CURRICULUM VITAE (JULY 2013) SUSANNA THEDE
CONTACT DETAILS: The Strand 135
Institute for European Studies
1026 Gzira
University of Malta
Phone: +356 99947409 (MOBILE)
Msida MSD 2080 Malta Phone: +356 23402625 E-mail:
[email protected]
PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH: Helsingborg, Sweden, 10/11-1971.
EDUCATION: 2003
PhD in Economics, Lund University.
2000
Licentiate Degree in Economics, Lund University.
LANGUAGES Fluent in Swedish and English.
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION: 2013 - . . .
Senior lecturer and researcher, Institute for European Studies, University of Malta. Researcher, Department of Economics, Lund University.
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENTS: 2007 - 2012
Researcher and assistant professor (part-time parental leave September 2011- December 2012), Department of Economics, Lund University.
2006
Invited guest researcher, Paris School of Economics (PSE).
2005
Invited guest researcher, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (UCD) & postdoctoral fellow, PSE.
2004
Lecturer, School of Economics, UCD & postdoctoral fellow, PSE.
2003
Lecturer, School of Economics, UCD & research fellow, Department of Economics, Lund University.
2001 - 2002
Employed PhD student and research fellow, Department of Economics, Lund University & research fellow, School of Economics, UCD.
1999 - 2000
Employed PhD student & research fellow, Department of Economics, Lund University.
PARTICIPATION IN EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS 2011-
Project leader for the research project Corruption Effects on Foreign Direct Investment, funded by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation.
2011
Participant in the research project Taxes, Risk and Growth (project leaders Associate Professor Erik Norrman and Associate Professor Åsa Hansson) funded by Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.
2010-
Participant in the research project Globalisation, Market Structure and Tax Competition (project leader Associate Professor Joakim Gullstrand), funded by the Handelsbanken Research Foundation.
2009-2011
Project leader for the research project The Role of Social Insurance for the Outsourcing of Production, funded by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
2007 - 2008
Project leader for SIEPS funded project Trade and Corruption: Integrating Countries with Heterogeneous Institutional Quality.
2004 - 2005
Post doctoral fellow in the CEPR Research training network, Trade, Industrialisation and Development (project leader Professor Thierry Verdier), Paris School of Economics.
2001 - 2002
Pre doctoral fellow in CEPR Research Training Network, The Economic Geography of Europe: Measurement, Testing and Policy Simulations (project leader Professor Peter Neary), University College Dublin.
1999 - 2002
Pre doctoral fellow in project financed by the Tore Browaldh and Jan Wallander Foundation, Imperfect Competition, Industry Location and Endogenous Policies (project leader Professor Rikard Forslid), Department of Economics, Lund University.
PUBLICATIONS AND WORKING PAPERS: Determinants of the Firm’s Foreign Internalisation Decision in B.J. Christensen and C. Kowalczyk (eds.), Globalization: Strategies and Effects, Springer (forthcoming). Markups and Export-Pricing Strategies (joint with Karin Olofsdotter and Joakim Gullstrand), Review of World Economics (forthcoming). A Simple Model of Job Task Offshoring and Social Insurance, Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Lund University, No 2012/16.
The Multifaceted Impact of Corruption on International Trade (joint with Nils-Åke Gustafson), 2012, World Economy, 35(5), May 2012, 651-666. Exploring Determinants of the Firm Boundary for Swedish Multinationals (joint with Markus Lindvert, Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies), Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Lund University, No 02/09. Trade and Agglomeration: The Strategic Use of Protection Revisited. Department of Economics Working Paper Series, Lund University, No 07/07. Trade Policy Formation when Geography Matters for Specialisation, European Trade Study Group, 2005, in UCD Center for Economic Research Working Paper Series, No 05/19. Determinants of Bilateral Trade Protection, World Economy, 28(3), March 2005, 313-328. Essays on Endogenous Trade Policies, Lund Economic Studies, 108, April 2003. (Doctoral thesis.) BRIEFS AND SHORT COMMENTARIES What’s the Use of a Transatlantic Free Trade Area? Jean Monnet Policy Brief 05/2013. Institute for Economic Studies, University of Malta. What Can We Learn from Trade-theoretic Research on Offshoring and Social Insurance? Economic Papers, 31(4), December 2012, 523-524. OTHER RECENT WORK Offshoring Occupations according to Skill: A Comparative Study of Adjustment Effects in European Labor Markets (joint with Nils-Åke Gustafson). Mimeo.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND RECENT SEMINARS: November 2012
School of Business and Economics, RWTH Aachen University.
