Economics and Business with East European Studies

[SECTION:why]I developed an entrepreneurial mindset at a young age as I sewed apparel, came up with marketing strategies and made up company names. In particular, understanding how globalization impacts the world economically and socially has been a central theme in my life. Due to my French and fam

The Arab Spring Movement sparked a key realisation for me. I consciously recognised the privileges I had been granted growing up in a democratic country and I came to understand that free and fair systems are still not practised worldwide. Whilst democracy, free enterprise and human rights have flou

Coming from Japan and having lived in Germany, the Netherlands and France due to my father’s expatriate status, I have had the opportunity to observe four different countries’ approaches to social debates. I was particularly intrigued by the stark contrast in the responses to international immigrant