Margaret Hummel

Margaret Hummel is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne, Germany. She is affiliated with the IMPRS-SPCE Doctoral Program and the Political Economy of European Integration research group. Her work focuses on political economy, macroeconomics, and European integration, particularly analyzing German current account surpluses and value chains in the export sector since the introduction of the euro.

Education

• Double Master's Program 'Economic Policies in the Age of Globalization' (2023–2024), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (Master's in Economic Analysis and Policy) and Berlin School of Economics and Law (MA in International Economics)
• BSc in Economics (2018–2022), Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• Sports Scholarship in Economics (2017–2018), University of California, Los Angeles

Research and Awards: Her research intersects growth regimes, industrial relations, and European integration, with a focus on Germany's economic policies. She received the 2024 award for an outstanding Master's thesis in her program. Her work has been supported by research assistantships at the German Institute for Economic Research (2023–2024) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena (2020–2022).