Welcome

I am an Associate Professor of International Economics at the University of Groningen and guest researcher at Statistics Netherlands. I am a research fellow at FEB Research Institute and the RAS Sanctions Group, and board member of the Multidisciplinary International Network on Sanctions (MINOS).
I serve as co-editor at the Journal of International Trade & Economic Development and am Managing Director of the European Trade Study Group. Previously, I was Executive Secretary of the International Economics & Finance Society in the United States.
My main research interests include international trade, trade policy, political economy, and economic geography. I currently primarily work on topics related to the causes and consequences of economic (dis)integration through free trade agreements, economic sanctions, and lobbying on trade policy.

My first popular-science book, published February 2026. Joint with Steven Brakman and Charles van Marrewijk.
Available as paperback and e-book via amazon.nl, bol.com, and bookstores (in Dutch).
Clik here for more on press coverage, link to podcast and reviews.

Horizon Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Doctoral Network Grant, 2026-2030.
"SENSEI: Sanctions Effectiveness Network for Scholarship and Evaluation through Interdisciplinarity."
Dutch Research Council (NWO) Open Competition M Grant, 2023-2028.
"(Anti-)Globalization and Its Lobbyists: Who Make the Rules on Trade and Why It Matters."
University of Groningen Interdisciplinary PhD Grant, 2022-2026.
"International Sanctions."
Research Council of Norway, 2021-2025.
"EUROSHOCKS: Shocking times for European economic integration."

Photo credit: Reyer Boxem.
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University of Groningen
Faculty of Economics and Business
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9747 AE Groningen
The Netherlands
✉️ t.kohl@rug.nl

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