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PERSONAL INFORMATION Name BERDEN, Dr. Koen Gerard Address Hallerstrasse 6, 3012, Bern Switzerland Telephone +41 31 631 4924 E-mail [email protected] Nationality Dutch Date of birth 3rd of August 1976

WORK EXPERIENCE

Present positions

• Dates (from – to) 2015 – Present • Name and address of employer WORLD TRADE INSTITUTE, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland • Type of business or sector Research and policy advice • Occupation or position held Current: Director and Member of the Board of Directors • Main activities and Overall strategic management, responsible for international responsibilities cooperation of the WTI, trainings, and the WTI’s project portfolio

• Dates (from – to) 1998 – present • Name and address of employer Erasmus University , Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Higher Education • Occupation or position held Assistant professor in International Trade, competitiveness and private sector development, economic growth, SMEs and innovation • Main activities and Research, lecturing responsibilities

• Dates (from – to) 2005 – PRESENT • Name and address of employer One World Economics (OWE), Buristrasse 49, 3006 Bern, Switzerland • Type of business or sector Education and consultancy • Occupation or position held Owner and director • Main activities and Sharing knowledge, providing holistic approaches to problems, and responsibilities improving quality of education and knowledge institutions through innovation and business model regeneration

• Dates (from – to) 2005 – present • Name and address of employer Institute for International & Development Economics (IIDE), Lichtenauerlaan 102, 3062ME, Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Foundation • Occupation or position held Board member • Main activities and Support development economic and trade-related research responsibilities

• Dates (from – to) 2010 – 2016 • Name and address of employer Foundation Capacity for Development, Watermanweg 44, 3067GG, Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Non-governmental organisation • Occupation or position held Board member • Main activities and Support economic and social development of countries through non- responsibilities governmental activities and projects

Past positions

Date (from – to) 2006 - 2015 • Name and address of employer ECORYS Nederland, Watermanweg 44, 3067 GG Rotterdam, The Netherlands (from 2013 – 2014 ECORYS , Rue Joseph II 9, 1040 Brussels) • Type of business or sector Consultancy • Occupation or position held Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Economist, Senior Partner ECORYS Nederland, Director ECORYS-Academy training institute, Account Manager DG Trade, Managing Director ECORYS Nederland, Commercial Director ECORYS Nederland, ECORYS Group Knowledge Director and Advisor to the CEO, Account Manager DG Enterprise & Industry • Main activities and Overall strategic management, P&L responsible, HR responsible, responsibilities market responsible, strategic business development in EU market, Strategic focus on knowledge development, senior expert on trade, competitiveness, industrial policy, SMEs and innovation

Dates (from – to) 2005 - 2007 • Name and address of employer Skarbek Graduate School for Business and Economics, Ul. Nowogrodzka 52, , Poland • Type of business or sector Higher Education • Occupation or position held Vice-rector for International Affairs, Market Development and Fundraising • Main activities and Strategic management of the school, international relations and responsibilities student recruitment

• Dates (from – to) 2002 – 2006 • Name and address of employer Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, NL • Type of business or sector Higher Education • Occupation or position held Dean International Affairs and General Director International Bachelor Economics & Business • Main activities and Strategic development of international relations; Setting up and responsibilities building the new International Bachelor Economics & Business programme

• Dates (from – to) 1996 – 1997 • Name and address of OCfEB, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, employer 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands • Type of business or sector Policy Research Centre • Occupation or position held Researcher in Applied Economics • Main activities and Empirical and theoretical research into privatisation and its efficiency responsibilities and productivity effects

EDUCATION AND TRAINING • Dates (from – to) 2015 - 2015

• Name and type of organisation Harvard University, Harvard Business School • Principal subjects/occupational How to lead a professional service firm skills covered • Title of qualification awarded Certificate

Dates (from – to) 1998 – 2006 • Name and type of organisation Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam • Principal subjects/occupational Research, lecturing, consultancy, publishing; academic research into skills covered economic growth, technology and the influence of uncertainty • Title of qualification awarded PhD

