Aoife Hanley

Aoife Hanley serves as Professor at Kiel University and senior researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, specializing in empirical analysis of international trade systems, global competitiveness, and policy design. Her research examines how firms in emerging economies navigate sustainability-profitability tensions within global supply chains and assesses China's industrial strategy impacts on the world economy.

Earning her PhD from the University of Edinburgh, she brings extensive teaching experience from UK and German institutions. Her academic journey informs evidence-based approaches to economic development challenges.

Professor Hanley's research program investigates international outsourcing effects on R&D, export-innovation linkages, and firm-level productivity dynamics. Current projects analyze African mobile money adoption patterns, female entrepreneurship barriers in developing economies, and environmental innovation drivers in European export sectors using firm-level datasets.

Recent publications reveal consistent focus on trade-development-climate intersections, particularly through African and Chinese economic contexts. Her work combines quantitative methods with policy relevance, identifying mobile money's role in bridging gender gaps, foreign divestment impacts on Chinese innovation, and export-driven environmental advancements in European firms.

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She actively supervises PhD candidates in data-driven trade policy research while translating findings into actionable recommendations for German ministries (BMF, BMWi, BMZ) and international bodies including the European Parliament. Current initiatives include organizing the "Africa’s FinTech Transformation" workshop with ECB and UNIDO participation.

Leading an international research team at the Kiel Institute, she employs advanced econometric techniques to detect global competitiveness trends and sustainability policy effectiveness, directly informing business strategies and international economic governance.