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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. Dr. Katharina Erhardt
    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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  • Project

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

    Analyzing the link between foreign investment and environmental costs, focusing on firms – domestic and foreign multinational enterprises operating in…

  • Project

    Production facility

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    Industrial Policy Lab

    The project is dedicated to evidence-based and policy-relevant analysis of industrial policy measures, with the goal of providing well-founded…

  • Project

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

    The aim of ESSPIN is to examine the impact of global megatrends on social, economic and spatial inequalities in the EU.

  • News

    27.01.2026

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    Trade agreement EU–India could increase bilateral trade by up to 65 percent

    The European Union and India have agreed on a long-awaited free trade agreement that will link two economic giants accounting for 21.1 percent of…

  • News

    26.01.2026

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    AI is transforming job profiles – not employment

    A new empirical study by the Kiel Institute shows: Artificial intelligence does not destroy jobs, it changes them. Firms with intensive AI use hire…

  • News

    19.01.2026

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    America's own goal: Americans pay almost entirely for Trump’s tariffs

    Contrary to US government rhetoric, the cost of US import tariffs are not borne by foreign exporters. Instead, they hit the American economy itself.…

  • 18 – 19 Dec

    2025

    Workshop

    Aarhus — Kiel Workshop 2025

  • 22 – 24 May

    2025

    Verein für Socialpolitik

    Annual Meeting 2025 - Standing Field Committee in International Economics

    Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft

  • 14 May

    2025

    World Trade Dialogue Hamburg

    Trade in Transition: The Shifting Sands of Globalization and Fragmentation

    Hapag Lloyd

  • 24 – 25 Feb

    2025

    Workshop

    Workshop on Economic Security and the Future of the Global Trading System

    Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft

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
  • Prof. Dr. Katharina Erhardt
    Research Director
  • 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
  • Benno Schöl
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Dr. Finn Ole Semrau
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Vasundhara Thakur
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Dr. Joschka Wanner
    Kiel Institute Researcher
  • Prof. Gerald Willmann, Ph.D.
    Kiel Institute Researcher

Fellow

  • Dr. Sonali Chowdhry
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Prof. Ingo Geishecker, Ph.D.
    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
  • Prof. Dr. Christina Raasch
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Sarah Schroeder
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Prof. Dr. Alina Sorgner
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Vincent Stamer
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Xinming Xia
    Kiel Institute Fellow
  • Eileen Bian
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow
  • Anna Jacobs
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow
  • Abbas Musa
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow
  • Aileen Schäfer
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow
  • Peio Villanueva
    Kiel Institute Junior Fellow

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