Erik S. Reinert is professor of Technology Governance and Development Strategies at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and Senior Research Fellow at NORISS, Norwegian Institute of Strategic Studies, in Oslo. He is Founder and Chairman of the Other Canon Foundation.

His research interests and publications focus around the theory of uneven development, the history of economic thought and policy, and the role of the state in the process of economic development.
As a consultant, his emphasis is on industrial and economic policy, the preconditions and management of innovations, and the relations between financial and production capital.

Professor Reinert, who lectures in five languages, has given seminars and lectures worldwide, and has been visiting professor at ESAN University, Lima, Peru, Universidade Federal do Rio De Janeiro and, at the Asia-Europe Institute of the University of Malaya, Kula Lumpur.