Dr Tina Schivatcheva is a lecturer in International Political Economy, holding two PhDs: a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge (2024) and a PhD in Political Economy from King's College London (2022). Her research, located at the intersection of international and comparative political economy, explores the opportunities and tensions arising from the shift towards a knowledge-based, sustainable economy. She examines how modern industrial policies evolve in response to the digital revolution and green transition, with a focus on technological innovation and economic development across diverse global contexts.

Research

• Evolving trade regimes and development trajectories
• Knowledge-based industries, especially biotechnology and information technology
• Innovation systems in advanced and peripheral economies

Dr Schivatcheva's employment history includes contributions to the International Inequalities Institute, LSE and the EURECA project (EU Resource Efficiency Co-ordination Action), a European Commission-funded project of the H2020 programme. She also held a Manfred Heindler Research Grant residential fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Studies, Graz, Austria (2017), researching the European socio-technical transition to a circular low-carbon economy. From 2015 to 2016 she held DAAD grants from the University Alliance for Sustainability (UAS) in affiliation with Saint Petersburg State University in Russia.

Teaching

• 5AAOB215 Italian Politics and Economics
• 6AAOB343 Postcolonial Political Economy
• 7AAOM021/7AAOM023 IPE and European Studies Dissertation
• 7AAON036 European Union and Global Capitalism
• 6AAOB333 European Gender Politics
• 7AAON009 International Political Economy

Publications

Schivatcheva, T. (2024). Transformative Change of European Union’s Innovation Policy: From Fragmentation to Strategic Alignment, Crossroads Europe, UACES, Accessible at: https://crossroads.ideasoneurope.eu/2024/07/08/transformative-change-of-european-unions-innovation-policy-from-fragmentation-to-strategic-alignment/

Schivatcheva, T. (2023). A Neo-Schumpeterian Evolutionary Perspective on the Smart Specialisation Strategy of the European Union, Crossroads Europe, UACES, Accessible at: https://crossroads.ideasoneurope.eu/2023/07/04/a-neo-schumpeterian-evolutionary-perspective-on-the-smart-specialisation-strategy-of-the-european-union/