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Research Center

Trade

The Research Center "Trade" deals with the classic drivers of globalization, above all international trade, but also with international investment, innovation and technological change. In particular, it examines the dynamics of global supply chains, the effects of trade policy and its links with geo-economic issues as well as the causes and effects of innovation and technological change in industrialized and emerging countries.

Directors

  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Dohse
    Research Director
  • Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D.
    Research Director
  • Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz
    Research Director

Publications

Publication highlights and recent academic publications in citable form:

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  • Global Producers in China: Empirical Evidence on FDI, Product-Mix and Emissions

  • ESSPIN - Economic, Social and Spatial Inequalities in Europe in the Era of Global Mega-trends

  • Rethinking Global Supply Chains: Measurement, Impact and Policy (RETHINK-GSC)

  • Statement

    28.07.2025

    EU-US tariff deal jeopardizes rules-based global trade

  • News

    25.07.2025

    EU Treffen mit von der Leyen

    EU should lead a strategic coalition to counter US trade threats

  • News

    10.07.2025

    ethernet cable on network switches background

    Trade talks EU – US: Trade in services should be taken into account

Team

  • Diana Beltekian, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Frank Bickenbach
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Dr. Eckhardt Bode
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Carsten Brockhaus
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Dr. Dirk Dohse
    Research Director
  • Sophia Fehrenbacher
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Victor Gimenez-Perales, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Olivier Godart, Ph.D.
    Director Advanced Studies Program (ASP)
  • Dr. Robert Gold
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D.
    Research Director
  • Prof. Aoife Hanley, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Lars Hecker
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz
    Research Director
  • Levke Jessen-Thiesen
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Judy Kaaria
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Dr. Rolf J. Langhammer
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Dr. Wan-Hsin Liu
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Aaron Lohmann
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Dr. Hendrik Mahlkow
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Sandkamp
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Dr. Finn Ole Semrau
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Dr. Alina Sorgner
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Vasundhara Thakur
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Dr. Joschka Wanner
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Gerald Willmann, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Researcher

Fellows

  • Dr. Sonali Chowdhry
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Rajeev Goel, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Prof. Dr. Inga Heiland
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Katrin Kamin
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Prof. Michael Koch, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Federico Merchan
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Saskia Meuchelböck
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Alina Mulyukova
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Prof. Dr. Ingrid Ott
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Joao Pereira dos Santos, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Prof. Dr. Christina Raasch
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Dr. Sarah Schroeder
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Xinming Xia
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Eileen Bian
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow
  • Anna Jacobs
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Abbas Musa
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow
  • Peio Villanueva
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow

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