Alvin Karl Bürck is a German-Estonian political scientist who received his B.A. from the University of Konstanz and is currently doing a gap year prior to his graduate studies. He focuses mainly on international political economy (IPE), i.e. how politics and the global economy affect each other. Within IPE, Alvin is interested in how states cooperate and compete with one another via trade and industrial policy.

Besides his studies and EPIS, Alvin advances SCC’s IstKon Student Exchange and enjoys exploring the philosophical foundations that shape societal and academic debates.