Literature, Economic Inquiry, The International Economic Review and Social Studies of Science. She co-wrote, with Sharon Levin, Striking the Mother Lode in Science (Oxford University Press, 1992).
