CITP - Key Persons
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- Researcher
- Knowledge Exchange Assistant
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- Economist
- Emeritus Professor of Economics
Alasdair Smith is an international trade economist, with special interests in the economics of European trade and integration. He has written widely cited papers on the economics of the single market and on the Eastern enlargement of the EU; as well as more widely on trade and income distribution, competition policy, intertemporal economics, the economics of pensions, and the principles of microeconomics policy. With Tony Venables and Michael Gasiorek, he developed a set of computable modelling techniques which they applied in the 1980s to the economics of the single market and more recently to the modelling of Brexit issues. He has had direct practical experience in higher education policy, public sector pay, pension, competition policy, fiscal devolution, and payment systems. As well as academic books and papers, he has extensive experience in writing on economic policy issues for wider audiences and of undertaking economic consultancy work for public bodies. He is a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP).
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- Researcher
- Assistant Professor of Economics
Alejandro Graziano is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and an Assistant Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, his Master in Economics from Universidad de San Andres (Argentina), and his Economics Bachelor's degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires. He previously worked at the Inter-American Development Bank as a Research Fellow.Alejandro's main research interests are international trade, trade policy, and competition. He has worked on a variety of topics such as the impact of trade facilitation policies on exports, the role of trade policy uncertainty for trade integration, and the relationship between the structure of markets and the gains from trade. For more information, please visit: sites.google.com/view/alejandrograziano.
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- Vice Chair of the Advisory Board
- Chairman in International Law and Global Governance / University of Edinburgh
- Expert in Public International Law
Andrew Lang is an expert in Public International Law, with a specialty in International Economic Law and the Law of the World Trade Organization. Prior to joining Edinburgh Law School, he was Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has a combined BA/LLB from the University of Sydney, where he was a double University Medallist, and his PhD is from the University of Cambridge. From 2004-6, Professor Lang was a Junior Research Fellow at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, before moving to that LSE from 2006 until 2017. He has ongoing specific research projects in the fields of emissions governance, regulatory recognition and equivalence, regulatory cooperation and the governance of trade in financial services. He is working on a book-length project concerning the relationship between global regulatory governance and the elaboration of regulatory states from the 1980s to the current day.
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- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Law of Digitisation and Trade
Atilla is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Law of Digitisation and Trade at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy. His research aims to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and the law, focusing on the intersections of digital trade, data privacy, international regulation of new technologies, artificial intelligence and robotics, and legal liability theories for emerging technologies. He holds an SJD from Wake Forest University (USA), an LLM with distinction from Queen Mary University of London (UK), and an LLB from Istanbul University (Turkey). He is a registered member of the Istanbul Bar Association.
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- Chairman of the Advisory Board
- Professor of Economics - University of Oxford, and Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development / University of Oxford
Beata is on leave from the University of Oxford, where she holds a Statutory Professorship in Economics. She is a Fellow of All Souls College in Oxford and a Director of the International Trade Programme at the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London. Before taking up her position at Oxford University, she worked at the World Bank in Washington DC. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale and a B.A. in Economics (Summa cum Laude) from the University of Rochester.Professor Javorcik specializes in international trade, her research has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics and Journal of Development Economics.
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- Chief Economist / Department for Business
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- Researcher
- Professor, Global Economics / European University Institute
Bernard Hoekman is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Professor and Director, Global Economics, at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. He has held management positions in the World Bank working on international trade issues and served as an economist in the GATT Secretariat. A CEPR Research Fellow and ERF Senior Associate, he is a graduate of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on trade policy and development, trade in services, public procurement, regulatory cooperation, global governance and the WTO.
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- Researcher
- Knowledge Exchange Assistant
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- Professor of Political Economy / University of Nottingham
Cecilia Testa earned a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Masters Degree from Delta (Paris) and a Laurea in Economics from Bocconi University (Milan). In 2014 she joined the University of Nottingham, where she holds a Chair of Political Economy and is the director of the Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP). Cecilia's research interests lie in the area of political economy, with a focus on distributive politics, special interest politics, and globalization. Her interdisciplinary work has been published in Economics and Political Science journals like the British Journal of Political Science, the European Economic Review, the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Journal of International Economics and the Journal of Politics.
