Lecture Series: “Science & Society in Dialogue for a Sustainable Future”
The Laboratory of Economic Policy Studies (ΕΜΟΠ) of the Department of Economics at the Athens University 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 “Shipping and Global Trade: New Perspectives on the Role of Transport Networks and Industrial Policy.” The Augustus Cobb Professor of International Economics at Harvard University, 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 Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at the link below:
Detailed Program
18:30 – Arrival
19:00 – Opening Remarks
Assoc. Prof. Evangelos Dioikitopoulos, Director of EMOP Research Center, AUEB
19:05 – Greeting on the collaboration with the Hellenic Studies Program, Yale
Prof. Vangelis Vassilatos, Chair of the Department of Economics, AUEB
19:15 – 20:30 – Shipping and Global Trade: New Perspectives on the Role of Transport Networks and Industrial Policy
Speaker: Augustus Cobb Professor of International Economics Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University
20:30 – 20:45 – Q&A | Open Discussion with the Audience
Moderator: Assistant Professor Fabio Antoniou, AUEB
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 (2011–2016). 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’ 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 “Geography, Transportation, and Endogenous Trade Costs” (with Giulia Brancaccio and Theodore Papageorgiou) received the Econometric Society’s Frisch Medal for the best applied (empirical or theoretical) paper published in Econometrica 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 American Economic Review, Econometrica, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and Review of Economic Studies.
