Thursday 14 September - Saturday 16 September 2023
European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 2023 Conference
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
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European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 2023 Conference
The University of Surrey is pleased to welcome participants of the 24th edition of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) conference to Guildford.
Please note that this year’s conference will begin just after lunchtime on Thursday 14 September and will end late in the afternoon of Saturday 16 September, 2023. Please plan on attending the entire conference. Please remember that all participants, regardless of whether they present papers, are required to register and pay the fee (£90).
This website provides information about logistics at the University; please follow the links below. Any query regarding the conference (e.g., programme) should be directed to surrey@etsg.org. Only queries regarding the logistics should be sent to h.dee@surrey.ac.uk
Registration
Registration is now closed.
Programme
Full programme will be available in late August.
Conference venue
The conference will be held on the Stag Hill Campus at the University of Surrey, which is located half hour by train from London. The main venue for plenary and parallel sessions will be the Rik Medlik Building (building 18 in blue on campus map below).
Accommodation options
Guildford has a number of hotels in the area which are within walking distance of the train station and close to the town centre. A number of bed and breakfasts and Airbnbs can also be found in Guildford and across Surrey. For more information about Guildford view our location page. Notice that the ETSG conference overlaps with the weekend when students return to campus, hence a number of hotels may fill up quickly. In case, consider staying in Woking (3 minutes by train) or London (areas around Clapham Junction or Waterloo for fastest commuting to Guildford).
Local organising committee
Professor Holger Breinlich
Professor of Economics
Biography
Holger Breinlich joined the School of Economics in April 2018, having held previous positions at the University of Essex, the University of Mannheim and the University of Nottingham. Holger obtained his PhD from the London School of Economics in 2006.
Mrs Helen Dee
School Administrative Officer
Professor Eric Golson
Professor of Economics, Economic Warfare Expert
Biography
Eric Golson is a Professor of Economics specialising in economic warfare, trade, finance, and international political economy. He has advised governments and businesses on complex geoeconomic challenges across the world, and in 2026 has been interviewed by Al Jazeera, the Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, Newsweek, and other leading outlets on pressing global economic warfare issues.
Eric is a co-author of McGraw-Hill's undergraduate textbook Economics, now in its 13th edition. His research spans the effects of trade blockades on stock market performance, the history of economic warfare, and the strategic behaviour of small states and neutral nations. He has co-authored four books on these themes and is co-editor of a new Bloomsbury series on Neutrality, alongside Hillary Briffa (King's College London), Pascal Lottaz (Kyoto University), and Karl-Thomas Habtom Naman (Cambridge).
His current research interests include international trade warfare, business decision-making during conflict, the effectiveness of economic sanctions, military spending, and resource management in wartime contexts. In 2026, he was appointed Co-Director of Surrey's new Centre for the Study of Global Power Competition (CGPC) and remains an active member of the Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies (CIMS). He was previously a Junior Research Fellow at Oxford University (2011–2016).
An award-winning educator, Eric has a strong track record in teaching and learning leadership, education policy, student experience, and long-term academic strategy. He served as Deputy Head and Undergraduate Programme Director at Surrey's School of Economics, and is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion — particularly around neurodiversity, including dyslexia, ADHD, and autism — having conducted research into learning outcomes for neurodiverse students. Over fourteen years, he has received nine teaching awards and twenty-six nominations.
Eric holds a PhD and PGCHE from the London School of Economics, and a BA and MA from the University of Chicago. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), an Associate Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA), a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), and a Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE).
Professor Esteban Jaimovich
Professor of Economics
Biography
I completed my PhD in Economics at UCL in 2007. I joined the University of Surrey as Senior Lecturer in 2012, after having spent five yeas in Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin) as Assistant Professor. I was promoted to Reader in Economics in 2016 and to Professor of Economics in 2023. My research mainly focuses on poverty persistence, lack of sustained long-run growth and international trade.
Research interests
Development Economics, Economic Growth, International Economics.
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