Katrin Kamin

World trade expert, Senior Director Government Affairs, Siemens AG, Fellow, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Katrin Kamin

World trade expert, Senior Director Government Affairs, Siemens AG, Fellow, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Katrin Kamin is a renowned expert on geo-economic issues. She was deputy director of the Trade Policy Research Center and co-director of the Center for Geopolitics and International Economics at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy until May 2024. Since then she is working for Siemens. The consequences of the pandemic and the gas crisis, stumbling supply chains and difficulties in world trade make Katrin Kamin one of the most sought-after trade experts in politics and economics. Katrin Kamin researches international trade and international political economy with a special focus on geoeconomics. In particular, her work focuses on the interactions between economic and political variables, such as democratisation and conflicts with trade. Currently, Katrin Kamin is focusing on the geoeconomics of European and German foreign trade policy, the consequences of sanctions and the influence of (geopolitical) conflicts on investments. After studying languages and economic and cultural area studies with a focus on political science in Passau, Katrin Kamin is doing her doctorate under Holger Görg on the topic of "International Trade and Conflict: Determinants, Impact, Endogeneity and Data" at the University of Kiel. As a speaker, Katrin Kamin provides insightful perspectives on the future of trade and the importance of geo-economics. The changed economic landscape of the world is as much a topic of her lectures as the possible responses of the EU and Germany to it. Katrin Kamin shows connections and gives an outlook on a changing world.

About Katrin Kamin

Katrin Kamin is a renowned expert on geo-economic issues. She was deputy director of the Trade Policy Research Center and co-director of the Center for Geopolitics and International Economics at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy until May 2024. Since then she is working for Siemens.

The consequences of the pandemic and the gas crisis, stumbling supply chains and difficulties in world trade make Katrin Kamin one of the most sought-after trade experts in politics and economics.

Katrin Kamin researches international trade and international political economy with a special focus on geoeconomics. In particular, her work focuses on the interactions between economic and political variables, such as democratisation and conflicts with trade. Currently, Katrin Kamin is focusing on the geoeconomics of European and German foreign trade policy, the consequences of sanctions and the influence of (geopolitical) conflicts on investments.

After studying languages and economic and cultural area studies with a focus on political science in Passau, Katrin Kamin is doing her doctorate under Holger Görg on the topic of "International Trade and Conflict: Determinants, Impact, Endogeneity and Data" at the University of Kiel.

As a speaker, Katrin Kamin provides insightful perspectives on the future of trade and the importance of geo-economics. The changed economic landscape of the world is as much a topic of her lectures as the possible responses of the EU and Germany to it. Katrin Kamin shows connections and gives an outlook on a changing world.

Topics

  • Geo-economics
  • The new role of geoeconomics after Russia's war on Ukraine
  • The future of cooperation with major trading powers such as Russia and China