Erik van der Marel
Erik is also an Associate Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management at the Université libre de Bruxelles and a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe. In addition, he is a Senior Consultant Economist to the World Bank and has advised governments and international organisations on international trade, the digital economy, and regulatory policy.
His research spans economics and international political economy and has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books, working papers, and policy reports. He has taught at the European University Institute and the World Trade Institute and has been a Research
Fellow at the Hertie School. His research and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, Politico, The Hill, and other international outlets.
Erik received his PhD in International Economics from Sciences Po in Paris and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he also taught full-time before joining ECIPE.
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From Factories to Ideas: The New Map of Global Power
Research Areas: Innovation, IP, and Human Capital New Globalisation Trade, Globalisation and SecurityWhen trade is driven by ideas, data and innovation rather than goods, alliances – not geography – determine global power. The world is reorganising into “idea blocs.” Globalisation is not...
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The Services Revolution: Industrial Policy for a Modern Economy
A ”manufacturing-first” attitude has taken hold in the European economic policy discussion. New strategies and industrial policies are designed with the ambition of boosting development and...
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Global Digital Trade Takes Off: Is EU Digital Policy Keeping Pace?
Research Areas: Data, AI, and Emerging Technologies EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Industrial and Competitiveness PolicyGlobal digital trade is increasingly shifting toward faster-growing regions outside Europe, driving greater external demand for the EU’s digitally deliverable services. As digital supply chains...
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Privacy at a Price? An Empirical Analysis of GDPR’s Impact on EU Trade Flows
The introduction of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 created conditions that could raise the cost of trading services with the EU, especially where cross-border transfers...
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Can Canada be the EU’s answer to ‘unreliable’ trade partners?
Erik van der Marel comments in Euronews on the EU–Canada...
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The Frontier Strategy
Adam Smith Institute "Deep Dives" article on EU overregulation cites two ECIPE analyses as evidence of regulatory burden on...
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The Leverage That Europe Has Over the U.S. Economy
Erik van der Marel comments in the New York Times on the EU's leverage over the U.S. economy in...
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Europe in the Age of AI: How Technology Leadership Can Boost Competitiveness and Security
By: Matthias Bauer Fredrik Erixon Oscar Guinea Erik van der Marel Oscar du Roy Andrea Dugo Dyuti Pandya Vanika Sharma Elena SistoThe studies "Breaking Barriers, Boosting Growth: Unlocking the Power of Digital Technology for Europe’s Competitiveness" by Oscar Guinea, Vanika Sharma, Erik van der Marel, and Oscar du Roy, "The...
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Erik van der Marel on the politics of proximity
ET Edge Insight talks to Erik van der Marel about the growing role of political alignment in shaping global trade as services, technology and intellectual property become increasingly...
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China heeft zelf rol in hoger handelsoverschot
(Behind Paywall in Dutch) Erik van der Marel writes in the Dutch Het Financieele Dagblad on China's trade...
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Germany should not squander its defence opportunity
Erik van der Marel writes for the Hertie School on Germany's defence...
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The EU’s geopolitical dream is dying in its own neighbourhood
Erik writes for the LSE European Politics and Policy Blog (europpblog) on the EU's loss of power to turn its economic weight into geopolitical...
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Turning Regulation into Data: Digital Trade Restrictiveness Index
Erik van der Marel co-authored to a paper published by CEPR on Digital...
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The Geoeconomic Interconnectivity Index
Report developed with Bertelsmann Stiftung and The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw). It presents how interconnected the EU is with its neighbours compared to China, Russia,...
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Digital Trade, Data Protection and the EU Adequacy Club
Erik van der Marel has an external publication at the Centre for European Policy Research...
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The role of human-capital in artificial intelligence adoption
Erik van der Marel and Björn Brey publish in Economic...
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Europe in the global digital trade race with Erik van der Marel
Erik van der Marel speaks with the Hertie School Centre for Digital Governance about how the European Union’s increasingly stringent data- and AI-governance frameworks may be affecting its...
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Understanding the development impact of digital services trade
Erik van der Marel presents at the UNCTAD e-Commerce week in a panel together with GIZ and the World...
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The CPTPP and UK’s accession: What global implications? Case of services
Erik van der Marel comments on the economic rationales for the UK in joining...
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Data and Services Trade: Regulatory Options for a New Globalisation
Erik van der Marel presents on data and new globalisation, including the regulatory options, for IIFT Economics...