A series of guest lectures by Professor Jürgen Köhler from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
From May 12 to 23, 2025, a series of guest lectures by Professor Juergen Kaehler from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) was held at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv at the invitation of the Head of the Department of International Finance Vasyl Namoniuk.
Prof. Jürgen Köhler was Professor of Economics at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität from 1999 to 2019 and has been a Senior Professor since 2019. His research interests include international economics, financial markets, food markets and monetary economics.
The professor held classes for students of the educational programs "International Business, Commerce and Finance" (from the 2025/26 academic year the new name is "International Commerce and Infections") and "International Economic Relations". The lectures covered key topics in the courses "Principles of Microeconomics", "Fundamentals of International Microeconomics" and "World Economy".
The program of lectures included:
General Equilibrium and Economic Efficiency
Markets with Asymmetric Information
Macroeconomic Effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Winners and Losers of Trade Wars: The Effects of Trump's Trade War II
Two lectures on global economics were of particular interest: "The Macroeconomic Effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area" and "Winners and Losers of Trade Wars: The Implications of Trump's Second Trade War". These classes were based on Professor Koehler's original research, conducted with the help of sophisticated computable general equilibrium models (CGE models).
The students had a unique opportunity to see how the theoretical concepts of international trade and macroeconomics that they learn in lectures are applied to analyze real economic processes of our time. The professor demonstrated how mathematical modeling can be used to predict the impact of trade agreements and political decisions on the economies of different groups of countries.
The lectures were conducted in English in an online format. Future specialists in international economic relations were able to familiarize themselves with the research methodology adopted by leading European universities and gain experience with English-language economic terms in a professional context.
