Lecture Series: 鈥淪cience & Society in Dialogue for a Sustainable Future鈥�
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The Laboratory of Economic Policy Studies (螘螠螣螤) of the Department of Economics at the 黑料科 of Economics and Business (AUEB), in collaboration with the Hellenic Studies Program of the Yale MacMillan Center, Yale University (USA), invites you to a series of public lectures aimed at enhancing accessibility to scientific knowledge, promoting a scientific culture in Greece, and contributing to public dialogue.
We invite you to the lecture titled听鈥淪hipping and Global Trade: New Perspectives on the Role of Transport Networks and Industrial Policy.鈥�听The Augustus Cobb Professor of International Economics听at Harvard University,听Myrto Kalouptsidi, will present an innovative approach to connecting shipping with global trade. Using modern analytical methods, the global shipping network is mapped, and a novel framework is introduced for understanding the relationship between maritime transport and international trade. Specifically, the lecture quantifies the costs of global disruptions, evaluates investments in port infrastructure, and outlines a policy roadmap for industrial strategy aimed at sustainable prosperity.
Seats are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The admission ticket will be sent afterward via e-mail. Students attending the event will receive a certificate of participation upon completion. Please register by听Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at the link below:
Detailed Program
18:30 鈥� Arrival
19:00 鈥� Opening Remarks
Assoc. Prof. Evangelos Dioikitopoulos, Director of EMOP Research Center, AUEB
19:05 鈥� Greeting on the collaboration with the Hellenic Studies Program, Yale
Prof. Vangelis Vassilatos, Chair of the Department of Economics, AUEB
19:15 鈥� 20:30 鈥� Shipping and Global Trade: New Perspectives on the Role of Transport Networks and Industrial Policy
Speaker:听Augustus Cobb Professor of International Economics听, Harvard University
20:30 鈥� 20:45 鈥� Q&A | Open Discussion with the Audience
Moderator:听Assistant Professor Fabio Antoniou, AUEB
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Speaker Bio
Myrto Kalouptsidi is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a Faculty Associate at the Radcliffe Institute. She received her PhD in Economics from Yale University in 2011 and previously served as an Assistant Professor at Princeton University (2011鈥�2016). Her primary research interests lie in Industrial Organization and International Trade, with a particular focus on transportation markets. Her work has examined the effects of industrial policy on the global distribution of production and welfare, as well as industry cycles and firms鈥� investment decisions in volatile environments.
Her current research studies global transport markets and infrastructure, exploring how they shape international trade, whether they operate efficiently, and why they are so vulnerable to disruptions. She is a recipient of the Bodossaki Award for young distinguished Greek scientists, and in 2022 her paper听鈥淕eography, Transportation, and Endogenous Trade Costs鈥�听(with Giulia Brancaccio and Theodore Papageorgiou) received the Econometric Society鈥檚 Frisch Medal for the best applied (empirical or theoretical) paper published in听Econometrica听over the previous four years. Professor Kalouptsidi is also a Research Fellow at the NBER and CEPR. Her research has been published in top international journals, including the听American Economic Review,听Econometrica,听Quarterly Journal of Economics, and听Review of Economic Studies.