• Dates (from – to) 1994 – 1998 • Name and type of organisation Erasmus University Rotterdam • Principal subjects Specialisations International and Financial Economics: EU integration, institutions and EU law, Trade & Growth, International Economics, Mathematics, International Finance • Title of qualification awarded Double MSc in Economics & Business – international economics and financial economics (with honours)

• Dates (from – to) 1992 – 1994 • Name and type of organisation United World College of the Atlantic (UK) • Principal subjects High school courses in economics, mathematics, physics, Dutch, chemistry, English (native) • Title of qualification awarded International Baccalaureate (VWO)

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES MOTHER TONGUE Dutch

OTHER LANGUAGES English German Spanish French Russian • Reading skills Excellent Excellent Good Good Basic • Writing skills Excellent Excellent Good Moderate Basic • Verbal skills Excellent Excellent Good Moderate Basic

SOCIAL SKILLS  8 years of field hockey – central defender AND COMPETENCES  2-year study at international school in Wales (1992-1994): UWC  Founder of the Project International Understanding (PIU) at Erasmus University – students support disadvantaged Youth in Rotterdam  Active in swimming, squash  Active on linked-in with over 5.500 connections from various networks globally

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS  Member of the RSM Speakers Academy – experienced moderator and AND COMPETENCES workshop leader;  Extensive experience as FWC Director and Coordinator – with involvement in the management of over 20 Framework Contracts over the past 10 years;  Strategic management experience in public and private sector environments: FWC and project management, business development and network building;  Set up new Bachelor Programme, International relations programmes at various universities – curriculum building expertise;  Member of United World Colleges organisation in The Netherlands – fundraising;  Organiser, fundraiser and public relations manager to various

conferences, seminars and workshops over the past 18 years  Organised over 50 seminars, conferences, training, and high-level meetings with civil society, experts and stakeholder representatives

TECHNICAL SKILLS Very high level of knowledge and working expertise with computers, AND COMPETENCES computer programmes (MS Office, Eviews, Mathematica, CGE modelling (GTAP), GSIM, etc.)

ARTISTIC SKILLS Writing (for publications mostly), playing electric organ AND COMPETENCES

OTHER SKILLS  Strong analytical skills, distilling priority information from large AND COMPETENCES documents and information sources in a short time nd Competences not mentioned  Graduated as 2 best student of The Netherlands in 1998 above. (Elsevier contest, 1998)  Guest lecturing in India, Indonesia, Ukraine, Thailand, Australia, China, Kenya, Poland, Russia, Netherlands Antilles, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, USA.  Extensive FWC and project management experience ranging from director, coordinator and team leader to senior expert;  Extensive working experience with EU, World Bank, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, WTO, ITC as well as thorough knowledge of working with various ministries in European countries.

DRIVER LICENCE(S) Drivers licence B since 1999

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. KEY QUALIFICATIONS  As Director, and former Managing Director and previously Dean . International Affairs and Vice-Rector International Affairs strong project management, leadership, coordination, and networking skills as well as strong commercial skills  As assistant professor at Erasmus University, strong methodologically and analytically  As Director of the IBEB programme and Vice-Rector of WSHIFM in Poland, acquired ability to build and give sense of vision and direction to an organisation and its employees in difficult times (reorganisations)  Extensive experience recognised as member of the RSM speaker’s academy in moderating, workshop leading and lecturing; Three times Erasmus University Lecturer of the Year  Experienced motivator of people – get them enthusiastic and driven with a purpose to achieve  As former Senior Partner at ECORYS Nederland and as assistant professor at EUR, over 18 years of experience with various large international projects – both from management, commercial and content perspective;  Over 20 years of working experience with trade policy, industrial policy, competitiveness, SMEs, value chain analysis, regional integration, customs unions, trade policy modelling, legal and regulatory approximation in relation to trade policy, entrepreneurship, involvement of civil society, social and employment effects, non-tariff barriers (e.g. TBT, SPS), energy policy and trade in agricultural products;  Strong quantitative skills and years of experience in Computable General Equilibrium modelling.

ANNEXES

Annex 1: Professional qualifications – projects carried out Date from– Location Company Position Description to January 2016 - Bern WTI Senior NCCR project – Work Package 2: Preferential Trade Agreements present researcher – focussing on research Impact Assessment techniques for Trade Agreements – from a sustainable perspective. January 2016 - Bern WTI Project leader Impact Assessment of TTIP for Belgium at federal and sub- present federal level. January 2016 - Bern / New WTI Project leader Impact Assessment of a possible EU-India FTA for India at present Delhi national and state level. May 2015 - Bern / WTI / Project Director Predicting trade flows for ING Bank – estimation technique for present Rotterdam ECORYS selection predictors for trade flows and then making the predictions January 2015 Rotterdam ECORYS / Project Director ‘TTIP and the EU Member States’ project: splitting out the effects – January / Bern / WTI of TTIP for the EU Member States. 2016 Brussels September Rotterdam/ ECORYS Project Director TTIP outreach initiative through round tables with SMEs, 2014 – The Hague consumers and social partners – making intensive use of social December media. 2015 September Rotterdam/ ECORYS Project Director TTIP outreach initiative through round tables with SMEs, 2014 – The Hague consumers and social partners – making intensive use of social December media. 2015 May 2014 – Rotterdam/ ECORYS Project Director Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for the EU-Ukraine Free October 2014 Brussels / Trade Agreement. Special interest in scenario development, CGE Kiev modelling, and civil society consultations. December Rotterdam/ ECORYS Project Director Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for a plurilateral 2013 – Geneva agreement in services between the EU and the group of Real December Good Friends (RGF). Special interest in scenario development, CGE modelling, effect on SMEs, and civil society consultations. December Rotterdam ECORYS Team leader Ex post analysis of the EU-Mexico FTA and ex ante feasibility 2013 – / Mexico ex ante part analysis of a future revised EU-Mexico FTA. As team leader December City responsible for the ex ante part, especially the econometric 2015 analysis. December Rotterdam/ ECORYS Project Director Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for a DCFTA between 2013 – Egypt / the EU–Egypt and EU-Jordan. As Project Director responsible for December Jordan all aspects of the study and coordination. Special interest in 2015 scenario development, CGE modelling, effect of FTAs on SMEs, as well as specific areas of offshoring and water management. December Rotterdam ECORYS Project Director Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for a DCFTA between 2013 – / Brussels / the EU–US - TTIP. As Project Director responsible for all aspects December Washing- of the study and coordination. Special interest in civil society 2015 ton consultations given the high-calibre study.

Date from– Location Company Position Description to December Rotterdam/ ECORYS Project Director Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for a DCFTA between 2012 – Morocco / the EU–Morocco and EU-Tunisia. As Project Director responsible January 2014 Tunisia for all aspects of the study and coordination. Special interest in scenario development, CGE modelling, effect of FTAs on SMEs, as well as specific areas of offshoring and water management. September Rotterdam/ ECORYS Quality Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for a DCFTA between 2012 – June Armenia Assurance the EU–Armenia. As Quality Assurance expert responsible for 2013 checking and giving feedback on all aspects of the study. May 2012 – Rotterdam ECORYS Framework Framework Contract Industrial Competitiveness and Market December Project Coord. Performance – ENTR/90/PP/2011/FC. 2015 March 2012 – Rotterdam ECORYS Project director Study on the strategic impact of a potential EU-US Free Trade October 2012 Agreement for The Netherlands, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. January 2012 Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Evaluation of the Market Access Partnership (incl. effectiveness of – October reducing SPS measures for SMEs). 2012 December Rotterdam/ ECORYS Project director Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for a DCFTA between 2011 – Georgia/ the EU–Moldova and EU-Georgia. As Team Leader responsible November Moldova for all aspects of the study and coordination. Special interest in 2012 scenario development, CGE modelling, effect of FTAs on SMEs, as well as specific areas of transport and wine. August 2011 – Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: competitiveness survey of railway supply August 2012 industry: Quality Control. November Rotterdam ECORYS Project director Spill-overs from Malfunctioning Services markets and economic 2010 – performance for DG ECFIN. January 2012 October 2010 Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Chapter for European Competitiveness Report 2011: – April 2011 Competitiveness of the EU Aerospace industry. October 2010 Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Chapter for European Competitiveness Report 2011: EU – April 2011 sustainable growth. September Rotterdam ECORYS Framework Framework Contract economic studies and economic assistance 2010 – Project Coord. in the area of structural performance of the European economies September -(ECFIN/034/2010). 2014 August 2010 – Rotterdam ECORYS Framework Framework Contract for the procurement of security related August 2014 Project Coord. studies – ENTR/2009/050. June 2010 – Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Framework Contract European Competitiveness Report (lead June 2014 partner: WIFO) – ENTR/2009/033. January 2010 Rotterdam ECORYS Research Research coordinator for internal research project on developing – February (internal) coordinator an integral and fundamental methodology to calculate a 2012 competitiveness index – that is intersectorally and interregionally comparable. November Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Annual Review evaluation of the ICTSD for DFID. 2010 – Dec 2010 December Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: sectoral cost competitiveness on the basis 2010 – August of Unit Labour Costs: Quality Control. 2011

Date from– Location Company Position Description to December Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: competitiveness of European GNSS 2010 – based industry: Quality Control. November 2011 September Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: industrial policy and key enabling 2010 – March technologies: expert on global competitive position and Quality 2011 Control. September Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: competitiveness EU companies and 2010 – resource efficiency: Quality Control. January 2011 August 2010 – Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: electrical and electronic goods markets: May 2011 expert on international competitive position (trade, RCA), market structure (SMEs), and Quality Contro. July 2010 – Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: competitiveness of energy intensive February 2011 industries under ETS: the SILC initiative: Quality Control. December Rotterdam, ECORYS Senior expert Investigation into user requirements of a potential Integral Impact 2009 – March The Hague Assessment in The Netherlands. 2010 December Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: competitiveness of the EU security 2009 – August industry: expert in non-tariff measures resulting from security 2010 policies. November Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: climate change study for Copenhagen 2009 – Conference (December 2009) – Quality Control. February 2010 October 2009 Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: international competitive comparison of – July 2010 Space industry, quantification techniques and Quality Control. January 2009 Rotterdam, ECORYS Team Leader KEPLOTRADE project in Kenya Goal 4 – supporting Kenya in – June 2010 Nairobi increasing competitiveness and productivity through a cluster development strategy. Clusters include agribusiness, clothing, port of Mombasa, flowers, ICT – focus on SME development. This involves extensive surveying and interpreting and statistically analysing the outcomes. January 2008 Rotterdam ECORYS Research Research leader on internal research project on modelling – December (internal) leader environmental impact assessments through advanced CGE 2011 techniques. December Brussels ECORYS Team Leader Non-tariff barrier (NTB) study for EU-US trade and investment. 2007 – Final responsibility for high profile project. Project with strong December quantitative (CGE, gravity) focus. Also specific focus on effects on 2009 competitiveness, including the aerospace sector. July 2009 – Rotterdam ECORYS Project Director Quantitative analysis (CGE, causal chain) of EU-US, EU-Japan December and EU-Aus/NZ Free Trade Agreements in case of failure of the 2009 Doha round. December Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: competitiveness of the EU biotechnology 2008 – industry: expert in comparing best practices and sector December development, Quality Control. 2009

