Aylin Shawkat

Aylin Shawkat is Project Lead for Industrial Policy and Climate Diplomacy at Agora Industry and Agora Energiewende. She is part of the unit “Climate and Industrial Policy Germany”, which focusses on cross-cutting issues related to a successful climate-neutral transformation and to the decarbonisation of industry. Her focus areas include overarching economic issues of the climate-neutral transformation, international competitiveness, as well as designing policy instruments for net-zero industry and a circular economy. 

Prior to joining Agora, Aylin worked for the Swedish Trade and Invest Council, and for a medical technology company in the US. She started her professional career in a communications consultancy for financial markets in Frankfurt am Main.

Aylin Shawkat studied economics and international relations in Frankfurt, Stockholm and Washington, D.C. During her studies, she worked as a research assistant in industrial economics.