School of Social and Political Science

Background

My PhD explores economic inequality implications of Aid for Trade programmes for recipient developing countries, using a mixed methods approach to encompass both the role of aid flows and implementation strategies. The quantitative analysis focuses on the potential impact of both aggregate and category-/sector-specific AfT flows on income and wealth inequality in every recipient country (as of 2023). Meanwhile, my qualitative chapters evaluate the role of two specific implementation strategies (i.e., donor- versus recipient-based delivery channels and the project-resource concentration ratio) in shaping economic inequality conditions in two comparative case studies, namely Colombia and Peru.

Publications and contributions

Eichhorn, J.; Thomet, J. & Gimeno Solaz, A. (2024). 'School is not enough: The role of climate‑specifc knowledge for transformative climate policy and economic system preferences'. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-00953-x.

OECD/WTO (2024), 'Aid for Trade at a Glance 2024', OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/7a4e356a-en.

European Parliament. (2022). 'Unionisation and the twin transition: Good practices in collective action and employee involvement'. Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, PE 733.972. Available here.

Eichhorn, Jan; Gimeno Solaz, Andrea & White, Phoebe. (2022). 'Shifting paradigms. Public perceptions of economic policy in shaping the climate crisis'. Berlin & Brussels: d|part & OSEPI. Available here.

Conferences

BISA 2025. "Policy- and output-driven economic inequality implications of Aid for Trade flows in recipient developing countries" (panel: "Relations between Global North and Global South").

BISA 2025. "Who Speaks? The Multilateral Politics of Voice in Investor State Dispute Settlement Reform", co-authored with Dr. Julia Calvert and Dr. Charlotte Rommerskirchen (panel: Trade Politics from Above and Below).

Virtual BISA 2025. "Country ownership in foreign aid beyond the aid negotiation stage: The use of donor- and recipient-based delivery channels in Aid for Trade" (panel: "Power, development and world politics").

ISA-CEEISA 2024 Rijeka Conference. Presenter at: Young Scholars Initiative Panel 7: 'Policy transformations and/in international political economy'.

Qualifications

2023-present: PhD Politics (University of Edinburgh)

2022-2023: MSc Political Economy (University of Amsterdam); cum laude/distinction.

2018-2022: MA Politics with Quantitative Methods (University of Edinburgh); first class honours.

Grants

2025: Student Experience Grant (project: BISA PGN Conference 2025).

2025: SPS Student Initiative Fund (project: BISA PGN Conference 2025).

2023: SGSSS-ESRC PhD studentship