Date from– Location Company Position Description to December Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: shipbuilding: expert in the field of 2008 – international comparison of the EU shipbuilding sector and effects November on competitiveness. 2009 November Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: aerospace industry: expert in the field of 2008 – international trade, standards and competitiveness and Quality November Control. 2009 January 2008 Rotterdam ECORYS Research Research leader of internal research project on qualitative and – October (internal) leader quantitative impact assessment methodologies and empirical 2009 testing of these methodologies on EU industrial competitiveness. January 2009 Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: energy intensive industries. Expert and – September quality control in this study on estimating elasticities to be used for 2009 modelling of environmental effects on energy-intensive industry. December Brussels / ECORYS Team Leader Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for an FTA between the 2008 – Managua European Union and Central America. As Team Leader September responsible for all aspects of the study and coordination. Special 2009 interest in FDI, services liberalisation and its effects, CGE modelling and GTAP data analysis, bananas & sugar, indigenous populations, health & social effects. April 2008 – Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: GMES downstream study, responsible for November international competitive comparison and Quality Control. 2008 April 2008 – Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: eco-industries: expert in the field of September international trade and competitiveness impact of EU eco- 2009 industries. September Brussels ECORYS Project Framework Contract on Sector Competitiveness Studies for DG 2007 – manager Enterprise & Industry (4 years, 40 studies) looking at September competitiveness and industrial policy, including strategic outlooks. 2011 March 2007 – Rotterdam, ECORYS Senior expert KEPLOTRADE project in Kenya Goal 3 – supporting Kenya in August 2009 Nairobi EPA negotiations with the European Union. This includes short term technical assistance in the fields of international trade and trade law, providing trainings in international economics, analysing the effects of EPA negotiations for important sectors in the Kenyan economy, wages, and poverty effects. December Rotterdam, ECORYS Senior expert Economic expert for the Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment 2007 – July Brussels for an FTA between the European Union and ASEAN. 2009 Responsible for sector specific EU economic impacts, for specific sectors and horizontal issues (e.g. social impacts, investment conditions, metals). Quality control on the quantitative modelling. December Brussels, ECORYS Team Leader Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment for an FTA between the 2007 – June European Union and India. As Team Leader responsible for all 2009 aspects of the study and coordination. Special interest in verifying the quantitative calculations and engaging civil society. Also discussion on ILO best practice examples in India.

Date from– Location Company Position Description to March 2008 – Rotterdam ECORYS Team Leader Five-day training on Computable General Equilibrium modelling, May 2008 gravity analysis and impact analysis, including tools analysis, model dynamics and translation of model outcomes to policy recommendations. This includes impacts of trade and innovation policy on SMEs as well as an empirical component. November Brussels ECORYS Senior expert Assessing employment and social impacts (qualitatively and 2007 – quantitatively) of selected strategic commission policies for DG October 2008 Employment. International trade and econometric modelling expert. September Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: steel industry: expert in the field of 2007 – July international trade, standards and competitiveness impact of EU 2008 steel sector. September Brussels ECORYS Senior expert FWC Competitiveness: competitiveness of the ceramics industry: 2007 – July Quality Control. 2008 July 2007 – Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Evaluation of a Satellite Crop monitoring mechanism investment December in the Sahel Region as development aid within the ORET 2007 programme (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands. May 2007 – Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Evaluation Trendwatchers Innovation & Technology programme December (Ministry of Economic Affairs) in support of Dutch SMEs, including 2007 survey and database development and analysis, measuring technological transfers and investigating the mechanisms. May 2007 – Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Evaluation of a Weed Dredging and Harvesting equipment January 2008 delivery to Ghana as development aid within the ORET programme (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands). December Rotterdam, ECORYS Deputy Team Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Free Trade 2006 – Brussels, Leader Agreement with the Enhanced Agreement between the EU and December Kyiv Ukraine (DG Trade). As deputy team leader responsible for 2007 overall coordination, communication with EC and stakeholders, modelling parts. April 2007 – Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Forecasting and modelling cost increases of Dutch hospital care August 2007 for the NPCF (Dutch Consumer Organisation). Advice on the consumer aspects of hospital costs, model improvements and measuring techniques. Analysing the sensitivity of model assumptions and specifications to model predictions. September Rotterdam ECORYS Senior expert Evaluation of the cotton & cut flowers industry programmes and 2006 – the impact of these programmes on the sector’s levels of October 2006 competitiveness and social issues (IOB). November Rotterdam One World Director Study on Global Production Fragmentation and Multinationals 2005 / Moscow Economics and the economic impacts for a country in relation to shifting comparative advantages. September Rotterdam Erasmus Assistant Academic and empirical research into international trade and 2004 – June University Professor and trade policy measures, trade law, welfare implications, SME 2005 Senior expert development and employment impacts of the European Union from 1990 – 2002 – an analysis into the European integration, various Treaties (including Maastricht, Copenhagen, Nice, ). May 2003 Berlin Free lance Project Intensive 1-week training on project management, public relations Manager and networking for future Youth Leaders and NGOs.

Date from– Location Company Position Description to January 2001 Rotterdam, Foundation Director and Organisation and management of five senior-level conferences – November Cagliari, Global External on the ‘Dynamics of the EU labour markets’ including the issues 2002 Prague, Employee Relations of mobility, multinationals, EU labour laws and regulations, the Warsaw, paradox between protecting the poor and the poverty trap, and Paris labour markets and entrepreneurship (and SME) development as well as EU competitiveness. February 2000 Rotterdam Erasmus Senior expert (Econometric) research into sectoral competitiveness and – December / Warsaw University / entrepreneurship. Among others: Revealed Comparative 2002 WSHIFM Advantage and the dynamics of the Shipbuilding Industry, the EU Textiles industry, the EU energy markets and the WTO accession of China and Vietnam. July 2000 Budapest Corvinus Researcher Summer research session on transition economics (policy, effects University and economic as well as social impacts) together with professors from Corvinus University, Trento University and Erasmus University Rotterdam. October 2000 Aachen Free lance Case manager Case manager high-level training for Youth NGOs (supported by DG Education) on the project management and the effects of input costs in economic production (e.g. oil and gas prices). 1996 – 1998 Rotterdam, OCFEB Researcher Researcher responsible for projects for several Dutch ministries Paris and the OECD regarding privatisation of public enterprises and the effects on productivity, entrepreneurship, prices and efficiency.

Annex 2: Research work

Publications  Berden, K.G., J. Bergstrand, and E. van Etten (2014), ‘Governance and globalization’, The World Economy, 2014.  Berden, K.G., J. Francois, S. Tamminen, M. Thelle, and P. Wymenga (2011), ‘Non-tariff measures in EU-US trade and investment – An economic analysis’, Atico Estudio, .  Berden, K.G., C. van Marrewijk (2007), ‘On the static and dynamic cost of trade restrictions’, Journal of Development Economics, 2007.  Berden, K.G. (2006), ‘On uncertainty, technology and Economic Growth’, PhD Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam, November 2006.  Berden, K.G., J.G.M. van Marrewijk, (2001), ‘Maintenance Costs, Obsolescence and Endogenous Growth’, W.P., Tinbergen Institute, EUR;  Berden, K.G., (2001), ‘Armoedereductie en schuldverlichting: Wat wordt er ondernomen?’, Eclaire, 22nd Year, Nr. 6, May 2001;  Haffner, Robert CG, and Koen G. Berden. "Reforming public enterprises–case studies: the Netherlands." Public Management Service. Paris: OECD (1998).  Berden, K.G., (1998), 'Uncertainty in endogenous growth models', master thesis, EUR;  Berden, K.G., R.C.G. Haffner, (1997), 'Privatisation in The Netherlands', report for the OECD;  Berden, K.G., E. Dijkgraaf, R.H.J.M. Gradus, (1997), 'Privatisering van Afvalophaaldiensten', ESB 14-7- 97, report for Dutch Ministry of Finance.

Unpublished work  Berden, K.G., Tsotsolashvili, T. (2010) ‘Economic impact of addressing port and transport sector tariff and non-tariff barriers’, Erasmus University Rotterdam, September 2010.  Berden, K.G. (with Joe Francois), ’Terms of trade uncertainty, growth and the endogeneity of openness’, November, Tinbergen Institute discussion paper 2006.  Berden, K.G. (with James Anderson, Jeffrey Bergstrand, Peter Egger, and Joe Francois), ‘Non-tarifff barrier study methodology’, September, 2008.

 Berden, K.G. (2008), ‘Impact assessments and industrial competitiveness’, Internal ECORYS research paper.  Platenburg, M.E.E. and K.G. Berden (2008), The competitiveness concept and EU policy, ECORYS Research Paper.

