An Economic History of British Steam Engines, 1774-1870: A Study on Technological Diffusion

Haris Kitsikopoulos is the creator and academic director of a program of advanced summer seminars (Unbound Prometheus) and a former Clinical Professor at the Economics Department of New York University, USA. His work focuses on British economic history, from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, with particular emphasis on how institutions affect technological innovation and long-term economic growth. He has edited a collection of essays on the European economies of the late Middle Ages (Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500) and authored a book on the first generation of British steam engines (Innovation and Technological Diffusion: An Economic History of Early Steam Engines). He is also the author of several articles some of which appeared in leading journals in the field of economic history (e.g., Journal of Economic History, Economic History Review, and Agricultural History Review). Dr. Kitsikopoulos has been invited as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Tokyo and has held research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (twice) and the Smithsonian. He is also the recipient of the Henry Allen Moe Prize, awarded for the best article published in the journal of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest academic institution in the US.

Haris Kitsikopoulos 是一個高級夏季研討會計畫（Unbound Prometheus）的創辦人及學術主任，並曾擔任美國紐約大學經濟系的臨床教授。他的研究專注於英國經濟史，涵蓋中世紀至工業革命，特別強調制度如何影響技術創新和長期經濟增長。他編輯了一本關於晚期中世紀歐洲經濟的論文集（Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500），並撰寫了一本關於第一代英國蒸汽機的書籍（Innovation and Technological Diffusion: An Economic History of Early Steam Engines）。他還發表了多篇文章，其中一些刊登於經濟史領域的主要期刊（例如，Journal of Economic History、Economic History Review 和 Agricultural History Review）。Kitsikopoulos 博士曾受邀擔任東京大學的訪問學者，並獲得國家人文基金會（兩次）和史密森學會的研究獎學金。他也是亨利·艾倫·莫獎的得主，該獎項頒發給美國哲學學會期刊中發表的最佳文章，該學會是美國最古老的學術機構。