Maria Ljung

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Maria Ljung Doktorandin

Address Berner Fachhochschule
Business School
Institut Marketing & Global Management
Brückenstrasse 73
3005 Bern

Doing Business in North America (International Business Management, BA, 2023, 2024)
Doing Business in the EU and the Nordics (International Business Management, BA, 2023)

Maria is a PhD student at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) and the University of Lucerne in Switzerland, primarily contributing to the DFG-funded project, "The Rules of the Road? An Evaluation and Analysis of Chinese Investors' Overseas Direct Investment Practices and their Global Impact". Her research focuses on analyzing differences and similarities between US and Chinese multinational enterprises’ international investment practices, with a particular emphasis on social and environmental standards.

Before joining BFH, Maria gained extensive experience working at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany and within the Swiss impact startup sector. She also completed traineeships at the European Commission in Brussels and the Swedish Embassy in Vienna.

Maria holds an MA in World Society and Global Governance from the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, an MSc in Investigative Journalism from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a BSc in Economics from the School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2022-2023 Project Manager Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Germany
2019-2021 Senior Manager, Program Lead SEIF - Driving Impact Innovation, Switzerland
2018-2019 Blue Book Trainee European Commission, Belgium
2015 Intern, Consular Assistant Embassy of Sweden Vienna, Austria

2024-ongoing PhD, Political Science University of Lucerne
2016-2018 MA, World Society and Global Governance (120 ECTS) University of Lucerne
2017-2018 MSc, Investigative Journalism (60 ECTS) University of Gothenburg
2011-2014 BSc, Economics School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg