Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication

dr. (Christian) C.W. Handke

dr. (Christian) C.W. Handke
Assistant Professor Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication Department of Arts & Culture Studies
Location
Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
Room
M 7-18
Telephone
+31 10 4082463
Email
handke@eshcc.eur.nl

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Christian Handke is Assistant Professor (tenured) of Cultural Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. From 2012 to 2018, he was program director of the Master in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship. Since 2012, Dr. Handke has also worked as Senior Researcher at University of Amsterdam, where he participated in the research project on Copyright in an Age of Access. He is currently also working for visitBerlin, a private public partnership with participation of the Berlin Senate, on market research for the cultural sector. 

Dr. Handke's research focuses on cultural economics and the economics of copyright, innovation and technological change, cultural and creative industries, as well as text and data…

Christian Handke is Assistant Professor (tenured) of Cultural Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. From 2012 to 2018, he was program director of the Master in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship. Since 2012, Dr. Handke has also worked as Senior Researcher at University of Amsterdam, where he participated in the research project on Copyright in an Age of Access. He is currently also working for visitBerlin, a private public partnership with participation of the Berlin Senate, on market research for the cultural sector. 

Dr. Handke's research focuses on cultural economics and the economics of copyright, innovation and technological change, cultural and creative industries, as well as text and data mining.

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 ferderal 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.

Dr. 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).

      • C.W. Handke & C. Herzog (2018). Experimental methods in media policy research. In H. Van den Bulck, M. Puppis, K. Donders & L. Van Audenhove (Eds.), Palgrave Handbook of Methods for Media Policy Research. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
      • C.W. Handke (2017). Intellectual Property in the Creative Industries: The Economic Perspective. In C. Waelde & A. Brown (Eds.), Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries (pp. 57-78). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
      • C.W. Handke & C. Herzog (2017). Entscheidungsexperimente als Grundlage für die Bewertung und Ausgestaltung öffentlich-rechtlicher Medienangebote. In C. Herzog, H. Hilker, L. Novy & O. Torun (Eds.), Transparency and Funding of Public Service Media - Die deutsche Debatte im internationalen Kontext (pp. 307-324). Wiesbaden: Springer VS
      • C.W. Handke, R.M. 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 (Eds.), Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU – Challenges and Methods (pp. 295-310). New York: Springer VS
      • C.W. Handke (2017). Musikwirtschaftsforschung und das Internet – Wie sich nicht nur die Muskindustrie, sondern auch die Forschung verändert. In P. Tschmuck, B. Flat & M. Lücke (Eds.), Musikwirtschaftsforschung: Die Grundlagen einer neuen Disziplin (pp. 117-136). Wiesbaden: Springer VS
      • C.W. Handke (2014). Collective administration. In R. Watt (Ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Copyright (pp. 179-204). Northampton: Edward Elgar
      • C.W. Handke, R.M. Towse & P. Stepan (2013). Cultural Economics and the Internet. In J.M. Bauer & M. Latzer (Eds.), Handbook on the Economics of the Internet (pp. 146-162). Northampton Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
      • C.W. Handke (2013). Empirical evidence on copyright. In C. Handke & R. Towse (Eds.), Handbook of the Digital Creative Economy (pp. 249-261). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
      • C.W. Handke & R.M. Towse (2013). Introduction. In R. Towse & C. Handke (Eds.), Handbook of the Digital Creative Economy (pp. 1-6). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
      • C.W. Handke & E. Dekker (2013). From Austria to Australia. In M. Boumans & M. Klaes (Eds.), Mark Blaug: Rebel with Many Causes (pp. 225-244). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
      • C.W. Handke (2008). Promises and Challenges in Innovation Surveys of the Media Industries. In H.L. van Kranenburg & C. Dal zotto (Eds.), Management and Innovation in the Media Industry. Chelthenham: Edward Elgar
      • R.M. Towse, C.W. Handke & J. Stepan (2008). Developments in the Economics of Copyrigh. In J. Drexl (Ed.), Research handbook on competition and intellectual propety law (pp. 373-402). Cheltenham: Elgar Publishing
      • C.W. Handke (2007). Indies im Aufwind - Der Umbruch am Tonträgermarkt und sein Verteilungseffekt. In B. Schneider & S. Weinacht (Eds.), Musikwirtschaft und Medien: Märkte - Unternehmen - Strategien. Reihe: Praxisforum Medienmanagement Band 7 (pp. 49-72). München: R. Fischer

        • C.W. Handke (2016). Urheberverguetung im Digitalen Zeitalter - Der Internationale Forschungsstand. : German Federal Ministry of Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection [go to publisher's site]
        • I. Hargreaves, L. Guibault, C.W. Handke & B. Martens (2014). Text and Data Mining. (Extern rapport). Brussels: European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
        • C.W. Handke & E.C.O.N. DIW (2014). Innovationsprozesse im Kontext des Urheberrechts - Schwerpunktstudie. (Extern rapport). : German federal Expert Commission on Research and Innovation (EFI)
        • C.W. Handke & E. DIW (2013). Innovationsprozesse im Kontext des Urheberrechts - Konzept und Machbarkeitsstudie. (Extern rapport). Berlin: German federal Expert Commission on Research and Innovation (EFI)
        • C.W. Handke (2010). The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation. London: Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy

        • C. Dalla Chiesa, C.W. Handke & A. Pavlova (2018, juni 29). Crowdfunding in the Cultural and Creative Industries: a Bibliometric-thematic analysis. Melbourne, Australia, Association for Cultural Economics International Congress.
        • C.W. Handke (2018, november 20). Truce in the Copyright War – An Economist’s Perspective. University of Porto, UPTech, Portugal, Invited lecture.
        • C.W. Handke (2018, juli 9). Market Power in the Information Economy: Price competition with fixed Costs and Incomplete Market Capture. Toronto, Canada, Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues Annual Congress.
        • C.W. Handke (2017, juli 6). Technology changes, economic laws stay the same? A response to Lemley’s ‘IP in a world without scarcity’. Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Conference Normative Orders of the Digital.
        • C.W. Handke (2016, oktober 17). Data Mining and Copyright. Copenhagen, Denmark, Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology.
        • C.W. Handke (2013, september 26). Empirical Work on Copyright - Some Implications for Copyright Flexibility. Washington, DC, American University College of Law, Workshop on Empirical Study of the Social and Economic Benefits of Copyright Flexibilities.

