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.