Prof. Dr. Rolf Weder
Professor of International Trade and European Integration / Faculty of Economics
University of Basel, Peter Merian-Weg 6
CH-4002 Basel
Office 4.50 (Faculty of Economics)
Tel: +41 (0)61 207 33 55
Teaching and research of the Chair of International Trade and European Integration focus on the consequences of the increasing global and regional integration of markets for goods, services, and factors of production. This analysis is based on economic methodologies. Through our teaching and research, we aim to find answers to current questions in the areas of economic policy and strategic planning. Furthermore, we are interested in the relationship between Switzerland and the European Union (EU), with special regard to the developments of the EU and Europe, as well as the tense relationship between multilateralism and regionalism.
We have established cooperations with renowned scholars from various places, including the University of Rochester (USA), the University of Calgary (Canada), and Chapman University (USA).
1984: Licentiate in Economics at the University of St. Gallen
1985-1986: Staff member in the field of planning and controlling at Ciba-Geigy AG
1986-1991: Doctoral Candidate and Project Assistant at the University of Basel
1991-1993: Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
1993-1996: Senior Researcher and Lecturer (Oberassistent) at the Faculty of Business Economics at the University of Basel
August 1996: Habilitation at the Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel
1996-1998: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1998-2004: Establishment of an internal training program at UBS (UBS Wealth Management Education)
Since Fall 2000: Full Professor for Economics and European Integration at the University of Basel
Regarding the supervision of Master Theses in European Global Studies, I am happy to consider any issues which are related to regional integration (such as European Integration) and globalization as long as the questions are analyzed to some extent from the perspective of (political) economic theory—particularly, the theories of international trade, public choice and environmental economics. These issues, for example, include:
Please also have a look at my homepage where you find my own and my team’s recent publications.
Also, I frequently publish concrete topics that may be suitable for students’ research projects.
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