Lei Li is Professor of Economics and Politics of China at the University of Göttingen. Her research focuses on international trade, the Chinese economy, labor, development, and environmental economics, with particular interest in trade wars, economic sanctions, and environmental policy impacts. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy; Economic Journal; European Economic Review; Economics Letters; Economic Policy; International Journal of Industrial Organization; Labour Economics; Journal of Development Economics; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of International Economics; Journal of Labor Economics; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Human Resources; Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; Journal of Comparative Economics; Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics; Review of Economics and Statistics; Review of World Economics. Chair of Economics and Politics of China Office hours: by appointment
Prof. Lei Li, Ph.D.
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Prof. Lei Li, Ph.D.
Faculty of Business and Economics
Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14
Göttingen, 37073, Germany
Office: KWZ 0.705
Tel. +49 621 181-1911
lei.li@uni-goettingen.de
Since 2024
Board (2026-), Center for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS, University of Göttingen)
Since 2025
Research Affiliate, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Since 2023
Research Affiliate, CESifo Research Network
Since 2019
Research Affiliate, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
2019-2024
Member, Collaborative Research Center (CRC TR 224), German Science Foundation
2019-2024
Member, Mannheim Center for Competition and Innovation (MACCI)
2026
Fudan University; GIGA (Hamburg); Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim); Institute for Employment Research (IAB, Nuremberg); Paris-Dauphine; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; University of Oldenburg.
2025
Australian National University (online); Chinese University of Hong Kong; China Agricultural University; China Institute of Finance and Capital Market; Capital University of Economics and Business; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Geneva Graduate Institute; Hong Kong Baptist University; Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO, Halle); Jinan University; Kiel University; Lingnan University; Nanjing University; Nanjing University of Finance and Economics; Peking University; Renming University; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Shenzhen University; Tsinghua University; University of International Business and Economics; Sun Yat-sen University; South China University of Technology; Zhejiang University.
2024
University of Stavanger; ZEW; CEPR WE ARE Seminar; Kiel Institute; University of Würzburg; European Central Bank (ECB); University of Göttingen; University of International Business and Economics.
2023
Goethe University Frankfurt; University of Göttingen; University of Oslo (Frisch Centre); Mannheim Finance Brown Bag.
2022
Aarhus University; Peking University; BI Finance Brown Bag; University of Oslo Internal Trade Seminar; Mannheim Finance Brown Bag.
2021
USC Marshall; CEPR WE ARE Seminar; Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Antai); Statistics Norway; TU Clausthal.
2020
Yale University; Kiel Center for Globalization; University of Oslo (Frisch Centre); University of Duisburg/Essen; Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW); University of Mannheim.
2019
Aarhus University; Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Institute of Labor Economics (IZA); Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU); Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); National University of Singapore (NUS); UCLouvain; University of Mannheim.
2017
Aarhus University; Maarstricht University.
2015-2016
Beijing Normal University; Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE); Fudan University; Peking University; Renmin University; University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).
2026
The Lingnan-Göttingen Workshop in Hong Kong on April 10 with Larry Qiu.
2026
The 2nd workshop on International Economics in Times of Geoeconomic Challenges in Bad Homburg on June 8 and June 9, with Frank Pisch, Jan Schymik, and Robin Sogalla.
2026
The 2nd workshop on Globalization, Macroeconomics, and Development in Göttingen on July 2 and July 3, with Andreas Fuchs, Krisztina Kis-Katos, Udo Kreickemeier, and Xiaohua Yu.
2026
The 3rd Kiel-Göttingen-CEPR Conference on China in the Global Economy in Berlin on June 30 and July 1, with Andreas Fuchs, Holger Görg, Wan-Hsin Liu, Moritz Schularick, Christoph Trebesch, and Xiaohua Yu.
2025
The 2nd Kiel-Göttingen-CEPR Conference on China in the Global Economy in Berlin on July 17 and July 18, with Andreas Fuchs, Wan-Hsin Liu, Moritz Schularick, Christoph Trebesch, and Xiaohua Yu.
2025
The 1st workshop on Globalization, Macroeconomics, and Development in Göttingen on July 15 and July 16, with Andreas Fuchs, Krisztina Kis-Katos, Udo Kreickemeier, and Xiaohua Yu.
2023
CRC Workshop on Trade, Firms, and Economic Development in Bad Homburg, with Frank Pisch and Jan Schymik.
2023
Mannheim Internal Applied Workshop, with Philipp Ager and Arthur Seibold.
2022
Mannheim Internal Applied Workshop, with Philipp Ager and Arthur Seibold.
2021
CRC Workshop on Global Value Chain and Trade Policy in Mannheim, with Harald Fadinger and Jan Schymik.
2026
CEPR Climate Change and the Environment Symposium, Switzerland; CEPR-Kiel-Göttingen China Conference, Berlin; CESifo Area Conference on Energy and Climate Economics, Munich; Göttingen China Workshop on Globalization, Göttingen; Lingnan-Göttingen Workshop, HK; 27th Göttinger International Trade Workshop, Göttingen; World Trade Dialogue, Hamburg; International Economics in Times of Geoeconomics Changes, Bad Homburg; ARENA, Castellon, Spain.
