Ulrich Wilke

<p><strong>Ulrich Wilke</strong> is a Research &amp; Development Coordinator at Reutlingen University, Germany, where he supports research activities within the Faculty of Informatics. From 2019 to 2025, he completed his PhD at the Chair of Innovation Economics at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. His research examines sustainable innovations, collaborative knowledge creation, and the roles of geographical, cognitive, institutional, organizational, and social proximity in innovation processes. Wilke has co‑authored peer‑reviewed articles on sustainability‑oriented innovation networks and proximity in knowledge exchange, published in journals such as Sustainability Science and the Journal of Economic Surveys.</p>