Bernhard Ganglmair

Bernhard Ganglmair is a professor of economics specializing in innovation and competition at the University of Mannheim and head of the Competition and Innovation research group at the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany.

Ganglmair’s research focuses on industrial organization, innovation, antitrust, regulation, contracts, and the economic analysis of law. Using theoretical and empirical methods, he studies how laws, regulation, and competition affect research and development, innovation strategies, information disclosure, strategic alliances, and technology standardization. His work also examines privacy and data regulation in digital markets.

Ganglmair serves on the board of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation and the steering committee of the Competition Law and Economics European Network. He is also an associate editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization and Economic Inquiry.

Before joining the University of Mannheim and ZEW, Ganglmair was an assistant professor of managerial economics at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has also taught at Northeastern University and Johannes Kepler University Linz and held visiting research positions at Boston University and other institutions.

Ganglmair earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Zurich and a degree in economics from Johannes Kepler University Linz. He also completed graduate coursework and research in law & economics at the University of Bonn.