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- Centre and Communications Manager
- Member of the Leadership Team
BioCharlotte Humma is the Centre and Communications Manager and a member of the Leadership Team at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP). She works closely with the Directors to ensure the effective management of the Centre. Her role involves coordinating the Centre's programme of research and outreach activities, leading on communications, impact generation and engagement, Managing Editor of publications, reporting and managing the professional services team. Charlotte has worked at the nexus of research, policy and communications for over 15 years. She previously held the role of Research Communications Manager at the University of Sussex Business School, including Business Manager for the UK Trade Policy Observatory and Project and Policy Engagement Lead for the ESRC IAA funded Policy@Sussex initiative. Prior to working at the University of Sussex, she worked for several NGOs, often based in various countries in Africa. Charlotte holds a degree in French and English Literature and a Masters in Social Sciences.
Daniela is a PhD Candidate at Queen's University Belfast. Her research focuses on the role and involvement of subnational entities in international trade. Alongside her studies, Daniela is also a teaching assistant on the Contract Law module. She holds both an LLM in International Business Law and an LLB in Law from Queen's University Belfast.
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- Professor
- Vice Dean and Powers Term Professor in International Business / Georgetown University
Professor Dennis Quinn specializes in international business, political economy, and public policy. His current research focuses on democratization and economic liberalization in emerging markets, the origins and consequences of international financial liberalization, the impact of trade on U.S. elections, globalization, and international political economy. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in business, international affairs, and public policy. Prof. Quinn is the co-director of the Master's in International Business and Policy, and a joint degree between Georgetown's McDonough School of Business and Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP.
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- Researcher
- Senior Lecturer
- Deputy
Dr Billy Melo Araujo is a deputy theme lead of 'People, Firms, Places' and a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast. His research focuses on international trade law and EU external trade relations. He has published on issues such as trade in services, trade and sustainable development and the democratic legitimacy of trade agreements. He has advised, on a consultancy basis, the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy on trade law-related matters and provided training to the governments of Northern, Ireland, Scotland and Wales on international trade law. He has also given evidence to the International Trade Committee of the House of Commons as well as the Finance and Constitution Committee of the Scottish parliament.
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- Leadership Team Member
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Senior Lecturer in Law / Cardiff University
Dr Ludivine Petetin is a member of the Leadership Team at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a Senior Lecturer in Law at the School of Law and Politics of Cardiff University. Her expertise lies in agri-environmental-food issues and international trade as well as the challenges that Brexit and COVID-19 pose to these areas. She regularly engages with governments, legislatures and stakeholders across the UK on these matters.
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- Researcher
- Research Fellow
Eirini is a Researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a Research Fellow in Economics at the University of Sussex Business School. She has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Economics at City University of London, as a PhD Researcher at the Research Centre of Athens University of Economics and Business, and as an Economist at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. She has also taught at Athens University of Economics and Business and the University of Piraeus. She holds a PhD in Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Professor of Environmental Law
- Research Theme Lead for 'Negotiating a Turbulent World'
Emily Lydgate is a member of the Leadership Team at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a specialist in international trade law and Deputy Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory. Her research focuses on the intersection of environmental regulation and economic integration, and the interrelation between trade, agricultural and climate policies in the EU and UK. She is a Specialist Advisor to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (UK House of Commons) and has provided expert testimony for a number of UK Parliamentary Committees on the implications of the UK's exit from the EU. Emily is also an instructor for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's Advanced Diplomatic Academy. She holds a PhD from King's College London and an MSc from Oxford University. She was a Marie Curie Researcher at Bocconi University and has consulted at the United Nations Environment Programme's Economics and Trade Branch, where she acted as a World Trade Organization liaison. She is currently working on an EU Horizon 2020 grant project on how EU Free Trade Agreements and wider trade policy reflect the goal of securing sustainable agricultural practices and leading on a report for the UK Committee on Climate Change on trade policy and emissions reduction.
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- Lead for 'Negotiating a Turbulent World' and a Researcher
- Professor of Economics / University of Nottingham
Facundo Albornoz is a deputy theme lead for 'Negotiating a Turbulent World' and a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP). He holds a PhD in Economics from the EHESS Paris School of Economics. He joined the University of Nottingham in 2015, where he is currently a professor. Before coming to Nottingham, he held academic positions at the University of Birmingham and the Universidad de San Andrés in Argentina. He is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Argentine National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), the Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) and the Nottingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Economic and Political Research (NICEP). Facundo works in a variety of research areas such as international trade (firm export dynamics), education policy (behavioural interactions within the school system), cultural dynamics and international political economics (the effect of foreign interventions on conflict and democracy), with an underlying common interest in development economics. He has published in academic journals such as the Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Literature and Journal of the European Economic Association. His research has been funded by the ESRC and the British Academy, and he has undertaken advisory work for agencies such as the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and the Organisation of Ibero-American States.
