Research associate

Visitor address

S4|22, Room 309 
Landwehrstr. 48A
64293 Darmstadt  

Contact

andrea.heigl@tu-darmstadt.de


Andrea Heigl is a Research Associate at the DFG-Research-Training-Group “Standards of Governance”. In April 2025 she started her PhD at the Chair of “Transnational Governance” of Prof. Dr. Jens Steffek on the topic of Standards in EU-Trade-Agreements.

Research Interests

  • Standards in international trade agreements
  • Trade relations with Latin America
  • Global Governance and Regional Integration
  • International Political Economy

Curriculum Vitae

Since 04/2025Research Associate at the DFG Research Training-Group “Standards of Governance”, a joint project of the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Goethe University Frankfurt. Research as a PhD student on the topic of Standards in EU-trade-agreements at the Chair of “Transnational Governance” of Prof. Dr. Jens Steffek.
11/2024-04/2025
Intern at the sector project “Trade and investment for sustainable development” at the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)
03/2024-07/2024Blue-Book-Trainee at the European Commission in Brussels in the Directorate-General TRADE in the Unit Latin America.
10/2019-03/2024Master of Arts “Political Integration and Economic Globalisation” at Philipps-University Marburg. Focus: Political Science; Economics; Public, European and International Law.
10/2015-09/2019Bachelor of Arts “European Studies” at University of Passau. Focus: Political Science; European Integration; Anglophone Studies.