September 2012
The New Institutional Economics and Divergence in the Developing World, Lund.
May 2012
SNEE conference, Mölle.
November 2011
Globalisation: Strategies and Effects, Koldingfjord.
October 2011
Workshop on Endogenous Institutional Change, Lund.
October 2011
Seminar, the Economics Department, Örebro University.
September 2011
European Trade Study Group, Copenhagen.
June 2011
Seminar, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
June 2011
Seminar, Department of Economics, Lund University.
March 2010
Royal Economic Society, Guilford.
September 2009
European Trade Study Group, Rome.
August 2008
European Economic Association, Milan.
June 2008
International Economic Association, Istanbul.
April 2008
International Atlantic Economic Society, Warsaw.
September 2005
European Trade Study Group, Dublin.
April 2004
Irish Economic Association, Belfast.
June 2003
ZEW workshop in ‘Innovation, Location and European
Integration’, Mannheim. May 2002
Nordic International Trade Study Group, Stockholm.
April 2001
The Royal Economic Society, Durham.
September 2000
The European Economic Association, Bolzano.
TEACHING: 2013
EU cohesion policy implementation and management (second year, course coordinator), EU trade policy (third year, course coordinator). Institute for European Studies, University of Malta.
2010-2012
International Economics, introductory level (distance learning, course coordinator). Department of Economics, Lund University.
2009
International Economics, introductory level (distance learning, course coordinator), Development Economics, intermediate level and masters/graduate level (in English, course coordinator at masters/graduate level). Department of Economics, Lund University.
2008
International Economics, introductory level (campus, distance learning, course coordinator of distance learning course), Development Economics, intermediate and masters/graduate level (in English), Seminar leader in Microeconomics, introductory level. Department of Economics, Lund University.
2007
International Economics, introductory level (campus), Development Economics, masters/graduate level. Department of Economics, Lund University.
2003 - 2004
Microeconomics, introductory and intermediate level, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
1999 - 2002
International Economics, introductory level (distance learning, course coordinator). Department of Economics, Lund University.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES 2013 -
BA coordinator, Member of the Ethics Committee, Institute for European Studies, University of Malta.
2002 - 2003
Equal opportunities representative, Department of Economics, Lund University.
1999 - 2000
PhD student representative, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Lund University.
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES 2012
Advanced Course in Educational Development (2p)
2008
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2p).
The Good Lecture (2p) THESIS SUPERVISION 2012
Bachelors level: Elina Svensson, Emilia Palm, Hanas Mohammed.
2011
Masters level: Olena Kashyna.
2010
Bachelors level: Peter Edoff, Kina Lundqvist, Hannes Stiernstedt and Emma Vestesson. Masters level; Eliza Massi, Julia Wiklander.
2009
Masters level: Roland Awara, Natcha Tulyasuwan. Bachelors level: Gustav Personne.
2008
Masters level: Jana Pärletun, Huan-Chun Tung.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS: 2012
Krapperup Foundation
2010
Partnership Foundation, School of Economics and Management, Lund University.
2009
School of Economics and Management, Lund University.
2008
School of Economics and Management, Lund University.
2007
Scanian Chamber of Commerce.
2004 - 2005
Centre for Economic Performance.
1999 - 2002
Tore Browaldh and Jan Wallander Foundation.
2001
Marie Curie Fellow, University College Dublin.
2001
Scanian Chamber of Commerce.
2001
Royal Economic Society.
2000
European Economic Association.
1999
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
1999
Lars Hierta Memory Foundation.
1999
Royal Swedish Academy of Science.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Anonymous Referee for a National Research Council. Academic Advisor at the Trade Policy Training Center in Africa, trapca (working with capacity building and quality accreditation in executive education for policy makers), 2008-2012. Member of European Economic Association. Project coordinator for cooperative agreement with the Swedish Institute for Growth Analysis. Project participant in cooperative agreement with Research Institute of Industrial Economics. Referee for Review of Development Economics, World Economy.