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- Researcher
- Knowledge Exchange Assistant
- Researcher in the
Geoffroy Duparc-Portier is a researcher in the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, a researcher and Knowledge Exchange Assistant in the Fraser of Allander Institute, and a PhD student in Economics at the University of Strathclyde. He specialises in Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling. In his PhD, Geoff has adapted reference dependent consumption assumptions to a CGE model and he is currently working on theoretical monetary union models.
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- Researcher
- Professor of Economics / University of Nottingham
Giammario is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Professor at the School of Economics of the University of Nottingham. Before joining Nottingham, he was an Assistant Professor at Cambridge University and IMT Lucca, and a Max Weber post-doctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, Centre for Economic Policy, London School of Economics, CESifo Munich and Centro D'Agliano Milano. Giammario's fields of specialization include international trade, macroeconomics and economic growth. His research focuses on two major lines: the first studies the effects of globalization on growth and on labour market outcomes, such as unemployment and income inequality. The second line of research zeros in on the role of innovation policy in promoting growth and development.
Gioele is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a lecturer in economics. He has joined the Department of Economics at the University of Strathclyde in January 2019 having previously worked as a research associate for the Fraser of Allander Institute and the Centre for Energy Policy at the same institution. Gioele is interested in regional economics and economics of energy and climate change. He has focussed on issues related to the economic consequences of energy efficiency and their ramifications in different parts of the economy. Currently, he is also interested in water utilisation and policies. From a regional perspective, he focusses on regional and international trade of regions, on the impact of trade deals on regional economies, and the economic consequences of regional environmental policies.
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- Professor of Economics at the ESSEC Business School
- Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research
Giordano Mion is currently Professor of Economics at the ESSEC Business School, France. Before joining the ESSEC Business School in 2022, Giordano Mion was a Professor at the University of Sussex (2015-2022) and at the University of Surrey (2013-2015), Lecturer at the London School of Economics (2009-2013), as well as post-doctoral fellow at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium (2005-2008) from which he received a PhD in Economics in 2004. Past research awards include the Highly Cited Authors Award from the Journal of Urban Economics and the Mundell Prize from the Canadian Journal of Economics. He is currently a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Geography as well as of Regional Science and Urban Economics.
Giordano Mion is currently a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and The Productivity Institute (TPI). His research and teaching focus on international trade, urban economics and applied econometrics. He has been publishing in international peer-reviewed journals including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Economic Journal, the International Economic Review and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He has also conducted a number of studies and consultancies for the UK Trade and Investment agency, the UK Department for Transport, the UK Business and Investment agency and the European Central Bank.
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- Deputy Director
- Professor of Economics
Giovanni Facchini is Deputy Director of the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Professor of Economics at the University of Nottingham, having taught previously at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, University of Essex, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Milan and Stanford University. His research focuses on international trade and factor mobility. He has published in journals such as the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Economic Journal, Economic Policy, European Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Public Economics and the Review of Economics and Statistics, among others. Giovanni is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research Research (CEPR), of the CESIfo and IZA networks. Since 2013 he is the Director of the Nottingham Centre for Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP). He obtained a PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2001.
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- Researcher
- Professor of Economics and Dean of External Engagement College of Social Sciences
Graeme Roy is a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and is Dean of External Engagement in the College of Social Sciences and a Professor of Economics in the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. Prior to joining Glasgow, he was Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde. Graeme is also a former Senior Civil Servant in the Scottish Government, where he was Head of the First Minister's Policy Unit and a Senior Economic Adviser. Graeme is also an editor for the Economics Observatory and Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission, Scotland's independent fiscal and economic forecaster.
Ian became director in January 2017 after 11 years of being Assistant Director for both Wales and Southwest of England. He also sits on the Social Partnership Council with the First Minister for Wales and engages with key stakeholders in Wales including the Secretary of State for Wales. Ian Chairs the Wales Apprenticeship Advisory Board on behalf of Welsh Government and sits on the board of the Prince's Trust in Wales.
