Service

2024-present

Referent teacher (enseignant référent) for first-year Licence students, Université Côte d’Azur.

2023-present

Co-head, with P. Harting, of the research team BUDYMAC (Business Dynamism and Macroeconomic Challenges), GREDEG.

2020-present

In charge of the “minors” teaching programme, Graduate School of Research EUR ELMI (Economics, Law and Management of Innovation), Université Côte d’Azur.

2019-2023

Co-head, with O. Bruno then F. Bellone, of the GREDEG structuring project “Heterogeneity, Competitiveness and Growth”.

Manager of the GREDEG secure access to confidential data (CASD) and of the laboratory’s firm-level and patent databases.

Economic Inquiry, Economie et Statistique, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Energy Policy, European Economic Review, Industry and Innovation, Industrial and Corporate Change, International Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Long Range Planning, Papers in Regional Science, Regional Studies, Research Policy, Review of Income and Wealth, Review of World Economics, Revue d’Economie Industrielle, Southern Economic Journal, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Technovation, The World Economy.

2017

Co-organiser of the Conference in Honour of Jean-Luc Gaffard, University Nice Sophia-Antipolis, June 2017 (60 participants).

2014

Co-organiser of the Workshop on Industry and Productivity, SciencesPo Paris. April 2014 (15 participants).

2013

Co-organiser of the EMAEE conference 2013 (120 participants) : 10-12 june 2013.

2010

Co-organiser of DIME international workshop TEMAFIC. Sophia-Antpolis. December 2010 (30 participants)

2006

Co-organiser of the International Schumpeter Society Conference, Sophia-Antipolis, 2006 (360 participants), 21-24 june 2006.

2005

Co-organiser of the workshop on Productivity, OFCE GREDEG, December 2005, 30 participants.

2003-04

In charge of the SPRU seminar series, 2003-2004.

List of contracts

2020-21

Energy Transition, Digital Transformation, Imperfections and internationalization of markets TETRIIS (UCA)

2019-21

Innovation et recherche publique (MESRI, OFCE).

2015-17

European Research contract ISIGrowth.

2018

Coordinator of the contract “Structural Reforms in France” with DG GROW, European Commission (130 k€).

2016-17

Contract with Fédération Nationale des Travaux Public.

2015

Research contract with France Stratégie on the evaluation of the CICE.

2014-15

Research contract with the Communauté d’Agglomération de Sophia-Antipolis, CASA, local technopole authorities.

2004-05

DG Entreprise, European Commission: Researcher in the co-operative project “Benchmarking of Public Biotechnology Policy.”

2004

Sector Skills Development Agency “Skills underlying innovation: A sectoral and International comparison”.

2002-03

DG research, European Commission: Researcher in the co-operative project “The Value of European Patents: Empirical Models and Policy Implications based on a Survey of European Inventors.”

2002-03

DG research, European Commission: Researcher in the co-operative project “European TrendChart on Innovation”.

2003

DG research, European Commission: Researcher in the co-operative project "Efficiency of Biotechnology Programmes in EU Countries". SPRU. In collaboration with three European partners (ISI-Germany, TNO The Netherlands, INRA-France).

2003

OECD “PRO Patenting in European Countries: Is Public Research Changing.”

2002-03

French Ministry of National Education “The Scientific and Technical Profiles of Regions”

2001-02

DG research, European Commission: Researcher in the co-operative project "Efficiency of Biotechnology Programmes in EU Countries". INRA-SERD. In collaboration with three European partners (ISI-Germany, TNO The Netherlands, SPRU-England).

1997-98

DG research, European Commission: Researcher in the co-operative project. "Inventory of European Countries' Biotechnology Programmes". In collaboration with three European partners (ISI-Germany, TNO The Netherlands, SPRU-England).

Contract research output

87. 87.Sarah Guillou, Basheer Kalash, Lionel Nesta, Michele Pezzoni, Evens Salies and Marc-Antoine Faure (2022). Impact de la nature du financement de la recherche sur ses résultats : Rapport pour le Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Innovation. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation. link
88. 88.OFCE (2018). Structural Reforms in France, 2013-2017. Report for DG GROW, European Commission. 225 pages. Coordinated by L. Nesta.
89. 89.“Evolution du Technopole de Sophia-Antipolis”, CASA contract, Forthcoming November 2015.
90. 90.L. Nesta, G. Crespi and P. Patel (2006). Sectoral Knowledge Production Function in OECD Countries. Research report.
91. 91.L. Nesta, P. d'Este and P. Patel (2005). Analysis of University Industry Collaboration Relationships in the UK: Preliminary Results of a Survey of University Researchers. Research report.
92. 92.L. Nesta, N. Jagger, V. Gerova and P. Patel (2004). SSDA Innovations Indicators: Interim Report. Research report.
93. 93.“The UK Survey on Patent Value (PatVal), Methodological Report” DG research, European Commission: Research in the co-operative project PatVal. Avril 2004.
94. 94.T. Reiss, S. Hinze, I. Dominguez-Lacasa, Vincent Mangematin, C. Enzig, A. Vander-Giessen, S. Kern, J. Senker, J. Calvert, Lionel Nesta and P. Patel (2003). Efficiency of innovation policies in high technology sectors in Europe (EPOHITE) : final report. European Commission. link
95. 95.L. Nesta, Parimal Patel and Anthony Arundel (2003). The Sectoral Innovation Scoreboard. Research report.
96. 96.L. Nesta and Parimal Patel (2003). Background Paper on Methods for Cluster Analysis. Research report.
97. 97.L. Nesta, V. Mangematin, N. Massard, C. Autant-Bernard, M. Carrere, R. Coronini and S. Riou (2003). The Analysis of the Scientific and Technical Profiles of Regions. Research report.
98. 98.“PRO Patenting in European Countries: Is Public Research Changing?” OECD Consulting. March 2003.
99. 99.“Effectiveness of European Countries' Biotechnology Programmes: Spanish Report”. DG research, European Commission: Research in the co-operative project EPOHITE 2002.
100. 100.“Effectiveness of European Countries' Biotechnology Programmes: Italian Report”. DG research, European Commission: Research in the co-operative project EPOHITE 2002.
101. 101.“Effectiveness of European Countries' Biotechnology Programmes: Working Paper on Actor Performance Indicators for Multinational Enterprises”. DG research, European Commission: Research in the co-operative project EPOHITE 2001.
102. 102.L. Nesta, C. Enzing and others (1999). Inventory of European Countries’ Biotechnology Programmes: Analytical report. Research report.
103. 103.L. Nesta and P.-B. Joly (1998). Inventory of European Countries’ Biotechnology Programmes: The Case of France. Research report.