Robin Schindowski
Research Fellow
Robin was a Research analyst at Bruegel. His work focuses on the Chinese economy and its interactions with the international economic architecture. In particular, he is involved in the project "Dealing with a resurging China" under the Horizon Europe Fund.
He studied Contemporary Chinese Studies (BA) at the University of Tübingen - including a semester at Peking University and a semester at Fudan University in Shanghai. He holds a master's degree in Economics from La Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Paris-Saclay, with the second year fully funded as a scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service. He wrote his master's thesis on the impact of patronage networks in the Chinese government on economic outcomes. Between his bachelor's and master's degrees, he worked as an industry consultant at Deloitte Consulting in Germany, where he conducted projects in the field of supply chain management with a regional focus on the Asia-Pacific region.
Robin is a native German speaker, fluent in English, and full working knowledge of French and Mandarin.
Featured work
China economic database
Repository of what we consider to be the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.
Which companies are ahead in frontier innovation on critical technologies? Comparing China, the European Union and the United States
In this paper, we study who is engaging in frontier innovation in AI, semiconductors and quantum computing in China, the US and the EU
Radical novelties in critical technologies and spillovers: how do China, the US and the EU fare?
In this paper we analyse the evolution of frontier innovation in quantum computing, semiconductors and artificial intelligence in China, US and EU
Unpacking China’s industrial policy and its implications for Europe
This paper assess how beneficial industrial policy has been for China and how exportable to the European Union its model might be
All work
Dataset
17 December 2025
China economic database
Repository of what we consider to be the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.
Working paper
22 May 2025
Which companies are ahead in frontier innovation on critical technologies? Comparing China, the European Union and the United States
In this paper, we study who is engaging in frontier innovation in AI, semiconductors and quantum computing in China, the US and the EU
Working paper
20 May 2025
Radical novelties in critical technologies and spillovers: how do China, the US and the EU fare?
In this paper we analyse the evolution of frontier innovation in quantum computing, semiconductors and artificial intelligence in China, US and EU
Event
22 February 2024
Working paper
13 May 2024
Unpacking China’s industrial policy and its implications for Europe
This paper assess how beneficial industrial policy has been for China and how exportable to the European Union its model might be
Event
13 June 2024
China’s Innovation and Industrial Policy: Achievements, challenges and consequences for Europe
At this event, we explored both China's successes and challenges when it comes to innovation.
Podcast
19 July 2023
Assessing China’s quest for innovation
What potential bottlenecks might be hindering the transformation of China’s innovation efforts into productivity growth?
Working paper
21 June 2023
China’s quest for innovation: progress and bottlenecks
We identify three potential bottlenecks that might be hindering the translation of China’s innovation efforts into productivity growth.
Event
21 June 2023
To what extent can innovation and global economic dominance mitigate China’s structural slowdown?
Event in the frame of the project China Horizons - Dealing with a resurgent China (DWARC)*.
Working paper
25 April 2023
Global trends in countries' perceptions of the Belt and Road Initiative
In this paper, we have analysed the sentiment towards the Belt and Road Initiative in the world using a large open-access dataset, namely GDELT.