
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- handke@eshcc.eur.nl
Profile
Christian Handke is Associate Professor of Cultural Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. From 2012 to 2018, he was programme director of the Master in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship, and since 2017, he serves in the Faculty Council. Starting in 2012, Dr. Handke has also worked at the Institute of Information Law at University of Amsterdam, where he participated in the research project on Copyright in an Age of Access.
Dr. Handke's research focuses on cultural economics and the economics of copyright, innovation and technological change, cultural/creative and media industries, as well as on text and data mining and systematic literature reviews. His work has been published in leading specialized journals, such as the Journal of Cultural Economics and Information Economics & Policy.
In 2010, Christian Handke received his doctorate in economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam with highest distinction. His dissertation was short-listed for the Boekman Dissertation Prize 2012. He also holds an M.A. with distinction in 'Science, Technology and Society' from Linköping University (Sweden) and a B.A. (Hons) in European Studies from the University of North London. Between 2003 and 2007, Christian was junior lecturer/researcher at Humboldt University Berlin, Centre for British Studies, where he participated in the research project on Commerce and Culture.
Dr. Handke has consulted for a variety of public and private organizations, including the European Commission, the National Academies of the Sciences (USA), Industry Canada, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the federal German Expert Commission on Research and Innovation (EFI), the federal German Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, and the Spanish Fundacion Autor. He also has work experience in cultural event management, for instance for the EXPO 2000 world exhibition in Hannover, and as music producer.
Christian Handke is currently President of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) and Executive Board member of the Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI).
For further information, please consult Christian Handke's CV.
- Christian Handke & Carolina Dalla Chiesa (2022) - The art of crowdfunding arts and innovation: the cultural economic perspective - Journal of Cultural Economics, 1-36 - doi: 10.1007/s10824-022-09444-9 - [link]
- Christian Handke, L Guibault & J J Vallbe (2021) - Copyright’s Impact on Data Mining in Academic Research - Managerial and Decision Economics, 1-18 - doi: 10.1002/mde.3354 - [link]
- Christian Handke, JP Quintais & B Bodo (2019) - Truce in the Copyright War? The Economics of Copyright Compensation Systems for Digital Use - Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 15 (2), 23-56 - [link]
- J J Vallbe, B Bodo, J P Quintais & Christian Handke (2019) - Knocking on Heaven’s Door: User preferences on digital cultural distribution - Internet Policy Review : journal on internet regulation, 8 (2) - doi: 10.14763/2019.2.1404 - [link]
- Christian Handke, B Balazs & JJ Vallbe (2015) - Going means trouble and staying makes it double: the value of licensing recorded music online - Journal of Cultural Economics - doi: 10.1007/s10824-015-9251-8 - [link]
- Christian Handke (2015) - Digitization and Competition in Copyright Industries: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back? - Homo Oeconomicus, 32 (2), 183-208 - [link]
- Christian Handke (2012) - A Taxonomy of Empirical Research on Copyright - How Do We Inform Policy? - Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 9 (1), 47-92 - [link]
- Christian Handke (2012) - Digital Copying and the Supply of Sound Recordings - Information Economics & Policy, 24 (1), 15-29 - doi: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2012.01.009 - [link]
- Christian Handke (2010) - Copyright policy, innovation, and the limits to our understanding - Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation, 28 (4), 389-396
- Christian Handke (2010) - Die Ökonomik des Urheberrechts -- Beobachten, Abwägen und Prinzipienreiterei - Zeitschrift Kurswechsel, 25 (4), 15-26
- RM (Ruth) Towse, Christian Handke & J Stepan (2008) - The Economics of Copyright Law: a Stocktake of the Literature - Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 5 (1), 1-22
