Erik van der Marel

Erik van der Marel is Chief Economist at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), 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. His expertise focuses on emerging areas of modern globalization, international trade, and geopolitics, with particular emphasis on trade in services, cross-border data flows, frontier technologies, and related regulatory policies. Erik is also a Senior Consultant Economist to the World Bank and has advised governments and international organizations on trade, the digital economy, and regulatory policy. His work has appeared in The New York Times, the Financial Times, Politico, The Hill, and other outlets. He received his PhD in International Economics from Sciences Po in Paris and subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Research interest: Globalization, international trade, geopolitics, trade in services, cross-border data flows, regulatory policy.