Policy work
Sustainable Trade Policy Adviser (Since 2022)
I am a trade policy adviser with a focus on sustainability aspects of trade policy. In this position, I provide expert advice to the Swedish government on legislative proposals within the field of environmental sustainability and trade policy. I also contribute to economic analyses at the National Board of Trade as researcher or as quality control expert. On top of that, I am involved in developing and supporting trade policy lectures within the context of development cooperation.
Kommerskollegium report: The Role of Trade in the Green Transition: Regional Trade Agreements and Environmental Goods Provisions, joint with Fredrik Gisselman and Nils Norell
Kommerskollegium Trade Policy Insight: CBAM and Ukraine: Special Circumstances Call for Special Measures?, joint with Nils Norell
Pre-PhD
Economic Policy Consultant (2015-2017)
After graduating from my MSc degrees, I worked as an economic policy consultant at Ecorys. In this position, I wrote proposals and reports on a variety of topics for both Dutch public sector clients, as well as the European Commission. For most projects, I was responsible for the quantitative analysis.
More concretely, I contributed to reports for Ministries in the Netherlands and Belgium, Dutch Provinces, the Dutch Healthcare Authority and DG TRADE and DG GROW at the European Commission in Brussels. For a snapshot of my projects, see below.
Dutch Healthcare Authority: Productiviteit in de curatieve geestelijke gezondheidszorg en forensische zorg (in Dutch)
Research Assistant (2011-2013)
Between 2011 and 2013, I was a Research Assistant of Prof. Maarten Allers (University of Groningen, NL) and the Centre for Research on Local Government Economics (COELO - Centrum voor Onderzoek van de Economie van de Lagere Overheden). In the first year, I contributed to the data collection of local government taxation in the Netherlands. In my second year, I supervised a team of 4 other RAs doing the same, and contributed to a book (to be used in the Dutch Parliament in 2013), an academic article in the leading Dutch economics journal, and a working paper of the University of Groningen about local government bailouts. See below.