- RM (Ruth) Towse & Christian Handke (2007) - Economics of Copyright Collecting Societies - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (print), 8 (38), 937-957
- Christian Handke (2012) - Copyright and Innovation - Boekman. Tijdschrift voor Kunst, Cultuur en Beleid, 93 (24), 61-90
- Ruth Towse & Christian Handke (2013) - Handbook on the digital creative economy - doi: 10.4337/9781781004876 - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke (2020) - Compensation Systems for Online Use - In P. Zahrádka, J. M. Szczepanik & P. Stepan, Digital Peripheries: The Online Circulation of Audiovisual Content from the Small Market Perspective (pp. 261-272) - [link] - Springer
- Christian Handke (2020) - Music Industry - In R. Towse & T. Navarrete Hernández, A Handbook of Cultural Economics (3rd edition) (pp. 343-351) - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Carolina Dalla Chiesa & Christian Handke (2020) - Crowdfunding - In R. Towse & T. Navarrete Hernández, A Handbook of Cultural Economics (third edition) (pp. 158-167) - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke (2020) - Paying for Digital Music - In T. Bille, A. Mignosa & R. Towse, Teaching Cultural Economics (pp. 214-219) - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Herzog, Christian Handke & Erik Hitters (2019) - Analyzing Talk and Text II: Thematic analysis - In H. Van den Bulck, M. Puppis, K. Donders & L. Van Audenhove, Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research (pp. 385-401) - doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16065-4 - [link] - Palgrave Macmillan
- Christian Handke & Christian Herzog (2018) - Experimental methods in media policy research - In H. Van den Bulck, M. Puppis, K. Donders & L. Van Audenhove, Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research - Palgrave Macmillan
- Christian Handke (2017) - Musikwirtschaftsforschung und das Internet – Wie sich nicht nur die Muskindustrie, sondern auch die Forschung verändert - In P. Tschmuck, B. Flat & M. Lücke, Musikwirtschaftsforschung: Die Grundlagen einer neuen Disziplin (pp. 117-136) - Springer VS
- Christian Handke & Christian Herzog (2017) - Entscheidungsexperimente als Grundlage für die Bewertung und Ausgestaltung öffentlich-rechtlicher Medienangebote - In C. Herzog, H. Hilker, L. Novy & O. Torun, Transparency and Funding of Public Service Media - Die deutsche Debatte im internationalen Kontext (pp. 307-324) - doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-17997-7_26 - Springer VS
- Christian Handke, RM (Ruth) Towse & P Stepan (2017) - Cultural Economics, the Internet and Participation - In V.M. Ateca-Amestoy, V. Ginsburgh, I. Mazza, J. O’Hagan & J. Prieto-Rodriguez, Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU – Challenges and Methods (pp. 295-310) - [link] - Springer VS
- Christian Handke (2017) - Intellectual Property in the Creative Industries: The Economic Perspective - In C. Waelde & A. Brown, Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries (pp. 57-78) - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke, RM (Ruth) Towse & P Stepan (2016) - Cultural Economics and the Internet - In J.M. Bauer & M. Latzer, Handbook on the Economics of the Internet (pp. 146-162) - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke (2014) - Collective administration - In R. Watt, Handbook on the Economics of Copyright (pp. 179-204) - doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2256178 - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke & Erwin Dekker (2013) - From Austria to Australia - In M. Boumans & M. Klaes, Mark Blaug: Rebel with Many Causes (pp. 225-244) - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke (2013) - Empirical evidence on copyright - In C. Handke & R. Towse, Handbook of the Digital Creative Economy (pp. 249-261) - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke, Paul Stepan & Ruth Towse (2008) - Development of the economics of copypright - In Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Competition Law (pp. 373-404) - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- RM (Ruth) Towse, Christian Handke & J Stepan (2008) - Developments in the Economics of Copyrigh - In J. Drexl, Research handbook on competition and intellectual propety law (pp. 373-402) - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke (2008) - Promises and Challenges in Innovation Surveys of the Media Industries - In H.L. van Kranenburg & C. Dal zotto, Management and Innovation in the Media Industry - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke (2007) - Indies im Aufwind - Der Umbruch am Tonträgermarkt und sein Verteilungseffekt - In B. Schneider & S. Weinacht, Musikwirtschaft und Medien: Märkte - Unternehmen - Strategien. Reihe: Praxisforum Medienmanagement Band 7 (pp. 49-72) - R. Fischer
