Areas of Expertise

• Geoeconomics
• Economic security
• German and EU external economic relations
• EU and international economic law
• Trade instruments, including investment screening, export controls, trade defense instruments, the Anti-Coercion Instrument, and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
• Industrial policy, including semiconductors, clean tech, energy intensive industries, and critical raw materials

Short Bio

Lukas Schaupp is a research fellow for geoeconomics and economic security in DGAP’s Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology. His research focuses on the growing intersection of economic, trade, and security policy in Germany and the European Union. In particular, he explores how geoeconomic and economic security challenges can be translated into effective legal and regulatory policy instruments that strengthen the capacity to act of Germany and the EU.

Schaupp’s previous affiliations include the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), Humboldt-Universität, and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). 

He holds a PhD in European and international economic law from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. During his PhD, Schaupp served as managing editor of the European Journal of Legal Studies and was the coordinator of the International Economic Law and Policy Working Group. He previously studied at the Universities of Passau and Edinburgh.

Languages

German, English

[Last updated: September 2026]