Bernhard Tröster is an economist with a specialization in international development and financial markets. Since January 2014, he has been researcher at ÖFSE with a focus on international trade and commodities & development. In addition, he is an external lecturer at several universities in Austria.


Research Areas:

• Development Economics and Policy
• International Trade and Free Trade Agreements
• Commodities and Development (in particular, Financialization of Commodity Markets)
• Global Value Chains and Production Networks

Career

• Since  2014: Researcher, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE)
• 2013 – 2013: Energy Market Analyst, Vienna
• 2009 – 2011: Analyst, Currency Derivatives, International Bank, Munich, Germany
• 2008 – 2009: International Graduate Program, International Bank, Munich, Germany

Research stays:

• Zambia (2022): Value Chain analyses of the copper sector
• Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania (2018): Value Chain analyses of coffee sectors in Eastern Afrika
• Uganda (2017): Impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on the sectors coffee and fishery
• Mozambique (2016): Impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on the sectors local cotton sector and the regional textile and apparel industry
• Ethiopia (2014): Value Chain analyses of the Ethiopian coffee sector
• Maurititus (2012): Study on the growth model of Mauritius, focus on the financial and ICT sector

Education:

• Doctorate in Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (2018)
• Master of Arts in International and Development Economics, HTW Berlin (2012)
• Master of Science in Economics, University Regensburg (2008)
• Study abroad at the University of Colorado (2006/07)

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