Research supervisions (2008 – 2014)  Mathew Fries: ‘The repeal of economic sanctions against Iran: Global economic implications and opportunities for the chemical tanker sector’, Master thesis Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2014.  Richard van den Broek: “The economic impact of open Arctic routes on global maritime LNG trade”, Master thesis Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2014.  Inge de Vreede: “Ways of alignment of non-tariff measures between the EU and US”, Bachelor thesis Erasmus School of Economics, August 2014.  Paul Coops: “Non-tariff measures in the transatlantic services industry”, Bachelor thesis Erasmus School of Economics, August 2014.  Evelina de Valk: “Economic integration and specialization patterns in the EU”, Master thesis Erasmus School of Economics, August 2014.  Eline van den Bosse: “Tariffs, Non-Tariff Measures and Imports A comparison of econometric approaches to estimate the gravity equation”, Master thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, April 2014.  Ugne Steliulionyte: “How effective are investment promotion agencies in attracting more foreign direct investment?”, Master thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, April 2014.  William Douni: “An economic analysis of the impact on port development in Tunisia and Marocco following their Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the European Union”, Master thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2013.  Christos Koukoumakis, “The impact of the European sovereign debt crisis on natural gas”, Master thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2013.  Filippos Vavakis: “An analysis of the impact of non-tariff barriers on trade flows in Greek ports”, Master thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2013.  Ariana de Almeida: “Implications of the banking union on competition in the European banking industry”, Bachelor thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, August 2013.  Rohan Gujar: “The impact of government policies and international trade on Indian agriculture”, Bachelor thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, August 2013.  Lisanne Winde: “Organic equivalence between the United States and European Union”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, March 2013.  Dirk Kamps: “Export restrictions on critical raw materials for the EU”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, February 2013.  Achim Vogt: “The tariff effect of imposing a European Carbon Tax on maritime transport”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics & Ecorys, September 2012.  Joey van Elswijk: “Assessment of the TEN-T policies on the hinterland flows and model splits of European Seaports”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2012.  Anastasiadis Epaminondas: “An economic impact assessment of Somali piracy”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2012.  Lisanne Rebel: “Free trade and protectionism in times of the Eurozone debt crisis”, Bachelor thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, May 2012.  Ebonita Deskova-Curkovic: “An analysis of modern knowledge management systems in theory and practice”, Master Thesis, Tilburg University & Ecorys, December 2011.  Rositsa Boneva: “The role of capital mobility for the design of unilateral climate policies”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, November 2011.  Aart Noordegraaf: “The impact of the international crises on the statistic and economic evidence of the Linder hypothesis”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, November 2011.  Lena Frank: “Impact of the EU Emission Trading System on the Competitiveness of the Non-Ferrous Metal Industry”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, November 2011.  Mohamad Alameddine: “Road taxation and port competitiveness”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2011.  Elina Kampa: “The Chinese demand for iron ore and its effect on the freight rate mechanism”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2011.  Ashish Panda: “Impact assessment of the maritime transport infrastructure growth in the state of Orissa, India”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2011.  Desislava Oblakova: “Assessment of the impact of European Union Free Trade Agreements on Trade Flows”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2011.