- Christian Handke, Lucie Guibault & Joan Josep Vallbé (2015) - Is Europe falling behind in data mining? Copyright's impact on data mining in academic research - In Birgit Schmidt & Milena Dobreva, New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science (pp. 120-130) - doi: 10.3233/978-1-61499-562-3-120 - [link] - IOS Press BV - 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Elpub 2015
- Christian Handke (2010) - The Creative Destruction of Copyright - Innovation in the Record Industry and Digital Copying - [link] - EUR
- Christian Handke & Ruth Towse (2013) - Introduction - In Handbook on the Digital Creative Economy (pp. 1-6) - doi: 10.4337/9781781004876.00008 - [link] - Edward Elgar Publishing
- Christian Handke, Carolina Dalla Chiesa & A Pavlova (2018) - 'Where Are We Now on Cultural Economics’ version 2.0: A Bibliometric Survey - Association for Cultural Economics International Congress
- Christian Handke (2018) - Innovationen in der Filmbranche – mehr als Technik - Conference film / innovation / economics
- Christian Handke (2015) - Joint Copyrights Management by Collecting Societies and Online Platforms: An Economic Analysis - doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2616442 - Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues Annual Congress
- Christian Handke, JJ Vallbe, B Balazs & JP Quintais (2015) - Knocking on Heaven's Door - User Preferences on Digital Cultural Distribution - doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2630519 - European Policy for Intellectual Property Conference
- Christian Handke, L Guibault & JJ Vallbe (2015) - Is Europe Falling Behind in Data Mining? Copyright's Impact on Data Mining in Academic Research - doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2608513 - European Policy for Intellectual Property Conference
- Christian Handke, JP Quintais & B Bodo (2014) - The Value of Online Licenses of Copyright Works - SERCI Annual Congress
- Christian Handke, JP Quintais & B Bodo (2013) - The Economics of Copyright Compensation Systems for Digital Use - SERCI Annual Congress
- Christian Handke (2013) - Artists and competing CRM bodies - Conference on Collective Rights Management – How to make it work?, organized by Amelia Andersdotter, Christian Engström, Eva Lichtenberger and Helga Trüpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA
- Christian Handke (2012) - Copyright and Its Effect on Different Types of Innovation - Conference of the Association of Cultural Economics International
- Christian Handke (2011) - The innovation cost of copyright - Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues Annual Congress 2011
- Christian Handke (2011) - Economic effects of copyright - Empirical Evidence so far - Workshop The Economic Impact of Copyright - Building evidence for policy
- Christian Handke (2011) - Digitisation in the cultural industries - Some basic empirical insights from the record industry - Conference 'Global popular music business', University of St. Andrews
- Christian Handke (2010) - Creative Destruction in the German Record Industry (and How to Distinguish It from Plain Destruction) - Conference: the Evolutionsökonomischer Ausschuss des Vereins für Socialpolitik
- Christian Handke (2010) - Digital Copying and the Supply of Sound Recordings - 16th International conference of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI)
- Christian Handke (2009) - Another Round? Cyclicality in the Record Industry and It's Implications for the Debate On Copyright - Conference: The Cultural Industries at the German Historic Institute
- Christian Handke (2009) - The Supply of Sound Recordings in the Presence of Digital Copying - Seminar at the Faculty of History and Arts
- Christian Handke (2009) - The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation - Presentation of a report for the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)
- Christian Handke (2008) - Does One-Size Copyright Fit All? Copyright and Innovation in Small Record Companies - Annual Congress: Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues
- Christian Handke (2008) - Innovation in the Cultural Industries - The Association of the Cultural Economics 15th International Conference on Cultural Economics
- Christian Handke (2007) - Regulating Copyright Collecting Societies - Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) Annual congress
