Short Biography

Thiemo Fetzer is Professor of Economics at Warwick University and at the University of Bonn. Thiemo is also an Academic Visitor at the Bank of England, an Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a Fellow at the British National Institute for Social and Economic Research (NIESR).

His work cross cuts many fields in economics ranging from international trade, economic development, finance, to spatial economics and political economy leveraging frontier techniques from machine learning, artificial intelligence and computer science.

Thiemo has advised a range of players and policy makers in some G20 countries on issues around economic development and industrial policy, with a special focus on the economic, social and institutional and political-economic adjustments that are necessary to counter the climate crisis and help shift societies out of the non-cooperative loose-loose equilibria. His research has been featured in national and international media such as Bloomberg, New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, Le Monde, El Pais, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and is actively discussed in policy circles and wider civil society.