2025
Danish International Economics Workshop, Aarhus; IZA Workshop on Climate and Environmental Economics Applied and Behavioral Perspectives, Bonn; Kiel-Göttingen-CEPR China Conference, Berlin; 6th Heidelberg-Tübingen-Hohenheim (HeiTüHo) Workshop on International Financial Markets; Göttingen China Workshop on Globalization, Göttingen; Chinese Rural Economy, Hangzhou; ZEW-virtual RA Day, online.
2024
ERWIT, Munich; Kiel-Göttingen-CEPR Conference on China in the Global Economy, Berlin; 3rd Conference on Trade, Value Chains and Financial Linkages in the Global Economy, Rome; 3rd Global Economic Networks (GEN) Workshop, Tübingen; 3rd Kiel-CEPR Conference on Geoeconomics, Berlin, discussant; Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation IO Day, Mannheim; Annual Conference of Chinese European Society for Environment, Ecology, and Sustainability, online; ZEW Public Finance Conference, Mannheim.
2023
Workshop on Trade, Firms, and Economic Development, Bad Homburg; CRC TR 224 Retreat, Offbach; Göttinger International Trade Workshop, Göttingen; Annual Conference of the Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation, Mannheim; Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation IO Day, Mannheim; ZEW Public Finance Conference.
2022
Danish International Economics Workshop, Aarhus; FIW Workshop on Firms and Workers in the Global Economy, Linz; Nordic International Trade Seminars, NOITS, Stavanger; Workshop in International Economics, Zurich; Tilburg Growth, Trade and International Finance Conference, Tilburg; Workshop on Shaping Globalization, Mainz; Bayreuth Trade & IO Workshop 2022, Bayreuth; CRC TR 224 Conference, Mainz; Workshop on International Economic Networks, WIEN, Vienna; Tsinghua Alumni Workshop, online; Mannheim Centre for Competition and Innovation IO Day, MACCI, Mannheim; Göttinger International Trade Workshop, Göttingen; Conference on US-China Trade Disputes and Globalization, online; Nanjing University-Chinese Economy Workshop, online; CRC TR 224 Workshop for Young Researchers, Bonn; CRC TR 224 Workshop for Young Researchers, Mannheim.
2021
Workshop in International Economics, St. Gallen; Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics 2021 Conference, AASLE, online; Asia Impact Evaluation Conference, online; CRC TR 224 Conference, Mainz; Conference on US-China Trade Disputes and Globalization, online; CRC TR 224 Workshop for Young Researchers, online; Workshop on Labor Market, Technology and Globalization, Mannheim; Trade Policy and GVC Workshop, Mannheim; FIW Conference-International Economics, online; 13th International Symposium on Human Capital and Labor Markets, online; MaCCI IO Day, online; JGU Mainz Workshop on Shaping Globalization, online; Tsinghua Alumni Workshop, online.
2020
Chinese Economy Research Workshop, Shanghai; 22th Göttinger International Trade Workshop, Göttingen; CRC TR 224 Conference, online; EALE SOLE AASLE World Conference, online; GSCE Chinese Economy Workshop, online; Mannheim Workshop on Globalization, Technology and Labor Markets, online.
2019
CRC TR 224 Conference, Montabaur, discussant; Workshop on Trade Policy and Firm Performance, Bad Homburg, discussant; Workshop on Globalisation and Structural Change, Maastricht; Workshop on Urban Economics, Zurich, poster.
2018
European Association of Labour Economists, EALE, Lyon; European Research Workshop in International Trade, ERWIT, St. Gallen, poster; European Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, EWMES, Naples; Sinergia Workshop, St. Gallen; XIVth Danish International Economics Workshop, Aarhus.
2017
European Association of Labour Economists, EALE, St. Gallen; Annual Congress of the European Economic Association and European Meeting of the Econometric Society, EEA-EMES, Lisbon; Society of Labor Economists, SOLE, Raleigh; Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, SSES, Lausanne.
2016
ILO/IZA/Renmin/UCW Workshop on the Chinese Labor Market in Transition, Beijing; SNF Sinergia Workshop, Stoos.
2015
Workshop on the Industrial Development and the Labor Market of China, Beijing; 12th Chinese Finance Annual Meeting, Beijing; CEC Workshop, Beijing.
2026
Co-organizer of Göttingen-Lingnan Workshop.
2025
Organizer of Göttingen-Peking Academic Exchange for Faculties.
2025
Online Introduction to the University of Göttingen’s Bachelor’s and Master’s Programs to students from Peking University.
2020-2023
Ph.D. Admission.
2021 and 2023
Master Student Admission.
2020
Senior Recruiting Committee (W3) in Applied Political Economy.
2021
Senior Recruiting Committee (W3) in Empirical Economic Research and Applied Econometrics.
2021
Senior Recruiting Committee (W3) in Labor Market Policy.
2021
Junior Recruiting Committee (W1) in Economic Policy and Political Economy.
2023
Co-organizer of the CRC TR224 Summer School for Applied Econometrics.
2023
Co-organizer of the CRC TR224 Workshop on Trade, Firms, and Economic Development.
2022-2023
Co-organizer of Mannheim Internal Applied Workshops.
2020-2022
Organizer of Mannheim Female Lunch Seminars for five semesters.