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- Researcher
- Professor of Economics / University of Strathclyde
Ian Wooton is a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Professor of Economics at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and currently serves as Vice-Dean (International) of Strathclyde Business School.He studied at the University of St Andrews and Columbia University, and previously held posts at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Glasgow, as well as visiting professorships and research fellowships at universities in Europe, Asia, and Australia.Ian is an international trade theorist, with a particular interest in trade policy and international factor movements. He has written on the welfare implications of preferential trade agreements and customs unions; the impact of international migration policies on workers; the interaction between trade and environmental policies; and the role of taxes in influencing the location of industrial activity. These interests are reflected in his teaching, where he offers classes in international trade theory, policy, and the institutions that both promote and regulate trade amongst nations.Ian has been a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research since 1994 and a Fellow of the CESifo Research Network, University of Munich since 2006. Together with Professor Joe Francois of Erasmus University, he established the European Trade Study Group, now the major annual international trade conference in the world. He is a former Associate Editor of the Journal of International Economics and has acted as a consultant to national and international agencies including the World Bank, the European Commission, and HM Treasury.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Reader in Economics
- Research Theme Lead for 'People, Firms and Places'
Ingo Borchert is a member of the Leadership Team at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP), Reader in Economics at the University of Sussex Business School and Deputy Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory. He served as an Economist at the World Bank, Washington DC, from 2008-2011. He co-created the global "Services Trade Policy Database", which is jointly published by the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, and the "International Trade and Production Database". He has published in leading academic journals on the effects of services trade restrictions on trade costs, investment, and access to services. His expertise also encompasses structural gravity modelling of trade and trade costs. He has been an invited speaker on services policies at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Trade Organization, APEC, and has advised the UK House of Lords on services trade. He holds a PhD in Economics and Finance from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Senior Research and Communications Administrator
BioIsabelle assists in ensuring an efficient and effective running of the Centre including its research activities, communications and events. She previously held the role of Research Administrator at the Research Hub in Durham University Business School where she supported research activities at Faculty level and 12 Research Centres. Isabelle holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint master's degree in Tourism Development and Culture (TourDC) from University of Glasgow, Lund University and University of Malta.
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- Researcher
- Knowledge Exchange Fellow
James is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute. He specialises in applied analysis of trade and climate change. His work includes the production of economic statistics to improve our understanding of the economy, economic modelling and analysis to enhance the use of these statistics for policymaking, and economic policy to understand how data can be used to drive decisions in Government. For trade, he is particularly interested in better understanding the relationship between exports and the resulting outcomes for different parts of society.
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- Researcher
- Research Associate ( Postdoctoral Researcher )
Joris is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge. He obtained a Bachelor's and Master's in Business Engineering from KU Leuven, and received a PhD in Economics from KU Leuven in 2023. During his graduate studies, Joris was a visitor in the Department of Economics at Harvard University.Joris is particularly interested in leveraging micro-economic datasets to improve our understanding of geographic market integration and to better understand the interplay of market integration with (international) macroeconomic policies.
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- Assistant Manager, Operations
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- Professor of Political Sociology / Queen 's University
- Senior Fellow of the "UK
Katy Hayward is also a Senior Fellow of the "UK in a Changing Europe" thinktank, where she leads a major ESRC-funded project on the topic of the future and status of Northern Ireland after Brexit. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (2020), an Eisenhower Fellow (2019) and a Fellow in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen's University.
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- Centre Director
- Co - Director
- Professor of Economics
L. Alan Winters is Co-Director of the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Professor of Economics and Founding Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex, a leading contributor to the debate on Brexit and post-Brexit trade policy. From 2008 to 2011 he was Chief Economist at the Department for International Development (DFID), and from 2004 to 2007 Director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank. He was editor of The World Trade Review (2009-2020). He has also recently completed terms as Chairman of the Board of the Global Development Network, Membership of the Council of the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and Chair of its Research Committee and Chief Executive Officer of the Migrating Out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium. He has advised, inter alia, various UK government departments, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, and the Inter-American Development Bank.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Professor of Practice and Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute
- Research Theme Lead for Data Management
Mairi Spowage is a member of the Leadership Team at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a Professor of Practice and Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute.Her areas of expertise include economic policy, economic statistics, national accounting, public sector finances, and economic and fiscal forecasting.Previously, Mairi was the Deputy Chief Executive of the Scottish Fiscal Commission and the Head of National Accounts at the Scottish Government, and has 15 years of experience working in different areas of statistics and analysis, including transport, household surveys and performance measurement.
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- Associate Professor of Economics
Marco is a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Torino. He holds a PhD in Development Economics at the University of Florence, and is currently a research affiliate at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, an Associate Research Fellow in Globalisation and Development at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, and a Programme Associate and Visiting Researcher with the Global Governance Programme at the European University Institute.Marco's main research interests are in the fields of development economics and trade. His work tries to understand the drivers of private sector development in low-income countries using firm- and individual-level data. On these topics, he regularly consults with national and international organisations, including UNICEF, UNIDO, UNU-Wider, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the IMF.
