{"id":883,"date":"2022-02-15T16:09:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krisbest.com\/?page_id=883"},"modified":"2022-09-29T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T11:23:45","slug":"policy-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krisbest.com\/de\/policy-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have worked as a policy analyst and\/or researcher for <b>nearly ten years<\/b> in various roles and hold a <b>Master of Public Policy (MPP)\u00a0<\/b>from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.\u00a0My policy\/research background includes experience in\u00a0government, academia, think tanks and private consulting.\u00a0For a full list of my previous positions and duties, see my\u00a0<a style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 400; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/krsbest\/\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My main fields of policy expertise are at the intersection of political science and economics, with a strong (although not exclusive) focus on the European context. Some of my focus areas include:<\/p>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/krisbest.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>European integration and enlargement<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>European (economic) sovereignty<\/b> <b>and<\/b> <b>foreign policy<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Economic, fiscal and financial regulation policy<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also have a strong interest in <b>post-Communist\/transition economies, democratisation and good governance <\/b>in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as <b>economic insecurity,<\/b> <b>labour market policies<\/b> <b>and<\/b> <b>youth policy<\/b> around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Other policy areas in which I have past experience include: industrial policy; competition policy; trade policy; consumer policy; international security cooperation; international law; treaty negotiation; and indigenous self-government.<\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.7 - 20-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/krisbest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14224758_10154369076556397_2982536109248119510_n-e1646938567372.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14224758_10154369076556397_2982536109248119510_n-e1646938567372.jpg 585w, https:\/\/krisbest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/14224758_10154369076556397_2982536109248119510_n-e1646938567372-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.7 - 20-09-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h3>(Selected) Policy Publications<\/h3>\n<h4>European Economic and Monetary Union<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>[Economic<\/strong><b> Sovereignty; Industrial Policy; Competition Policy]\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertie-school.org\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/20191219__European_Sovereignty_Best.pdf\">The Economics of European Sovereignty: What role for EU competition policy in industrial policy?<\/a> Prepared for the German Federal Foreign Office (<i>Ausw\u00e4rtiges Amt<\/i>), published at the Jacques Delors Centre, 2019.<\/li>\n<li><b>[Economic Sovereignty; Euro]<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/hertieschool-f4e6.kxcdn.com\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/20190822_International-role-euro_Best.pdf\">Economic sovereignty and the international role of the euro: Roadblocks and challenges<\/a>. Prepared for the German Federal Foreign Office (<i>Ausw\u00e4rtiges Amt<\/i>), published at the Jacques Delors Centre, 2019.<\/li>\n<li><b>[Economic Governance; Fiscal Policy; Political Economy]<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.delorscentre.eu\/en\/publications\/detail\/publication\/a-european-safe-asset-perceptions-from-france-and-germany\">A European Safe Asset? Perceptions from France and Germany.<\/a> Policy paper published at the Jacques Delors Centre, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>European Integration and EU Policy (Other)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>[European Integration; Europe in the World]<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/ws\/portalfiles\/portal\/61204727\/Dahrendorf_2030.pdf\">Lord Dahrendorf&#8217;s Challenges to Europe<\/a>, with Mark Hallerberg, chapter in <i>Ralf Dahrendorf and the European Union 2030: Looking Back, Looking Forward<\/i>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><b>[Youth Policy; Economic Insecurity]<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/polis180.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/08\/polis-paper-4-economic-uncertainties-and-the-eu\/?lang=en\">Economic Uncertainties and Attitudes Toward the EU: The Limits of Youth Optimism<\/a>. Policy paper published at the Polis 180 Thinktank f\u00fcr Au\u00dfen- und Europapolitik.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Consulting Projects for the European Commission<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>[DG TRADE: Trade Policy] <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/trade.ec.europa.eu\/doclib\/docs\/2019\/march\/tradoc_157716.pdf\">Ex-post evaluation of the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States and the Republic of Korea<\/a>, co-written with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al at Civic Consulting, 2018.<\/li>\n<li><b>[DG JUST: Consumer Policy]<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/op.europa.eu\/en\/publication-detail\/-\/publication\/f7b3958b-772b-11e7-b2f2-01aa75ed71a1\/language-en\">Fitness Check of EU Consumer and Marketing Law<\/a>, co-written with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al at Civic Consulting, 2017.<\/li>\n<li><b>[DG JUST: Consumer Policy]<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/sites\/default\/files\/consumer-detriment-study-final-report_en.pdf\">Study on Measuring Consumer Detriment in the European Union<\/a>, co-written with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al at Civic Consulting, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Academic Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><b>[Public Health; Cost-Benefit Analysis]<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33663647\/\">Economic evaluation of whole genome sequencing for pathogen identification and surveillance &#8211; results of case studies in Europe and the Americas 2016 to 2019<\/a>, with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al, in <i>Eurosurveillance\u00a0<\/i>26(9):1900606, 2021.<\/li>\n<li><b>[Chinese Politics; Youth Policy; Economic Insecurity] <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.uvic.ca\/index.php\/onpolitics\/article\/view\/13237\">Diaosi: China&#8217;s &#8220;Loser&#8221; Phenomenon<\/a>, in <i>On Politics<\/i> 7(1), 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have worked as a policy analyst and\/or researcher for nearly ten years in various roles and hold a Master of Public Policy (MPP)\u00a0from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.\u00a0My policy\/research background includes experience in\u00a0government, academia, think tanks and private consulting.\u00a0For a full list of my previous positions and duties, see my\u00a0LinkedIn profile. 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