Rudi Bekkers

University Professor in Standards and Intellectual Property

I consider teaching a crucial but also rewarding part of my job. On this page, you find information on my main teaching efforts.

I am involved in teaching in both our bachelor’s and our master’s programs:

I am involved in the following courses at TU/e: 
– 0EM160 – Innovation and Intellectual Property
– 0ZK00 – Intellectual property rights for new ventures 
– 0HM220 – The network society 
– 0SV30 – Economics of innovation: introduction

I regularly deliver guest lectures at Delft University of Technology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Utrecht University, and Maastricht University., as well as serving in PhD schools such as the Eurotech doctoral course Economics of Innovation and Technological Change (EITC).

I am the initiator and the overall coordinator of the special learning line for any TU/e bachelor student. It is a three-course program (15 ECTS): 
– 0SEUB0 Explorative course 
– 0SSUC0 Specialized course 
– 0SAUC0 projects 

Our experiences in this unique series of classes with a wide range of students are shared in an academic article available here