RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND FUNDED RESEARCH 

2019-2020 Co-principal investigator, “Modeling and measuring the economic impacts of digital platform innovation” (with Steven S. Wildman and Tiago S. Prado). Partially funded by Facebook.

2019-2020 Co-principal investigator, “Political and health information seeking during the Covid-19 pandemic” (with Bianca Reisdorf, Shelia Cotten, and Grant Blank). Partially funded by the Knight Foundation.

2019-2020 Co-principal investigator, “Overcoming Michigan’s homework gap: the role of broadband internet connectivity for student success and career outlooks”. Partially funded by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) at Michigan State University.

2016-present Ongoing research projects on technology and inequality, innovation in advanced communication systems, and digital entrepreneurship.

2013-2014 Principal investigator “Modeling telecommunications markets and technologies”, with Chintan Vaishnav (MIT) and Maciej Latek (George Mason University), coordinated by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House; funded by Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER).

2009-2013 Principal investigator “Improving governance of next-generation ICT infrastructure”, with Kurt DeMaagd and Erik Goodman, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

2006-2009 Co-principal investigator “The dynamics of complex communication systems,” Trans-Coop Project with Volker Schneider, University of Konstanz, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany.

2002-2005 Co-principal investigator of a project “Achieving innovative and reliable services in unlicensed spectrum” (collaborative research with Rutgers University and Cornell University, U.S. National Science Foundation).

2003-2004 Co-principal investigator of “U.S. Telecommunications Policy-Making: Who Participates and Who is Heard: The Role of Research and Ideas.”

2000-2001 Co-principal investigator of a study on the deployment of 3G wireless infrastructure (funded by Ben Netherlands).

1997-1998 Principal investigator of a study on “The Evolution of Local Telephone Competition.”

1996-1997 Co-investigator of a project on “The Role of Local Government in Telecommunications Regulation.”

1996 Principal investigator in a project on “Design Options for Market Operators.” 

1995-1996 Principal investigator of a study on “Cost Allocation and Rate Design in a more Competitive Electric Utility Industry.

1994-1995 Principal investigator of a study on “Effects of Regulatory Reform in the U.S. and in Canada.”

1994-1995 Principal investigator of a study on “State and Federal Regulatory Repercussions of the Globalization of Network-Based Industries in Energy and Telecommunications.”

1992-1993 Co-investigator of a research project on “Telecommunications Restructuring in the Periphery” (together with Bella Mody, David McCarty, and Joseph Straubhaar).

1991-1993 Principal investigator of a pilot study “European Telecommunications Policy. The Dynamics of Institutional Change and Infrastructure Development.

1990-1992 Co-investigator of a study on “Value-Added Networks and Services in Europe” commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Technology and the Austrian Ministry of Transportation.

2008-2010 Co-principal investigator “Addressing information security issues of end-users”, with Michel van Eeten, funded by the OECD, Paris.

2008-2009 Co-principal investigator “Assessing damages from information security breaches,” funded by OPTA (Dutch Telecommunications Regulatory Authority), The Hague, The Netherlands.

2008-2009 Co-principal investigator “The state of information and communication infrastructure in Michigan”, with Kurt DeMaagd and Steven S. Wildman, funded by the Institute of Public Policy and Social Science Research (IPPSR) at Michigan State University.

2007-2008 Co-principal investigator “Financial aspects of malware,” with Michel van Eeten, Technical University Delft, the Netherlands, funded by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva, Switzerland.

2005 “Case studies on U.S. telecom reform” for the Center for Information and Communication Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.

2005 “Cognitive Radio in the United States” for the Research Institute for Telecommunications Economics (RITE), Tokyo, Japan.

2005 “Unbundling in the United States” for the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, Germany.