prof.dr. (Peter) P Knorringa

Biography

Peter Knorringa is a Professor of Private Sector & Development at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His Chair focuses on the diverse roles and impacts of business on development. He does not perceive private firms as either the ‘enemy’ or the ‘heroic deliverer’ of development. Instead, he aims to advance a more empirical and nuanced debate on where and when entrepreneurs and firms are more likely to contribute to achieving more inclusive and sustainable development.

Since 2013, Professor Knorringa is the academic director of the Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA), a multi-disciplinary research centre that is part of the strategic alliance between Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

His present research explores the developmental impacts of frugal innovations, and builds on his previous research on clustered small and medium scale enterprises, the role of trust, networks and social capital in value chain analysis, and the role of sustainability standards.  

Most of his research experience is in India and Vietnam, and he has also worked in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Russia.

 

 

International Institute of Social Studies

Full professor | Academic staff unit
Email
knorringa@iss.nl
Room
I3-04
Location
Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage

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General Information

Year
2023
Course Code
ISSGENERAL-23-24

4152 Development Policies and Practice

Year
2023
Course Code
ISS-4152-23-24

Major GDP

Year
2023
Course Code
ISS-GDP-23-24

Global Poverty, Local Solutions

Year
2023
Course Code
ISS-MI-8102

5401 Research Paper

Year
2023
Course Code
ISS-5401-23-24

3105 Research Paper Preparation

Year
2023
Course Code
ISS-3105-23-24

Board of Examiners

Year
2023
Course Code
ISS-BOE-23-24

Major GDP

Year
2023
Course Code
ISS-GDP-22-23

Frugal Innovation in Practice

Year
2023
Course Code
MINLDE-073

Frugal Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Year
2023
Course Code
MINLDE-032

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News regarding prof.dr. (Peter) P Knorringa

'Frugal Innovation in Africa: An Academic and Policy Agenda'

Online lecture by Professor Peter Knorringa explaining frugal innovations as simple, affordable, robust innovations developed for/under conditions of scarcity

How do you make products and services accessible to millions of people with a minimum income?

Prof.dr. Peter Knorringa conducts research into the potential of frugal innovations.

ISS and EU discuss frugal innovation

Peter Knorringa and Saradindu Bhaduri meet EU
Peter_Knorringa_and_Saradindu_Bhaduri_visit_European_Commission_12_Feb_2020

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