 Carlos Zepeda: “How does Brazilian economic growth affect global trade flows?”, Master thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2011.  Helen Li: “Analysing the overcapacity in global and Chinese container vessels”, Master thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2011.  Erik Berning: “Developing the Ecorys Competitiveness Index – An application to the OECD automotive sector”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, August 2011.  Marie-Emilie Ingen-Housz: “An analysis of the effects of trade liberalization on human development”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, June 2011.  Simon Walenski: “Impact of a possible inclusion of maritime transportation under the EU emission trading scheme”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, September 2010.  Astrid Wohlkoenig: “An analysis of the importance of container back haulage and its impact on freight rates”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2010.  Teona Tsotsolashvili: “An economic analysis of the impact of Georgian Black Sea port development on Georgia and its Neighbouring Countries”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2010.  Heleen van Poecke: “Simulation the implementation of border tariffs as part of climate change policy: using different Armington elasticity values in a CGE context”, Master thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, August 2010.  Jurgen Vermeulen: “Developing the Ecorys Competitiveness Index: An application to the ICT sector of Finland and Poland”, Bachelor Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, August 2010.  Pauline Vermeer: “Quantification of environmental Non-Tariff Measures between the European Union and the United States”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, August 2010.  Tieme Kamphuis: “An analysis of a Brazil-EU Free Trade Agreement”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, February 2010.  Chris Fisher: “Foreign Direct Investment in Greenfield Port Projects in Developing Countries – A determination of leading indicators for successful investment”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics, September 2009.  Margreet Verwaal: “The impact of subsidized children’s day care on gender equality and economic growth”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, May 2009.  Jeroen van der Laan: “Impact of the Post-2012 Expansion of the EU Emission Trading Scheme – A Computable General Equilibrium Assessment”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics & Ecorys, May 2009.  Miguel Tovar: “The US 100% container scanning legislation – an analysis of waiting lines and economic costs”, Master Thesis, Maritime Economics & Logistics & Ecorys, September 2008.  Amerik Klapwijk: “EU Funds in the Czech Republic”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, May 2008.  Rodney Brussee: “De toetreding van Polen tot de Europese Unie”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, May 2008.  Maarten Hekking: “The impact of OPEC on the oil price”, Master Thesis, Erasmus School of Economics, May 2007.

Research presentations  ‘The EU, Eurozone crisis, TTIP, international trade and bananas’, lecture for the ‘Leergang Buitenlandse Betrekkingen’, Clingendael Institute, October 2014.  ‘The regulatory dimension of the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership’, rapporteur at the panel discussion during Transatlantic Week, Washington DC, May 2014.  ‘Progress of the negotiations regarding the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership’, rapporteur at the panel discussion during Transatlantic Week, Washington DC, May 2014.  ‘TTIP from a liberal perspective: Economic and geopolitical consequences of EU-US trade integration’, panelist & presenter at the 59th Liberal International Congress, Rotterdam, April 2014.  ‘The Eurozone Debt Crisis’, lecture for the Executive MBA, Erasmus University Rotterdam, March 2014.  ‘An introduction to the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership’, presentation and panel discussion at Clingendael Institute, February 2014.  ‘A short refresher on TTIP’, lecture at the Young Atlanticists, Utrecht, February 2014.  ‘The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership – an overview’, presentation for the ‘Nederlands Genootschap voor Internationale Zaken’, Utrecht, January 2014.  ‘The EU, Eurozone crisis, international trade and bananas’, lecture for the ‘Leergang Buitenlandse Betrekkingen’, Clingendael Institute, November 2013.  ‘The regulatory dimension of the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership’, rapporteur at the panel discussion during Transatlantic Week, Washington DC, July 2013.

 ‘The EU and International Trade’, lecture for the Executive MBA, Erasmus University Rotterdam, July 2013.  ‘The economic effects of the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership’, presentation and panel discussion at the Wroclaw Global Economic Forum, Wroclaw, June 2013.  ‘The Eurozone Debt Crisis’, lecture for the Executive MBA, Erasmus University Rotterdam, March 2013.  ‘The EU, Eurozone crisis, international trade and bananas’, lecture for the ‘Leergang Buitenlandse Betrekkingen’, Clingendael Institute, November 2012.  ‘Business input into the Transatlantic Economic Council’, moderator at the Transatlantic Business Dialogue, Brussels, March 2012.  ‘The Eurozone Debt Crisis’, lecture for the Executive MBA, Erasmus University Rotterdam, March 2012.  ‘The EU, Eurozone crisis, international trade and bananas’, lecture for the ‘Leergang Buitenlandse Betrekkingen’, Clingendael Institute, November 2011.  ‘EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement negotiations’, lecture for a group of diplomats at the Cilngendael Institute, December, 2010.  ‘Non-tariff measures in the EU-US transatlantic market’, lecture for the Conference ‘Transatlantic Perspectives for Global Economic Recovery’, Washington DC, November 2010.