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- Professor of Economics of Innovation at SPRU
Maria Savona is is a deputy theme lead for 'Digitisation and Technical Change' and a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP). She is Professor of Applied Economics at the Department of Economics at LUISS University, Rome and Economics of Innovation at SPRU - the Science Policy Research Unit - at the University of Sussex. She was previously at the University of Cambridge, UK, Universities of Strasbourg and Lille 1, France.Her research focuses on the effects of technical change and innovation on employment and wage inequality; innovation and industrial policy; barriers to innovation; the structural change of the sectoral composition of economies, particularly the emergence of global value chains in services. More recently, she works on the governance of data and policies to redistribute data value.She has led and co-led several grants funded by the EC, ESRC, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Greater London Authority, IDRC. She has advised the IADB; ECLAC; UN ESCAP; OECD; NESTA; BEIS, DETI. She is an Editor for Research Policy, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Economia Politica, and a former member of the High Level Expert Group on the Impact of Digital Transformation on EU Labour Markets for the European Commission.She has been involved in keynote talks and expert panels by the EC, the UK Department of Industry and Trade, the UKRI, ECLAC, UNDESA, EY, EC JRC, NESTA, Microsoft and Aspen Institute, OECD and Wolskwagen Foundation, Bruegel, The German Marshall Fund of the US.She is part of the engagement and impact steering committee of The Productivity Institute. She is Vice-President of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society. She is co-leading the H2020 PILLARS (Pathways to Inclusive Labour Markets).
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- Director of the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the OECD
BioMarion Jansen previously held senior positions at the International Trade Centre (ITC), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). She holds a PhD in economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). She has lectured at the University of Geneva, the World Trade Institute, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the EU Business School (Barcelona). Ms. Jansen is member of the Board of the Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII) in Paris, the Advisory Board of the World Trade Institute (WTI) in Bern, and of the Advisory Board of the MSc IB at SKEMA Business School in Paris.
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- Researcher
- Research Fellow
Mattia Di Ubaldo is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a Research Fellow in Economics at the University of Sussex Business School and a fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory. His current research spans several areas: trade policy effects on trade, foreign direct investment, and non-trade policy objectives; deep trade agreements; Brexit and its impact on firms and workers. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex.
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- Researcher
- Professor of International Economics / University of Cambridge
Meredith A. Crowley is a researcher within the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Professor of International Economics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St. John's College. She is a Senior Fellow of the think tank UK in a Changing Europe (UKCE), a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR - London), and a Topic Lead at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).Her research, focused on international trade, multinational trade agreements, and trade policy, has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals including the American Economic Review and the Journal of International Economics.Prior to arriving at Cambridge in 2013, Professor Crowley worked in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She has taught at Georgetown University, the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and Nanjing University. Her research has been presented at central banks and international institutions around the world, including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation. She received her MPP from Harvard University and her PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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- Centre Director
- Co - Director
- Professor of Economics
Michael Gasiorek is Co-Director of the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex, Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory and Managing Director of a University spin-out company, InterAnalysis. Michael Gasiorek is a specialist in international trade policy and regional integration with a keen interest in the policy relevance of his work. He has extensive experience in modelling the impacts of changes in trade policy and recent research has focussed on how firms engage in international trade, the impact of Brexit on UK manufacturing, the impact of Brexit on firms in Northern Ireland, and the impact of Generalised Scheme of Preferences preferences on developing country trade. He has published widely in both books and journals, such as the European Economic Review, World Economy, Economic Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Common Market Studies, Applied Economics and the European Economy. He has been responsible for the delivery of numerous reports and training programs on trade-related issues inter-alia for the UK governments, the European Commission and the World Bank. InterAnalysis is a company which has developed a software tool, TradeSift, to enable more efficient analysis of trade data. The company offers support on trade policy and trade negotiations in particular for developing countries and delivered training programmes and advice to officials from over 70 countries around the world, much of which has been in-country based.
Min Zhu is a researcher at the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP) and a Research Fellow in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham. She earned her Ph.D. and Master's degrees in Economics from the University of Helsinki. Prior to her current roles, she worked at the Hanken School of Economics and the South China Normal University. In 2018, she was awarded a Marie-Curie Fellowship by the European Commission and worked as a Marie-Curie fellow at the University of Trento.
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- Researcher
- Senior Research Fellow in International Trade
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- Research Theme Lead for 'Digitisation and Technical Change'