Samson Afewerki has a background in Economics and Finance, and has a PhD in Economic Geography from NTNU. Over the past seven years, both as a PhD candidate and Postdoc at NTNU and SINTEF Ocean respectively, he has been involved in research projects that study, among other things, conditions for the development of sustainable (ocean-based) industries, namely offshore wind and aquaculture. His research has particularly focused on innovations and innovation processes and policies aimed at the development of sustainable ocean-based technologies, value chains and the effect of this on green transition as well as just and sustainable industrial and regional development processes.
Samson's overall research interest includes topics such as: Industrial and regional development; Green (and blue) growth; Sustainability transitions; Innovation, Innovation systems, Innovation Policy; Global production and innovation networks and value chains...etc.
