Maximilian Benner, Dipl.-Kfm.

Maximilian Benner graduates at the research group of Economic and Social Geography. He studied Economy at the University of Munich and started his doctorate with doctoral studies of Cultural and Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He holds a doctoral scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

Research Interests

• Cluster theory
• Cluster policy
• Economic policy
• Industrial policy
• Global production networks

Current Research Projects

In his dissertation Maximilian Benner analyses the contributions to cluster policy of various actors at the regional and local level. The relationship between cluster policy and general economic policy is clarified. Empirical studies focus on cluster policy measures in Bavaria.