Selected Policy Engagements

Supply Chain Due Diligence and Risk Assessment | BAFA
Expert exchange with the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) on the implementation of supply chain due diligence legislation, European regulatory approaches, and data-driven risk assessment.

Measuring Human Rights Risks in Global Supply Chains | BMZ
Presentation and discussion at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on methodological challenges in assessing human rights risks in global supply chains.

CSR and Sustainable Supply Chains | UNIDO
Panelist at the UNIDO Forum on Globalization and Industrialization, discussing corporate social responsibility and sustainability in global supply chains.

Selected Policy Papers & Commissioned Studies

Resilient global supply chains in times of escalating trade costs — with Hendrik Mahlkow, Finn Ole Semrau, Stefan Pahl, Virpi Stucki, UNIDO Policy Brief Series: Insights on Industrial Development, Nr. 26, Octobre 2025.

Measuring exposure to human right risks in global value chains — with Aleksandra Kordalska, Jann Lay, Stefan Pahl, Tevin Tafese, and Rainer Thiele, in: Sustainable Global Supply Chains Annual Report 2024, February 2025.

Modelling the (unintended) impacts of sustainability supply chain regulations — An overview of relevant methodologies, Background Paper prepared on behalf of UNIDO, April 2024.

Sustainable global supply chains in times of geopolitical crises — with Nora Aboushady, Inga Carry, Tevin Tafese, and Rainer Thiele, in: Sustainable Global Supply Chains Annual Report 2023, December 2023.

The Cumulative Effect of Due Diligence EU Legislation on SMEs — with Aoife Hanley, Rainer Thiele, and Finn Ole Semrau, Study requested by the INTA committee of the European Parliament, September 2023.

Sustainable Global Supply Chains: New Policy Challenges, New Research Perspectives — with Tilman Altenburg and Inga Carry, in: Sustainable Global Supply Chains Annual Report 2022, March 2022.

The Future of Global Value Chains in a Post-Pandemic World — with Svenja Falk, Ana Ruiz Hernanz, Adnan Seric, and Ligia Zagato, Background Paper for the UNIDO Industrial Development Report 2022.

Green Gifts from Abroad? Foreign Ownership and Green Management — with Peter Kannen and Finn Ole Semrau, FT FDiIntelligence, pp. 66-67, February/March 2022.

Policy Instruments for FDI Promotion in Africa — with Saskia Meuchelböck, PEGNet Policy Brief No. 21, June 2020.