Önder Nomaler holds a BSc degree in Industrial Engineering and an MSc degree in Economics, both obtained at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey, and a PhD, also in Economics, earned at Maastricht University. Before joining UNU-MERIT in February 2019, he worked for about 17 years at the Industrial Engineering /Innovation Sciences Department of Eindhoven University of Technology in various positions, ranging from researcher to Assistant Professor.

He has a broad range of research interests in topics within and across areas such as (sustainable) economic growth, economics/geography of knowledge and innovation, international trade, structural change, input-output economics, evolutionary economics and economic complexity.  Methods-wise, his experience includes bibliometric analysis (especially with patent citations), statistical analysis (also machine learning and data mining), and mathematical modeling, especially in Agent-Based dynamic simulation models.

Önder worked for various projects commissioned by the European Commission (e.g., the EU PatVal study), UNIDO, European Patent Office, the Asian Development Bank, and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

Recent published research has considered, among others, the impact of the creation and the adoption of new technologies (e.g., IR 4.0) on economic growth and the labor market (job automation risk and the skills-based wage gap), the reconciliation of the respective Keynesian and the Schumpeterian approaches to economic stability and growth, and the patterns of the national and technological diversity underlying the creation of new technologies for mitigation or adoption against climate change (i.e., Green-tech).

Publications (Google Scholar)

	Selected publications by Önder Nomaler
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Sahebali, M.W.W., Bert Sadowski, Önder Nomaler & R. Brennenraedts, 2021, Rolling out of fibre optic networks in intermediate versus urban areas: An exploratory spatial analysis in the Netherlands, Telecommunications Policy, 45(5): 102080-, DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2020.102080, More information
Sutrisno, Aziiz, Önder Nomaler & Floor Alkemade, 2021, Has the global expansion of energy markets truly improved energy security?, Energy Policy, 148(Part A): 111931-, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111931, More information
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2021, R&D-based economic growth in a supermultiplier model, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 59: 1-19, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2021.07.002, More information
Foster-McGregor, Neil, Bart Verspagen & Önder Nomaler, 2021, Job Automation Risk, Economic Structure and Trade: A European Perspective, Research Policy
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2020, Perpetual Growth, the Labour Share and Robots, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 20: 540-558, More information
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2019, Perpetual growth, the labor share, and robots, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 29(5), DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2019.1643557, More information
Meijers, Huub, Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen, 2019, Demand, credit and macroeconomic dynamics. A micro simulation model, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 29: 337-364, DOI: 10.1007/s00191-018-0553-9, More information
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2016, River deep, mountain high: of long run knowledge trajectories within and between innovation clusters, Journal of Economic Geography, 16(6): 1259-1278, DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbw035, More information
Nomaler, Önder, S. Hardeman, Koen Frenken & A.L.J. Ter Wal, 2015, Characterizing and comparing innovation systems by different 'modes' of knowledge production: A proximity approach, Science and Public Policy, 42: 530-548, DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scu070, More information
Nomaler, Önder, Koen Frenken & G. Heimeriks, 2014, On scaling of scientific knowledge production in U.S. metropolitan areas, PLoS ONE, 9, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110805, More information
Nomaler, Önder & A. Martinelli, 2014, Measuring knowledge persistence: A genetic approach to patent citation networks, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 24: 623-652, DOI: 10.1007/s00191-014-0349-5, More information
Bhupatiraju, Samyukta, Önder Nomaler, Giorgio Triulzi & Bart Verspagen, 2012, Knowledge flows - Analyzing the core literature of innovation, entrepreneurship and science and technology studies, Research Policy , 41: 1205-1218, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.03.011, More information
Bhupatiraju, Samyukta, Bart Verspagen, Önder Nomaler & Giorgio Triulzi, 2012, Knowledge flows – Analyzing the core literature of innovation, entrepreneurship and science and technology studies, Research Policy, 41(7): 1121-1282, More information
Crespi, Gustavo A., Aldo Geuna, Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen, 2010, University IPRs and knowledge transfer: is university ownership more efficient?, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 19: 627-648, DOI: 10.1080/10438590903354984, More information
Mariani, Myriam, P. Giuri, S. Brusoni, Gustavo A. Crespi, D. Francoz, Alfonso Gambardella, W. Garcia-Fontes, Aldo Geuna, R. Gonzales, D. Harhoff, K. Hoisl, C. Lebas, A. Luzzi, L. Magazzini, L. Nesta, Önder Nomaler, N. Palomeras, P. Patel, M. Romanelli & Bart Verspagen, 2007, Inventors and Invention Processes in Europe. Results from the PatVal-EU survey, Research Policy, 36(8): 1107-1127
Book chapters
Nomaler, Önder, Bart Verspagen & Adriaan van Zon, 2020, The Role of Innovation in Structural Change, Economic Development, and the Labor Market, in: K. Zimmermann & M. Vivarelli (Eds), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham, More information
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2012, Analyzing knowledge flows by means of vertical integration , in: Arena, R, Porta, P. (eds), Structural Dynamics and Economic Growth, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139059930.006, More information
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Menéndez De Medina , Mercedes, Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen, 2023, Identification of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies using PATSTAT data, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-023
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2023, Related or unrelated diversification: What is smart specialization?, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-008
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2023, Demand-led industrialisation policy in a dual-sector small open economy, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2023-002
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2022, Complexity research in economics: past, present and future, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-023
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2022, Canonical correlation complexity of European regions, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-016
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2022, The canonical correlation complexity method, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-015
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2022, Some new views on product space and related diversification, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2022-011
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2021, Demand-led industrialisation policy in a dual-sector small balance of payments constrained economy, This paper has been replaced with WP2023-002, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-038
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2021, Patent landscaping using 'green' technological trajectories, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2021-005
Nomaler, Önder, Danilo Spinola & Bart Verspagen, 2020, Schumpeter and Keynes: Economic growth in a super-multiplier model, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2020-049
Foster-McGregor, Neil, Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen, 2019, Measuring the creation and adoption of new technologies using trade and patent data, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-053
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2019, Greentech homophily and path dependence in a large patent citation network, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-051
Foster-McGregor, Neil, Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen, 2019, Job automation risk, economic structure and trade: a European perspective, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2019-011
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2018, Perpetual growth, distribution, and robots, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2018-023
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2016, River deep, mountain high: Of long-run knowledge trajectories within and between innovation clusters, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-048
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2014, Analysing global value chains using input-output economics: Proceed with care, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2014-070
Meijers, Huub, Önder Nomaler & Bart Verspagen, 2014, Demand, credit and macroeconomic dynamics: A microsimulation model, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2014-047
Nomaler, Önder & Bart Verspagen, 2007, Knowledge Flows, Patent Citations and the Impact of Science on Technology, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2007-022
Research reports
Verspagen, Bart, Neil Foster-McGregor & Önder Nomaler, 2021, The Greater Mekong Subregion 2030 and Beyond: Integration, Upgrading, Cities and Connectivity, While the six member countries have made impressive gains in recent decades, much remains to be done to close the gap with the world’s most advanced economies. The GMS needs to further integrate into the global economy, significantly upgrade production and exports, enable cities to be engines of growth, and improve the quality of road infrastructure and connectivity
Theses
Nomaler, Önder, 2006, Technological Change, International Trade and Growth - An Evolutionary, Multi-Agents-Based Modeling Approach, PhD dissertation Maastricht University, More information