Switgard Feuerstein

Professor Switgard Feuerstein holds the Chair of the Audit Committee at Heidelberg University's Alfred Weber Institute. She specializes in International Economic Relations and Industrial Economics, with research focusing on EU enlargement, monetary policy, and oligopoly dynamics. Her academic journey includes a PhD (1991) and habilitation (1998) from Heidelberg University, followed by roles as acting professor at the University of Essen and professorships at the University of Erfurt and Linz. She has held prestigious fellowships, including the Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Nottingham.

Education: Studied Mathematics and Economics at universities in Göttingen, Warsaw, Heidelberg, and Singapore. Earned a Mathematics diploma (1985), economics doctorate (1991), and habilitation (1998) at Heidelberg University.

Research Interests

• EU Enlargement and its economic impacts
• Monetary policy coordination in currency unions
• Collusion dynamics in industrial markets
• International trade and price discrimination mechanisms

Publications span EU integration, monetary economics, and industrial organization. Her work includes seminal analyses of the Euro's adoption, Zollverein's legacy, and coffee industry taxation.

Awards

• German National Academic Foundation Scholarship (1979–1984)
• DAAD Scholarship (1980/81)
• EU Human Capital Mobility Fellowship (1995)
• Marie Curie Fellowship (2006–2008)

Advising & Grants

No listed advisees, but her research has been supported by EU programs and the Leverhulme Center. Leads the Foreign Trade Working Group at Heidelberg, focusing on international economic relations and policy.