A list of selected projects in consulting and executive education is provided below. Recent clients and partners include the European Commission, the OECD, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, national ministries, private sector organisations as well as academic institutions, such as the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Executive education

Executive education training to staff of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in an executive programme titled: “Training in E-commerce for Bank Staff”, organised by the IADB and LSE (2020).

Executive education training to international trade advisors of the UK Department of International Trade (DIT) in an executive programme titled: “Assessing the Current Trade Outlook” focusing on opportunities and challenges in the digital economy, organised by the UK DIT and LSE (2019).

Capacity building

Capacity building for the implementation of the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement for the European Commission (EuropeAid) assisting the setup and organisation of the capacity building programme for weeklong course sessions for policy makers as well as for the setup of a Master's level course in public procurement in the Caribbean region (2017).

OECD commissioned projects

OECD Trade Policy Paper for the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD) analysing the value of services commitments in a variety of regional trade agreements (RTAs) that was presented to the Working Party of the Trade Committee (2018).

Based on the study, a journal article was published in The World Economy (2020).

Projects commissioned by the European Commission

On EU trade and investment policy

Ex-post evaluation of the impact of EU FTAs on key environmental aspects, including climate (2024).

Study for the European Commission assessing options to facilitate EU SMEs’ access to investment dispute settlement mechanisms under EU agreements with third countries, Policy Support Facility for the Implementation of EU Foreign Policy (2022).

Contributed to the setup and content of the official Access2Markets portal for the European Commission for over two years, including drafting of website content and design of website tools in close coordination with DG Trade (2021).

Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the European Commission in support of negotiations with partner countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) in view of deepening the existing interim Economic Partnership Agreement (2021).

Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the European Commission in support of association agreement (AA) negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur (2020).

Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) for the European Commission of the EU-Australia and EU-New Zealand free trade agreements (2020).

Report for the European Commission on significant distortions in the economy of the Russian Federation for the purpose of trade defence investigation (2019).

Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) for the European Commission in support of the negotiations for the modernization of the trade pillar of the Global Agreement with Mexico (2019).

Evaluation of the Partnership Instrument (PI) for the European Commission of the Policy Support Facility actions on market access and trade & investment agreement negotiation & implementation (2018).

Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of negotiations of a comprehensive trade and investment agreement between the European Union and Japan (2016).

The Impact of TTIP, two papers for the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (2014).

On EU Single Market Policy

Study for the European Commission to support the preparation of an evaluation of the General Product Safety Directive as well as of an impact assessment on its potential revision (2021).

Impact assessment and evaluation for the European Commission of due diligence requirements through the supply chain in the context of human rights, environmental and governance due diligence (2020).

Analysis of part of the European Commission’s public consultation on geo-blocking (2016).

EFTA commissioned Projects

Sustainability impact assessment (SIA) report for the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on potential sustainability impacts resulting from a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EFTA States and the Kingdom of Thailand (2024).



Projects on Development Policy

Country reports outlining key statistics as well as detailed political and economic overviews of African countries for Munzinger (2022).

Study on tariffs on medicines, APIs and medical equipment analysing How Tariffs Impact Access to Medicines for Geneva Network, including a statistical annex (2021).

Innovative Tools in Export Promotion for German SMEs in Africa for the KfW (2019).

Sectoral Linkages of Financial Services as Channels of Development: An Input-Output Analysis of the Nigerian and Kenyan Economies, sub-paper in the project Financial Sector Reform and Development in Africa for the AERC (2017).

Study on Tobacco as a Vector for Social and Economic Development in Southern Africa (2017).

Study on the Appropriate South African Content Threshold for Various Industries for Export Credit Insurance Corporation South Africa (2016).

Business Climate Survey 2014 for EU Trade and Investment in South Africa (2014).

Is a 'Factory Southern Africa' Feasible? A high-level Explanation of the Contours for the World Bank (2014).

The Potential of ACP Countries to Participate in Global and Regional Value Chains: A Mapping of Issues and Challenges for the Programme Management Unit (PMU), ACP MTS Programme (2014).

South Africa’s Proposed Carbon Tax Regime and its Carbon Intensive Industries for Sasol (2011).