Marcel Smolka

Marcel Smolka is a Professor of International and Institutional Economics at the European University of Flensburg, leading the Department of International and Institutional Economics. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at Aarhus University (2014–2019). He holds a doctorate from Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (2014) with a dissertation on international trade and factor flows. His research focuses on international economic relations, including trade policy, multinational corporations, and migration economics. He has been affiliated with the CESifo research network since 2018.

Educations:

• PhD in International Economics, University of Tübingen (2014)
• Studies in Business Administration and International Economics at Universities in Essen, Tübingen, and Madrid

Research Interests:

• International Trade: Global sourcing, firm boundaries, and export dynamics
• Multinational Corporations: Foreign ownership impacts and technological change
• Migration Economics: Network effects, labor market integration, and policy implications

Key Awards:

• Royal Economic Society (RES) awards
• Nottingham Centre for Research on Globalization and Economic Policy (GEP) awards
• Ruhr Graduate School of Economics (RGS Econ) awards

Teaching: Specializes in macroeconomics, globalization's political economy, and regional economics. Recent courses include 'Economics 2: Fundamentals of Macroeconomics' and 'The Political Economy of Globalization.'