- Christian Handke (2007) - Surveying Innovation in the Creative Industries - 5th International EMAEE Conference on Innovation (Globalisation, Services and Innovation: The Changing Dynamics of the Knowledge Economy)
- RM (Ruth) Towse, Christian Handke & J Stepan (2006) - Report on the economic aspects of copyright law
- Christian Handke (2016) - Urheberverguetung im Digitalen Zeitalter - Der Internationale Forschungsstand - [link] - German Federal Ministry of Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection
- I Hargreaves, L Guibault, Christian Handke & B Martens (2014) - Text and Data Mining - [link] - European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
- Christian Handke & ECON DIW (2014) - Innovationsprozesse im Kontext des Urheberrechts - Schwerpunktstudie - German federal Expert Commission on Research and Innovation (EFI)
- Christian Handke & ECON DIW (2013) - Innovationsprozesse im Kontext des Urheberrechts - Konzept und Machbarkeitsstudie - German federal Expert Commission on Research and Innovation (EFI)
- Christian Handke (2010) - The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation - Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy
- Christian Handke (2011) - Economic effects of copyright - The Empirical evidence so far - [link] - The National Academies of the Sciences
- RM (Ruth) Towse & Christian Handke (2007) - Economics of Collective Management of Copyright - Spanish Authors Society (SGAE)
- Christian Handke, A Mattes & Y Girard (2015) - Urheberrechtsschutz und Innovation: Fit für die Digitalisierung? - [link] - DIW Wochenbericht
- Christian Handke (2021) - Compensation Systems to Fix Copyright Conundrums: The Cultural Economics Perspective - Opening Speech of the Digital Europe Economic Seminars, celebrating the foundation of the Association of Cultural Economics Poland
- Christian Handke (2021) - Incentives for New Initiatives – Costs and Potential New Trade-offs in the Data Economy - Online workshop on Copyright Data Improvement in the EU – Towards Better Visibility of European Content and Broader Licensing Opportunities in the Light of New Technologies
- Christian Handke (2020) - Our collective future in cultural industries: An economic analysis of copyright management organizations and digitalization - Workshop on the Economics of Copyright and Creative Industries
- Christian Handke (2019) - Economics of Copyright and Empirical Research - Interdisciplinary Research Week
- Christian Handke (2019) - What Are Cultural Industries – and Why Do We Care? - Conference on Creative Industries, Economic Growth and Social Development in India
- Christian Handke (2018) - Truce in the Copyright War – An Economist’s Perspective - Invited lecture
- Christian Handke (2018) - Market Power in the Information Economy: Price competition with fixed Costs and Incomplete Market Capture - Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues Annual Congress
- Carolina Dalla Chiesa, Christian Handke & A Pavlova (2018) - Crowdfunding in the Cultural and Creative Industries: a Bibliometric-thematic analysis - Association for Cultural Economics International Congress
- Christian Handke (2017) - Technology changes, economic laws stay the same? A response to Lemley’s ‘IP in a world without scarcity’ - Conference Normative Orders of the Digital
- Christian Handke (2016) - Data Mining and Copyright - Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology
- Christian Handke (2013) - Empirical Work on Copyright - Some Implications for Copyright Flexibility - Workshop on Empirical Study of the Social and Economic Benefits of Copyright Flexibilities
- Christian Handke (2019) - Data, Technology and Copyright Management in the Era of Streaming Platforms - Training for European Commission staff
- Christian Handke (2016) - Innovation in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft - Konferenz zur Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft 2016 am Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
- Christian Handke (2014) - The Economics of Copyright – New insights from the dismal science? - Invited presentation at a seminar series of the European Commission (main speaker)
Innovation and Cultural Industries
- Level
- MA
- Year
- 2021
- Year Level
- MA
- Course Code
- CC4106
Cultural Economics: Theory
- Level
- MA
- Year
- 2021
- Year Level
- MA
- Course Code
- CC4111
Master Thesis
- Level
- MA
- Year
- 2021
- Year Level
- MA
- Course Code
- CC4150