Michael Blomfield

Michael Blomfield is an assistant professor of Strategic Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Prior to coming to UMass, Blomfield worked for the British Government managing health workforce policy development projects and received his PhD from London Business School. Blomfield’s research interests are in the economics and management of science and innovation, focusing on how incentives shape the direction and productivity of scientific research. A central theme in his research is how external levers, such as funding policies, reputational reward systems, and intellectual property regimes, steer (or fail to steer) scientific research, knowledge diffusion, and mobility between academia and industry. His research has been presented at a variety venues, including at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, at the National Bureau of Economic Research on multiple occasions, and at a wide range of other conferences in the strategy and innovation fields.