Alessia Invernizzi
Since October 2019, Alessia Invernizzi is a PhD student at the Department of Politics and Public Administration as well as the Graduate School of Behavioural Sciences (GSBS) at the University of Konstanz. She has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of International Relations, led by Prof. Dr. Gerald Schneider. Furthermore, she was the managing editor of European Union Politics (EUP) from April 2021 to March 2023.
Her dissertation focuses on the role of sectoral trade and strategic dependence in WTO disputes and trade policies. Alessia has a scholarship by the Heinrich Böll Foundation for PhD Students with excellent academic records, social and political engagement. She is currently the PhD students’ representative on the academic board of the departmental council (2021-2023) and the Heinrich Böll Foundation (2022-2024).
Between October and March 2020, Alessia was a trainee at the European Commission in DG Trade (Chief Economist unit) where she supported research projects on trade analysis and evaluations, for example on the changes in trade after the EU withdrawal of preferential tariffs for Cambodia due to human right concerns.
After completing her Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business at the University of Milan-Bicocca (2017), she obtained her Master's degree in Political Economy from the University of Konstanz (2019). During her studies she focused on European integration, international political economy and international trade.
Research interests
- International Political Economy
- Trade policy
- Industrial policy
- Sanctions
- European Union
- WTO
Teaching
University of Konstanz
Winter 2019/2020: The Political Economy of Trade Disputes (BA Seminar)
Summer 2020: The Political Economy of Trade and Economic Sanctions Zeppelin University
Spring 2020: Introduction to Political Economy University of Lucerne
Fall 2021: The Political Economy of Trade and Development – with Jule Beck
Fall 2022: Economic Statecraft in a Changing World Order – with Thies Niemeier
Fall 2023: The Political Economy of Trade and Development – with Jule Beck
Publications
Invernizzi, A. (2019). Trade, GDP and Inequality: A comparison between EU and EMU with the synthetic control method (Master Thesis). Universität Konstanz, Konstanz