Johannes M. Bauer is a professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University. He has co-authored and co-edited six books and more than fifty articles on information and communication policy. His work is published in Information Economics and Policy, Telecommunications Policy, Telematics and Informatics, the Journal of Economic Issues, and Land Economics.  Current research projects are funded by the National Science Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

Prior professional positions include:

• Executive Director, Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law
• Director, Institute of Public Utilities and Network Industries at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
• Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Assistant Professor, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria

Research interests include:

• Information and communications policy
• Economics of information and communications industries
• Design of efficient regulatory regimes
• Comparative and international telecommunications
• Wireless communications and mobile Internet
• Governance of the Internet and the Knowledge Economy

Credentials:

• Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
• B.A. in Precision Engineering, Federal Technical College, Mödling, Austria