Susanna Thede is a resident Associate Professor at Institute for European Studies. Her research interests are International Economics, Institutional Economics and Political Economy. Dr Thede has previously worked at Lund University, Paris School of Economics and University College Dublin (often in externally funded projects) and is currently involved in collaborative projects with colleagues at RWTH Aachen University and Örebro University. She is acting as referee for many international academic outlets including International Economics, Open Economies Review, Review of Development Economics, Review of International Economics, Southern Economic Journal and World Economy. She is a research affiliate at Örebro University School of Business and a member of the Forum for Research of International Trade and the European Economic Association.