        • C.W. Handke (2016, september 23). Innovation in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft. Berlin, Germany, Konferenz zur Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft 2016 am Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie.
        • C.W. Handke (2014, mei 21). The Economics of Copyright – New insights from the dismal science? Brussels, Invited presentation at a seminar series of the European Commission (main speaker).

        • C.W. Handke (2011). Digitisation in the cultural industries - Some basic empirical insights from the record industry. Conference 'Global popular music business', University of St. Andrews: St. Andrews (2011, februari 24 - 2011, februari 25).
        • C.W. Handke (2011). The innovation cost of copyright. Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues Annual Congress 2011: Bilbao, Spain (2011, juli 7 - 2011, juli 8).
        • C.W. Handke (2011). Economic effects of copyright - Empirical Evidence so far. Workshop The Economic Impact of Copyright - Building evidence for policy: Washington (2011, juni 8 - 2011, juni 9).
        • C.W. Handke (2010). Digital Copying and the Supply of Sound Recordings. 16th International conference of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI): Copenhagen (2010, juni 9 - 2010, juni 12).
        • C.W. 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: Linz (2010, juli 1 - 2010, juli 3).
        • C.W. Handke (2009). The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation. Presentation of a report for the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP): London (2009, oktober 27 - 2009, oktober 27).
        • C.W. 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: London (2009, november 19 - 2009, november 21).
        • C.W. Handke (2009). The Supply of Sound Recordings in the Presence of Digital Copying. Seminar at the Faculty of History and Arts: Rotterdam (2009, november 10 - 2009, november 10).
        • C.W. Handke (2008). Innovation in the Cultural Industries. The Association of the Cultural Economics 15th International Conference on Cultural Economics: (2008, juni 12 - 2008, juni 15).
        • C.W. Handke (2008). Does One-Size Copyright Fit All? Copyright and Innovation in Small Record Companies. Annual Congress: Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues: Geneva (2008, juli 10 - 2008, juli 11).
        • C.W. 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): Manchester (2007, mei 17 - 2007, mei 19).
        • C.W. Handke (2007). Regulating Copyright Collecting Societies. Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) Annual congress: Berlin (2007, juli 12 - 2007, juli 13).
        • R.M. Towse, C.W. Handke & J. Stepan (2006). Report on the economic aspects of copyright law.

        • C.W. Handke (2018). Innovationen in der Filmbranche – mehr als Technik. Conference film / innovation / economics: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf und Erich Pommer Institute, Potsdam, Germany (2018, april 20).
        • C.W. Handke, C. Dalla Chiesa & A. Pavlova (2018). 'Where Are We Now on Cultural Economics’ version 2.0: A Bibliometric Survey. Association for Cultural Economics International Congress: Melbourne, Australia (2018, juni 28).
        • C.W. Handke, J.J. Vallbe, B. Balazs & J.P. Quintais (2015). Knocking on Heaven's Door - User Preferences on Digital Cultural Distribution. European Policy for Intellectual Property Conference: Glasgow (2015, september 2).
        • C.W. Handke (2015). Joint Copyrights Management by Collecting Societies and Online Platforms: An Economic Analysis. Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues Annual Congress: Glasgow (2015, september 4).
        • C.W. Handke, L. Guibault & J.J. Vallbe (2015). Is Europe Falling Behind in Data Mining? Copyright's Impact on Data Mining in Academic Research. European Policy for Intellectual Property Conference: Glasgow (2015, september 2).
        • C.W. Handke, J.P. Quintais & B. Bodo (2014). The Value of Online Licenses of Copyright Works. SERCI Annual Congress: Barcelona (2014, juli 10).
        • C.W. Handke (2014). 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: Brussels (2013, mei 16).
        • C.W. Handke, J.P. Quintais & B. Bodo (2013). The Economics of Copyright Compensation Systems for Digital Use. SERCI Annual Congress: Paris (2013, juli 9).
        • C.W. Handke (2012). Copyright and Its Effect on Different Types of Innovation. Conference of the Association of Cultural Economics International: Kyoto (2012, juni 23).

      • C.W. Handke & R.M. Towse (Ed.). (2013). Handbook of the Digital Creative Economy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar

  • Advanced Ec. Aspects of Cult. Industr.

    Title
    Advanced Ec. Aspects of Cult. Industr.
    Year
    2018
    Year level
    (Pre-master) (BA-3) (BA-3) (BA-2) (BA-2)

    Innovation and Cultural Industries

    Title
    Innovation and Cultural Industries
    Year
    2018
    Year level
    (MA)

    Cultural Economics: Theory

    Title
    Cultural Economics: Theory
    Year
    2018
    Year level
    (MA)

    MA Thesis CEE

    Title
    MA Thesis CEE
    Year
    2018
    Year level
    (MA)

  • Assistant Professor

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
    Department
    Department of Arts & Culture Studies
    Country
    Nederland
    Telephone
    +31 10 4082463

    (external) researcher

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
    Department
    Department of Arts & Culture Studies
    Country
    Nederland
    Telephone
    +31 10 4082463

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Visiting address

Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam