Åke E. Andersson
Professor of Economics
Research
Professor Åke E. Andersson's first research interests were oriented to programming models of regional and industrial models with a focus on integer variables and other non-convexities as consequences of economies of scale and economic interdependencies. Later on he became focused on theories and models of regional and industrial economic growth and the role of infrastructure in the regional and urban economies. This led him towards the role of knowledge in the economic growth process and the first formal models were published in the early 80s. In recent years he has been working on the economics of experiences, entertainment and arts.
Biography
Professor Åke E. Andersson was born in Sweden in 1936. He received his degree in economics at the University of Göteborg, and thereafter worked for the City of Stockholm, the Nordic Institute of Planning in Stockholm (Nordplan), the University of Göteborg, the University of Pennsylvania, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, the University of Umeå, the Swedish Institute for Futures Studies, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and currently as a professor of Economics at the Jönköping International Business School.
In 1995 professor Andersson was awarded the prestegious Japanese Honda Prize for his work on dynamic analysis in the fields of regional economics and regional planning.
In 2005 professor Andersson received the European Prize in Regional Science by the European Regional Science Association at the organisation's 45th Congress in Amsterdam.