Ricarda-Constanze Mendy

- market analysis report on the topic 'Smart City' (focus on sustainable infrastructure, green building and smart grid) - expert interviews and desktop-research on market conditions and agents, governmental support programs, climate action plans, financing models, urban planning and energy projects - one week-business delegation program "Smart City" - organisation of conference and one-on-one meetings with qualified local partners - final project accounting and reporting to German Ministry

- Department for Economics and International Financial Markets - Prepared an economic report on national and international economic activity on a monthly basis - Researched on current topics in economic and monetary policy, financial markets regulation and European economic activity - Assessed economic legislative proposals and their meaning for the German credit economy - Designed and conducted survey and data collection on economy performance among German small and medium enterprises

spent one year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia supervising two German children during their long-distance home-schooling program, helped out occasionally in an orphanage and studied the state language Amharic with a local language assistant

spent two quarters as an exchange student at Northwestern Graduate School of Economics doing coursework in Development Economics, European Economic History, Political Economy of Developing Countries and Politics of Modern Africa and doing research on growth theory

Environmental Economics, Business Cycle Analysis, Industry Development, Political Economy, International Trade

spent one semester at La Sapienza doing extra-curricular coursework in International Economics, Agricultural Economics and Economics of Non-Profit Organizations while pursuing language level B2 in Italian

Industry Development, Game Theory, International Trade, European Integration